Inside the News - Edition #1195

Angie Kay -
Inside the News
- 5 Sep 2024 ( #1195 )
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Watling JCB expands into the Midlands
Watling JCB expands into the Midlands

There’s been a flurry of dealer activity, with Toyota UK appointing a new dealer, Watling JCB extending its sales area and ForwardX Robotics naming Optiscan Group as a distributor in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Norway.

This week’s news also includes coverage of a court case expected to be closely watched by the materials handling sector in the US. A trade body is taking legal action against CARB’s recently passed Zero-Emission Forklift Regulation which phases out large spark-ignited forklifts from 2026.

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