The inagural Komatsu Malaysian Forklift competition on 23 May 2008.

G-Force Forklift Group celebrated the opening of its Shah Alam office in conjunction with the inaugural Komatsu Malaysian Forklift competition and the launch of the Komatsu new-gen battery hybrid forklift last Friday.

Kazuyuki Katayama, a Japanese embassy official in Malaysia, who was a special guest, said Komatsu forklift distributor G-Force has grown from humble beginnings to an international company under the leadership of executive director Pan Chee Seng.

G-Force established itself as a total materials handling equipment supplier in a single office, warehouse and service centre in Johor Bahru, north of Singapore, in 2000. It was awarded sole distributorship of Komatsu forklifts in west Malaysia in 2001.

It now has five branches nationwide and offices in China (Wuxi, Nanjing, Shenzhen) and Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi), and is a dealer for Still, Heli and Bendi forklifts. The Malaysian Ministry of Human Resources' Human Resources Development Corp has approved G-Force as an authorised provider of forklift safety training.

"The support of Komatsu and its long-standing history of technological advancements in construction and materials handling equipment will accelerate the growth of G-Force in Malaysia," Katayama said.

Congratulating G-Force on the hybrid forklift launch, he said global climate change is a real threat and called on Asian and Western companies to work towards reducing harmful gas emissions.

Winners of the forklift competition held to promote forklift safety and Komatsu forklifts were Mohd Arif B Afandi from Malaysian Sugar, Muhamad Nadri B Omar from Tiong Nam Juru and Ahmad Zamri B Abd. Aziz from GG Circuits Industries.