Linde (China) holds a ceremony to launch its new electric reach truck.

Linde (China) Forklift Truck Corp Ltd has launched an electric stand-on reach truck at a ceremony attended by the vice mayor of Xiamen City and overseas dealer representatives.

Chonggeng Ye, Xiamen City's vice mayor, says Linde's R&D activity has "greatly improved" in the past two years.

"The Xiamen Municipal Government recently [recognised] Linde (China)'s R&D centre as a 'City Level R&D Centre'," Ye says.

According to Linde (China) CEO Chingpong Quek, the company has an R&D team of 100 people equipped with testing equipment and keeping abreast of the latest developments in forklift technology and industry trends.

"We are no longer just an assembly production site but committed to Sino-German R&D as well as new product development projects," Quek explains.

Ye adds that Linde's E16 and E20 forklifts for the Chinese market have won the Xiamen New Product Award and Fujian New Product Award.

Linde (China) spokeswoman Ring Chen tells Forkliftaction.com News that the T16 and T20 pallet trucks and L10 and L12 pallet stackers will be launched in China soon.

The new R14SP, R16SP and R18SP reach stackers come in 1.4-1.8 ton lifting capacities.