Kalmar has secured substantial orders around the world in the past year.
* SA Stevedores, in Durban, South Africa, has expanded its Kalmar fleet with five additional 15-tonne forklifts equipped with detachable counterweights. The company is hiring all machines from Saficon, Kalmar's South African dealer.
* P&O Durban has bought four medium Kalmar forklifts.
* Kalmar has sold three new forklifts to Ningbo Port, close to Shanghai.
* Container manufacturer Shunde Shun and the port of Tianjin have both purchased a Kalmar five-high stacking empty-container handlers.
* Medway Ports in the UK has bought four Kalmar machines for its mixed cargo handling operations. The trucks are the first in the UK with Kalmar's new Flexcab and Dana 13000 power train.
* Kalmar has delivered 10 heavy-duty forklifts to ports in the Mediterranean. Two are going to the Port of Sokhna in Egypt, and several light forklifts are heading for Syria.
* International Paper, in the US, one of the world's largest sawmill and paper conglomerates, has bought its first Kalmar machine following a trial.
* Tool Logistics, a member of Germany's Gluns Group, has bought six Kalmar forklifts for inventory management and offloading chipboard in Saarland. Klausner Holz, another German timber company, has ordered six 15-tonners to handle its lumber.
* Austria's Mayr-Melnhof has ordered seven Kalmar trucks with a lifting capacity of 16 tonnes to service operations in the Czech Republic.
* The UK's Tarmac Concrete, part of global mining and mineral specialist Anglo American plc, has increased its fleet of 10-tonne Kalmar trucks with the purchase of another seven machines.
* Turkish steel producer Içdas has bought six 15-tonne forklifts to handle large steel wire coils. Kalmar is also supplying 13 forklifts to ISPAT Hamburger Stahlwerke.
* UK fertiliser manufacturer ABP Fertiliser has chosen four nine-tonne Kalmar forklifts to handle large sacks of fertiliser.
* Ford, Opel, BMV, Daimler-Chrysler and Audi have bought a total of eight electric-powered forklifts in the last year.
* Kalmar has secured a deal with Norwegian National Defence for a series of 16-tonne forklifts with appropriate attachments for military airports in Gardemoen and Bodø.
* Norwegian brewery Ringnäs has chosen a Kalmar machine to move beer and soft drinks. The company has taken delivery of a forklift with a vertically-adjustable cabin.
The significant number of new orders reflected Kalmar's track-record in tackling diverse and complex assignments, said Kalmar Industrial Systems sales & marketing director Mikael Rietz.
"We've made (several) significant breakthroughs in interesting markets. Kalmar is supplying more forklifts to new and returning customers," he said.