A Malaysian subsidiary of a leading European packaging producer has chosen Linde over Japanese-made forklifts, after consulting its forklift drivers.

SCA Packaging, of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has awarded a seven-year rental contract to Linde distributor JetCan MHE for 14 four-wheel Linde counterbalanced forklifts.

SCA logistics & human resources manager Shariff Baba said driver evaluation of three materials handling companies was involved in the tender process.

"An uncomfortable, noisy truck causes driver fatigue and reduces productivity. Our experience with other Japanese-made [trucks] over the years found Linde trucks were the quickest and easiest to operate over a full work cycle."

SCA, established in Sweden in 1929, produces corrugated board, packaging and containerboard and supplies customised transport and packaging solutions to mainly European food companies and industrial products and consumer goods producers.