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ITA team works toward safety day

News Story - 19 Feb 2015
Washington, DC, United States

A task force for the Industrial Truck Association (ITA) is developing a strategy for National Forklift Safety Day on 9 June. Jeff Rufener, president of Toyota Material Handling USA Inc...

HAWKER^® expands high-frequency modular charger line

Advertisement - 19 Feb 2015

HAWKER®'s modular charging revolution continues with the introduction of the LIFEPLUS® MOD3 modular, high-frequency charger line. Visit HAWKER® at Promat, Booth #2327!

Product News

News Story - 12 Feb 2015

Kalmar launches new reach stacker Stockholm, Sweden Kalmar has launched a new Gloria reach stacker specifically designed for empty and semi-laden container handling. The DRG100 is the latest addition to...

KION Group pursues Strategy 2020

News Story - 05 Feb 2015
Wiesbaden, Germany

KION Group CEO Gordon Riske has taken over as CEO of the group's brand companies Linde Material Handling and STILL GmbH. This is because the previous CEOs Theodor Maurer and...

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 05 Feb 2015

Washington, DC, United States The Industrial Truck Association (ITA) has appointed Brett Wood, president and CEO of Toyota Material Handling North America, as the new ITA chairman of the board...

Pyroban consolidates in Europe

News Story - 29 Jan 2015
Shoreham-by-Sea, United Kingdom

Pyroban will close its Lyon office in France and the office's customer services function for France and Spain will be integrated into the company's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA...

Short term rental is not just for Christmas

Advertisement - 29 Jan 2015

Flexi Narrow Aisle believe the short term hire of lift trucks - once a largely unplanned and 'stop gap' measure for organisations with a need to cover seasonal peaks - is now an important part of many leading companies' business models.

Tri-Lift NC adds to its Clark territory

News Story - 22 Jan 2015
Charlotte, NC, United States

Tri-Lift NC Inc is extending its representation of the Clark Material Handling Co product line in the Carolinas and is about to move to a larger facility. As announced on...

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 22 Jan 2015

Summerville, SC, United States The KION Group is under new management in North America. Former chief sales officer Vincent Halma has been promoted to president and CEO of KION North...

Baseplan Attending the Rental Show February 2015: New Orleans

Advertisement - 08 Jan 2015

The American Rental Association's annual show is coming up in less than 4 months and Baseplan Software is excited to be exhibiting for their second year running. Furthermore, Baseplan is pleased to announce their Silver Sponsorship status for the show.

Hiab sells sales arm to CIPSA

News Story - 08 Jan 2015
Malmö, Sweden

Hiab is moving to dealer-based distribution in Mexico after selling its Mexican sales company, Hiab SA de CV, to Consorcio Industrial Puebla SAPI de CV (CIPSA) for an undisclosed sum...

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 08 Jan 2015

Wiesbaden, Germany Birgit Behrendt and Xu Ping have been appointed to succeed Silke Scheiber and Dr Martin Hintze on the KION Group supervisory board. Behrendt was most recently vice president...

Fairchild adds branch, buys assets

News Story - 08 Jan 2015
Menomonee Falls, WI

Fairchild Equipment Inc has opened a Menomonee Falls branch in conjunction with acquiring the assets of MEE Material Handling LLC and Schmidt Industrial Truck Service Inc. Terms were not disclosed...

IAPS serves customers with new business

News Story - 08 Jan 2015
Telford, United Kingdom

IAPS Group has established a new powered access sales and service business, Nacelexpert, in France. Frédéric Allier, director of Nacelexpert, says: "We will be providing the same high level of...

GCT meets growth with more RTG orders

News Story - 18 Dec 2014
Gydnia, Poland

Kalmar has received another order for five of its latest generation rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) from Gydnia Container Terminal (GCT) in Poland. The value of the order is confidential. Two...

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 18 Dec 2014

Greenville, NC, United States NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG) has promoted Chuck Pascarelli to president of Americas, effective from 1 January. Pascarelli was president of sales and marketing, Americas. He...

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 11 Dec 2014

London, United Kingdom Roger Williams, CEO of the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA), will hand over the majority of his duties in the New Year. He will continue working for...

Exports grow for European manufacturers

News Story - 27 Nov 2014

The European Materials Handling Federation (FEM) stated last month that European materials handling production value had declined by nearly 7% in 2013. Exports had stagnated but FEM predicted that manufacturers...

Goodbye Linde, hello KION

News Story - 20 Nov 2014
Summerville, SC, United States

Materials handling equipment powerhouse KION Group AG is changing the identity of its North American business. Effective 1 January, the Summerville-based operations will be known legally as KION North America...

Changes in Missouri

News Story - 20 Nov 2014
Springfield, MO

Prominent forklift industry brands are undergoing representation realignment on the Springfield plateau in south-west Missouri's Ozark region. United Machinery & Supply Co Inc had a lengthy tenure there beginning in 1964...