In this week’s Forkliftaction News, French equipment maker Manitou Group, releases its Q1 financial results and reports an 8% revenue increase (y-o-y), despite a significant drop in revenue from the US. The company maintains a cautiously optimistic outlook for the year with projections of revenue growth - find out by how much.

In other news, Cat Lift Trucks releases an updated and expanded EQ entry-level range of materials handling equipment, we report on more autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) launched at MODEX recently, and a German court has issued a preliminary injunction against Elite Robots Germany after Teradyne Robotics alleged copyright infringement.

The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) is also seeking logistics and supply chain participants for its Humanitarian Logistics survey to allow it to better coordinate logistical relief after a disaster. Can you help?