Editor Allan Leibowitz comments on the news of the week

While researching our upcoming feature on 'Big Lifts', Forkliftaction.com asked forklift, reach stacker and container handler manufacturers how the current tyre and steel supplies were affecting their businesses. Most were affected by the current tyre supply but everyone was concerned with steel supplies. A new study on the causes and impact of steel prices on the US agriculture and construction equipment industry has just been released to the members of: Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), Farm Equipment Manufacturers' Association (FEMA) and North American Equipment Dealers' Association (NAEDA). Go to our Fork Talk item to read more.