In this week’s Forkliftaction News, we continue our coverage of CeMAT Australia with a report on how the lack of local after-sales support and service is hurting new foreign entrants into the Australian market.

Also in the news, Big Joe Forklifts is celebrating its 75th anniversary, Hangcha opens a new manufacturing site in Thailand and Konecranes receives an order for 53 RTGs from terminal operator YILPORT Group.

We also look at the successful trial of a sodium-ion battery in China which has implications for the global materials handling sector, and CMA CGM’s plans to acquire the FedEx supply chain.

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