Movers & Shakers

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- 20 Jan 2011 ( #497 )
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Carole Crawford
Carole Crawford
Hereford, United Kingdom
HFT Forklifts LTD has appointed Carole Crawford as its new managing director. Carole replaces her husband, Peter Crawford, who is now HFT's chairman. As one of a handful of women in a predominantly male sector, Carole is looking forward to the challenges ahead. "My aim is to help the business grow by strengthening links with existing customers and ensuring we continue to meet and exceed the high standards expected from us," she says.
As part of the restructure, the company has also strengthened its senior management team with second-generation family members, Zoe Ferriday and Jamie Crawford, being promoted to human resources director and commercial director, respectively.

Southampton, United Kingdom
Fuel cell components company Bac2 has appointed David Stirling as a non-executive director. Stirling brings industrial experience to the role, particularly in international business development. He is CEO of London Stock Exchange-listed specialty plastics company Zotefoams plc and non-executive director of MuCell Extrusion LLC, a technology-licensing business based in Massachusetts, USA. Stirling is a chartered accountant with Master's degrees in finance and business administration.
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It’s the year 2000. You’re in front of a boxy beige desktop waiting for the screeching ramblings of your dial-up to reach its finale. You go to Yahoo!, MSN, or maybe AOL, and start the mind-numbing process of finding your very specific needle in the digital haystack. And with web pages loading one image at a time, patience isn’t just a virtue – it’s a requirement!

As clumsy as this early iteration seems now, this technology was the great enabler that allowed Forkliftaction to connect to the industry across the globe.  

To everyone who has connected with Forkliftaction in the past 25 years, thank you for your contribution to our success! We feel deeply touched by your words of encouragement.

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As clumsy as this early iteration seems now, this technology was the great enabler that allowed Forkliftaction to connect to the industry across the globe.  

To everyone who has connected with Forkliftaction in the past 25 years, thank you for your contribution to our success! We feel deeply touched by your words of encouragement.

What has Forkliftaction meant to you? Drop us a line.