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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 3 Jul 2014 (#674) Forklifts do a lot more than lift, and even when they do lift, it's not just pallets. As we read in this week's feature article, attachments can turn forklifts from...

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Inside the News - 26 Jun 2014 (#673) The growth of the second-hand forklift market has been well documented and was reinforced by the inclusion at this year's CeMAT of used equipment for the first time. This week...

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Inside the News - 19 Jun 2014 (#672) Is consolidation good or bad? Clearly, for suppliers, mergers and acquisitions mean improvements in scale and scope, exposure to innovation and overall efficiency benefits. For customers, on the one hand...

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Inside the News - 12 Jun 2014 (#671) A belated happy Forklift Safety Day. June 10 was the first annual National Forklift Safety Day in the USA, complete with a special event on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C...

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Inside the News - 5 Jun 2014 (#670) We report this week on the 50th anniversary of Landoll Corp, one of several forklift businesses that have marked milestones in recent weeks. It's a sign of the maturity of...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 29 May 2014 (#669) The line between enough and too much is a thin one, and in the case of the world's leading materials handling event, the limit is four days. From the 2016...

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Inside the News - 22 May 2014 (#668) There's some optimism about the state of the market, with major player Jungheinrich noting a jump in global demand for forklifts. The German manufacturer reports that the market grew 10...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 15 May 2014 (#667) One of the media releases we didn't run this week was about the use of materials handling equipment at the Spanish Grand Prix. We ignored it because it was not...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 8 May 2014 (#666) One of the major events on the materials handling calendar, CeMAT 2014, is just around the corner, and the Forkliftaction team is getting ready to share in the excitement. Some...

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Inside the News - 1 May 2014 (#665) There is always lots of economic data around and you can get a very different understanding depending on which set you look at. One set which came out this week...

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