Movers & Shakers

Local News
- 2 Feb 2012 ( #550 )
2 min read
Matthias Fischer
Matthias Fischer
Brussels, Belgium
Matthias Fischer, the managing director of Toyota Material Handling Deutschland, has been appointed president of Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE), effective from 15 February. Fischer has extensive materials handling experience, covering sales, marketing, after-sales and technical services, gained through positions with Jungheinrich. He has served as managing director in Italy and was part of the Jungheinrich board, responsible for sales and marketing.

Håkan Dahllöf, the current president of TMHE who is credited as "one of the prime architects" of the structure of the Toyota Material Handling Group, and TMHE have mutually agreed that it would be "a natural step" to go their separate ways as the company enters a new phase.

Farmington Hills, MI, United States
Jervis B Webb Company, a subsidiary of Daifuku Webb Holding Company, has appointed two new vice presidents of project management - Bill Kline for airport baggage handling and
Tom Pawlowicz for factory/distribution automation. Both were previously executive directors of project management.

Kline has over 22 years' experience in the baggage handling industry and over 11 years at Webb. Before joining Webb, Kline was vice president and partner of a leading baggage handling system consulting firm.

Pawlowicz has been in the industrial automation industry for 35 years and has spent 13 of those years at Webb. Prior to Webb, Pawlowicz was engineering department leader at Overhead Crane and Service, operations manager at Siemens and program manager at Andersen and Associates Integrated Systems Division.

Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Daifuku America Corp, a subsidiary of Daifuku Webb Holding Company and provider of innovative materials handling solutions, has appointed Ryan Petrie as systems sales engineer for Daifuku America's factory and distribution automation team. Petrie has over 18 years of experience in the automated materials handling industry. Prior to joining Daifuku, he was account manager at Dematic/HK Systems and Portman Equipment. He will be responsible for expanding the company's automated storage and retrieval system, and conveyor business in North America.
Movers & Shakers
Movers & Shakers 17 Apr 2025 - 1 min read
Movers & Shakers
Movers & Shakers 3 Apr 2025 - 2 min read
Movers & Shakers
Movers & Shakers 28 Sep 2023 - 2 min read
Previously about:
Briefs News Story - 30 Oct 2014 - 2 min read
Movers & Shakers News Story - 12 Jun 2014 - 1 min read
Movers & Shakers News Story - 22 Dec 2011 - 1 min read
Stef Group introducing hydrogen forklifts News Story - 10 Apr 2025 - Slingerlands, NY, United States - 1 min read
Toyota’s stacker and drone win awards News Story - 2 May 2024 - Berlin, Germany - 1 min read
Toyota Material Handling Europe partners with Gideon News Story - 29 Feb 2024 - Mjölby, Sweden - 1 min read
Do you have materials handling news? Submit your news here

PREMIUM business

Tailift Material Handling USA Inc
Part of Toyota Industries Group - Leading manufacturer of High-quality machines.

Use your high-impact banner on our high-traffic technical forum pages to promote your products, services, or career opportunities directly to forklift technicians and engineers.

Starting at just $396 (USD) for 100,000 impressions.

Since our launch in February 2005, Forkliftaction has been home to the leading global discussion forum for forklift technicians, attracting 98,000 visits every week.

Spaces are limited—contact us today!

Words of support …

After advertising with Forkliftaction.com, we got many enquiries regarding interest to be our distributor. Mostly from Europe and USA but including a few in ASEAN. We feel that the advertisement was useful and good for market expansion.

Lawrence Xu, Assistant Sales Manager - Resonac Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.

Are you recruiting? Find your ideal candidate among a diverse range of materials handling professionals:

Forkliftaction's JOB MARKET

Use your high-impact banner on our high-traffic technical forum pages to promote your products, services, or career opportunities directly to forklift technicians and engineers.

Starting at just $396 (USD) for 100,000 impressions.

Since our launch in February 2005, Forkliftaction has been home to the leading global discussion forum for forklift technicians, attracting 98,000 visits every week.

Spaces are limited—contact us today!

PREMIUM business

Hangzhou Manforce Material Handling Equipment Co., Ltd
Specializing in Nichi and conventional forklift products, we create significant value for all our partners!

Are you recruiting? Find your ideal candidate among a diverse range of materials handling professionals:

Forkliftaction's JOB MARKET

Are you recruiting? Find your ideal candidate among a diverse range of materials handling professionals:

Forkliftaction's JOB MARKET

Use your high-impact banner on our high-traffic technical forum pages to promote your products, services, or career opportunities directly to forklift technicians and engineers.

Starting at just $396 (USD) for 100,000 impressions.

Since our launch in February 2005, Forkliftaction has been home to the leading global discussion forum for forklift technicians, attracting 98,000 visits every week.

Spaces are limited—contact us today!