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Movers & Shakers

News Story - 05 Apr 2007

PORTLAND, OR, United States Cascade Corp has appointed Frank Altenhofen as vice president for the Americas. He will be responsible for manufacturing at Cascade's six US and Canadian plants. He...

Michael Romano

Industry Profile - 05 Apr 2007
CAROL STREAM, IL, United States

Michael Romano took over a Raymond dealership in Illinois two years ago and now oversees construction of a new company headquarters.

Ballard: Cost reduction a key factor

News Story - 29 Mar 2007
VANCOUVER, Canada

Cost reduction was a key factor in making fuel cell technology commercially viable for materials handling applications, Ballard vice president Noordin Nanji said. Ballard Power Systems and Cellex Power Products...

John Sneddon

Industry Profile - 29 Mar 2007
RICHMOND, VA

John Sneddon, 46, is president of Jungheinrich Lift Truck Corp, of Richmond, Virginia, the US subsidiary of Jungheinrich AG. He told Forkliftaction.com News journalist Roger Renstrom in Chicago this year, that he sees Jungheinrich making greater inroads in the North American market.

Plug Power pays cash for Cellex

News Story - 22 Mar 2007
LATHAM, NY, United States

Plug Power Inc has bought fuel cell developer Cellex Power Products Inc for USD45 million cash. Cellex Power president and CEO Chris Reid said the Richmond, Canada-based company expected the...

Patricia Dawes, Task Forklifts SA - Australia

Industry Profile - 22 Mar 2007
ADELAIDE, South Australia, Australia

Patricia Dawes, Australian forklift manufacturer and distributor Task Australia's first female salesperson, has just moved from Sydney to Adelaide. She may be South Australia's only female materials handling salesperson.

Clark on track to manufacture in Germany soon

News Story - 01 Mar 2007
MÜLHEIM, Germany

Clark forklifts may soon be produced in Europe as the old-brand forklifts' European sales office moves to bigger headquarters to accommodate expanding sales. On January 26, Clark Europe GmbH moved...

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 22 Feb 2007

ALPHARETTA, GA, USA Major lead acid battery manufacturer GNB, part of Exide Technologies, has made several staff changes. Taylor Frederickson is the new western regional sales manager. He was previously...

Person: Loren Swakow

Industry Profile - 22 Feb 2007
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL, United States

Industry leader Loren G Swakow succeeded his older brother, Paul, as president of Scott Lift Truck Corp, a Komatsu Ltd distributor, on January 1. Loren Swakow was the 2004 president of the Material Handling Equipment Distributors' Association (MHEDA) and the 1995 president of the then-active Chicago Industrial Truck Dealers' Association. He said the factory-direct trend and dealer profitability were among issues facing independent US forklift distributors.

President Bush praises Caterpillar

News Story - 15 Feb 2007
PEORIA, Il, United States

President George W Bush has visited Caterpillar's manufacturing facility in East Peoria, Illinois, and commended Caterpillar for demonstrating that US companies could "successfully compete on the world stage". A Caterpillar...

Clark makes comeback

Industry Profile - 08 Feb 2007
LEXINGTON, KY, United States

Clark Material Handling Co is rebounding under the ownership of Young An Hat Company Ltd (YAHC). Longtime YAHC executive Dennis Lawrence guides the Clark management team in Lexington as president and CEO, and the once-troubled Clark brand appears to be regaining lustre.

Kalmar to buy forklift hire and service business

News Story - 01 Feb 2007
STOCKHOLM, Sweden

Kalmar has signed an agreement to buy an industrial sales and service business in northern Sweden. Kalmar CEO Christer Granskog said the acquisition targeted growth in Sweden and bolstered Kalmar...

Komatsu Forklift merges with Komatsu Zenoah

News Story - 25 Jan 2007
TOKYO, Japan

Komatsu Ltd's board of directors will merge the Japanese company's forklift and small construction equipment manufacturing subsidiaries on April 1. The merger is expected to capitalise on the subsidiaries' manufacturing...

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Advertisement - 25 Jan 2007

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Movers & Shakers

News Story - 25 Jan 2007

BRISBANE, Qld, Australia TVH Australasia has appointed Peter Milliken as general manager, sales and business development. He previously worked for EMC as group general manager and has more than 20...

Heavy-duty hMach forklifts enter market

News Story - 18 Jan 2007
SPOKANE, WA, United States

Newly established, large-capacity forklift producer hMach International Inc has delivered three heavy-duty forklifts as part of a design and manufacturing contract with Rahco International Inc. The two companies are connected...

UK forklift survey paints gloomy picture

News Story - 21 Dec 2006
STOCKTON, United Kingdom

Analysis by Bill Redmond Few of Britain's forklift companies are fully in control of their overall business strategies, says Plimsoll Publishing's latest annual survey of the UK forklift industry. According...

JLG transitions to Oshkosh ownership

News Story - 14 Dec 2006
OSHKOSH, WI, United States

Oshkosh Truck Corp has completed its acquisition of JLG Industries Inc, making the telehandler manufacturer its largest business segment (Forkliftaction.com News #282). The USD3.2 billion all-cash transaction was completed on...

Digital technology keeps VLS techs on road

News Story - 14 Dec 2006
BREA, CA, United States

A southern Californian forklift dealer has bucked the industry trend to avoid mobile service technicians. VLS Inc, of Brea, California, which trades as Vertical Lift Truck Services of California, has...

Skilled forklift workers a global rarity

News Story - 07 Dec 2006
BRISBANE, Australia

By Christine Liew Forklift industry members worldwide say there is a shortage of maintenance personnel, technicians and good salespeople in the industry. Henry Whitney, president of Argentine marketing company Marketeck...

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