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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 15 Sep 2022 (#1094) Fleet management technology, like so much else in materials handling, has been impacted by the disruptions associated with COVID, supply chain challenges and geopolitical tensions. As we read in this...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 8 Sep 2022 (#1093) Those in industry or commerce tend to take forklifts for granted, but for charities, these devices can be a game-changer. We often report on humanitarian uses for materials handling equipment...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 1 Sep 2022 (#1092) A recent California police bust says something about the supply delays and rising prices of forklifts. As we report this week, the Inglewood Police Department found more than 120 forklifts...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 25 Aug 2022 (#1091) We're used to seeing our news dominated by German companies, so this week's geographic spread of news is quite unusual. We have stories from the Maldives, the Dominican Republic and...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 18 Aug 2022 (#1090) Forklift safety is an important issue for us at Forkliftaction News, and we try to highlight the risks and solutions in our news and commentary. This week, we report on...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 11 Aug 2022 (#1089) A new report indicates that the mobile elevating work platform rental market is powering ahead - despite the resurgence of COVID, geo-political upheavals and increased input costs. Or maybe it's because...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 4 Aug 2022 (#1088) We see a new concept in forklift sales this week - dynamic pricing. Two manufacturers this week flag the move to dynamic pricing in their latest financial reports. The pricing model...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 28 Jul 2022 (#1087) David Malpass, president of the World Bank, recently had some gloomy predictions about the global economy, identifying significant downside risks. "These include intensifying geopolitical tensions, the fragility in many countries...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 21 Jul 2022 (#1086) This week's newsletter comes to you from Melbourne, where Forkliftaction News is attending CeMAT Australia. The show, which wraps up today, is the first post-COVID event for our industry in...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 14 Jul 2022 (#1085) Readers will have noticed that we take a strong interest in mergers and acquisitions - four of which are reported this week. This kind of activity is interesting because it shows...

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