 Barclay Brand Ferdon supports National Breast Cancer Awareness month with its pink forklift display. |
Pink forklift on display this month
South Plainfield, NJ, United StatesUS forklift supplier Barclay Brand Ferdon is supporting National Breast Cancer Awareness month by raising money and awareness, and displaying a pink Yale forklift on its front lawn throughout the month of October.
Barclay Brand Ferdon CEO Skip Russo says the company will match all donations made by employees to the American Cancer Society. The company is participating in the society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Woodbridge Centre on 17 October.
Barclay Brand Ferdon is a warehousing equipment and support services distributor in New Jersey and New York. It represents Yale forklifts.
United Rentals releases white paper
Greenwich, CT, United StatesUnited Rentals Inc has released a white paper on clean construction regulations, titled "Clean Construction: A Guide for the Construction Industry and Policy Makers".
The document serves as a guide for the construction industry and covers air quality and health concerns around diesel emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, direct site impacts to water quality/habitat, and community disturbance from noise, dust and traffic. It profiles policies that impact the way contractors and equipment owners conduct business, including California's Off-Road Diesel Program and policies in New York, Illinois and Texas. It is also a resource for municipal, city and state governments considering diesel emission regulations.
"We value the opportunity to work with regulators to promote effective regulations that meet industry needs and incorporate lessons learned to date," says Heidi Rawe, United Rental's senior director of sustainability. The white paper can be downloaded free from
www.unitedrentals.com.
Germans win again
Aschaffenburg, GermanyThe reigning German champions have taken the "Best European Forklifting Nation" title at the StaplerCup in Aschaffenburg, Germany.
Michael Schubert, Tino Schröder and Waldemar Taach beat Czech Republic and Hungary in the forklift competition that was watched by about 10,000 spectators on Aschaffenburg's Schlossplatz.
Ten countries including Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Slovakia, the UK and Belgium sent their three best forklift operators to compete in the annual competition.
Since 2007, many European countries have held their own national forklift championships and sent their top three winners to Aschaffenburg to compete in the international championship, which runs concurrently with the final of the German national championship.
MMS Aviation upgrades forklift capability
Coshocton, OH, United StatesChristian grant institution Tyndale House Foundation of Carol Stream, Illinois has provided USD5,000 for the faith-supported ministry MMS Aviation of Coshocton to purchase a model-year 2000 Daewoo forklift with lifting capacity of 4,000 lbs (1,800 kg). This unit replaces an early -1950s Motolift that MMS Aviation had found difficult to maintain because many repair parts were unavailable. MMS Aviation serves the mission-oriented aviation community.