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Seegrid, Yale collaborate on AGVs

News Story - 20 Mar 2014
Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Automated guided vehicle (AGV) provider Seegrid Corp will make its Guided by Seegrid technology available to customers of Yale Materials Handling Corp of Greenville, South Carolina. The MO50T tow tractor...

Manitex, Linamar report 2013 gains

News Story - 13 Mar 2014
Bridgeview, IL, United States and Guelph, ON, Canada

Equipment manufacturers Manitex International Inc and Linamar Corp have delivered positive financial results for 2013. Manitex International Inc Bridgeview-based publicly traded Manitex reports its 2013 sales increased 19% and profits...

Materials handling in the USA - 2014

Feature Article - 13 Mar 2014
United States

There is a conflicting picture coming out of the USA in regards to the current state of the materials handling industry. Most of those Forkliftaction.com News spoke with are approaching the upcoming year with cautious optimism, but others are wary of being too optimistic in an unpredictable economic and political environment, both domestically and globally. Melissa Barnett reports.

LogiMAT sees double-digit growth

News Story - 06 Mar 2014
Stuttgart, Germany

LogiMAT organisers have reported a 10% rise in visitors for the materials handling trade show that took place in Stuttgart, Germany late last month. While there was only a slight...

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 06 Mar 2014

Redmond, WA, United States Terex Aerial Work Platforms has realigned its marketing team with engineering and product management to better serve Genie customers. Brad Allen has been appointed vice president...

Briefs

News Story - 06 Mar 2014

TMHE truck design honoured Hannover, Germany Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE) received the iF international design award for its BT Movit N-series tow tractor in Munich, Germany last week. The...

Hangcha importer grows network

News Story - 27 Feb 2014
Corby, United Kingdom

HC Forklifts UK has expanded its dealer network significantly just 12 months after the company's launch. The Corby-based forklift company, which was established by Eqstra Industrial Equipment and imports and...

Hyster refocuses on German market

News Story - 27 Feb 2014
Neu-Isenburg, Germany

Effective 28 February, the European construction equipment business of Zeppelin GmbH of Garching, Germany will cease representation of the Hyster brand, ending a 12-year relationship. Zeppelin has chosen to focus...

Yilport chooses APS solutions

News Story - 27 Feb 2014
Zurich, Switzerland

Yilport Holding has selected APS Technology Group's gate automation and operating solutions for four multipurpose ports it operates in Turkey. The APS solution allows Yilport to manage exceptions across all...

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 27 Feb 2014
Duisburg, Germany

After the death of Clark Europe GmbH managing director Egon Strehl last month (Forkliftaction.com News #654), the company is now run by SS Baik from parent company Young An, who is also...

Komatsu helps disadvantaged South Africans

News Story - 27 Feb 2014
Tokyo, Japan

Komatsu Ltd will establish a trust in South Africa to provide human resource development programs for "historically disadvantaged" South Africans (HDSA) as defined in the country's Mining Charter. The trust...

KION receives more orders in 2013

News Story - 20 Feb 2014
Wiesbaden, Germany

The KION Group received slightly more orders in 2013 - about 142,800 trucks, compared to 141,700 the previous year. The total value of the order intake was EUR4.489 billion (USD6.177 billion...

MEYER and BOLZONI join Sales Organisations in Germany, Switzerland and Austria

Advertisement - 20 Feb 2014

Hans H. Meyer GmbH and Bolzoni Auramo GmbH join their Sales and Service organisations in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The new structure will be presented for the first time at this year's LogiMAT in Stuttgart.

UniCarries finalises acquisition

News Story - 20 Feb 2014
Tokyo, Japan

UniCarriers Corporation has completed its acquisition of Dutch forklift dealer Crepa Groep BV. The acquisition value is confidential. Tobias Laxa, Europe group marketing manager at UniCarriers, tells Forkliftaction.com News that...

Flexi Warehouse Systems launches FlexiPiCK: an innovation in layer picking

Advertisement - 20 Feb 2014

Flexi Narrow Aisle's Warehouse Systems Division has announced the launch of the FlexiPiCK - a layer picking-based storage and order fulfillment solution that offers case pick rates of more than 1,000 outers per hour per operator.

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 20 Feb 2014

Helsinki, Finland Cargotec has appointed Mikael Laine as senior vice president - strategy, effective from 7 April. He will be a member of the executive board and will report to CEO...

Medley adds branch in New Mexico

News Story - 13 Feb 2014
Oklahoma City, OK, United States

Medley Material Handling Co has purchased the operations of BES Rentals & Hydraulic Sales in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Terms were not disclosed. Medley is operating the Carlsbad location - its eighth in...

Grammer constructs US factory

News Story - 13 Feb 2014
Tupelo, MI, United States

Seating systems specialist Grammer AG is constructing a 120,000 sqft. (10,640 sqm) manufacturing facility in Tupelo, Mississippi, with expectations to begin operations in late 2014. In addition to production, the...

Briefs

News Story - 13 Feb 2014

TMHE gains four nominations Hannover, Germany Toyota Material Handling Europe has received four nominations for the 2014 International Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Awards. Winners will be announced at...

FLTA names winners

News Story - 06 Feb 2014
London, United Kingdom

The Fork Lift Truck Association announced the winners of its 20th annual Awards for Excellence. Big product category winners include Cooper SH Konecranes' Hybrid Reachstacker (Environment), Combilift's Combi-WR4 (Ergonomics), Linde's...

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