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NEW GENERAL MANAGER TAKES THE HELM AT SMV AUSTRALIA

News Story - 13 Mar 2003
SYDNEY, Australia

Chris Burns, former sales and marketing manager with Linde Australia, has been appointed general manager of SMV Australia, part of the Powerlift group. Mr Burns told Forkliftaction.com News he left...

PYROBAN SAFETY SEMINAR GOES SOUTH

News Story - 06 Mar 2003
SLOUGH, United Kingdom

Pyroban will alert forklift users and industry professionals to the latest developments in hazardous materials handling laws when it hosts its Southern Safety Seminar at the Marriot Hotel, Slough, on...

CONTINENTAL LIFT TRUCK HIRES BILINGUAL SPECIALIST

Advertisement - 06 Mar 2003
JORDAN, United States

Continental Lift Truck, in Jordan, MN, has hired Juan "Carlos" Ruisenor to handle accounts in Mexico, South America and Spain. With more than six years experience in international sales and manufacturing, Carlos, originally from Mexico City, Mexico, has visited many countries around the world and understands their cultures. These skills and knowledge will enable Carlos to work successfully with Continental's national and international customers.

MATERIALS HANDLING HINDERS LINDE PROGRESS

News Story - 27 Feb 2003
WIESBADEN, Germany

Linde's preliminary full-year 2002 results, released this week, show group sales fell slightly to EUR8.276 billion (USD9.386 billion) from EUR8.833 billion (USD9.5 billion) in 2001. Despite challenging economic conditions, particularly...

CASCADE HIRES JACOBS AS NEW TERRITORY MANAGER

Advertisement - 20 Feb 2003
PORTLAND, United States

Cascade Corporation has hired Danny Jacobs as Territory Manager, responsible for Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Western Tennessee. Jacobs has 27 years experience in Material Handling sales and sales management, and lives in the Memphis area with his wife, Lisa. He will maintain a home office. Jacobs replaces Ralph Dixon, who was promoted to Regional Sales Manager, overseeing Cascade's Territory Managers in central and western USA. He will also maintain some Strategic Accounts and serve central Arkansas as Territory Manager. Click here for pictures and the full text of this release. - Cascade website -

JLG TRANSFORMER HITS THE STREETS

News Story - 13 Feb 2003
ANAHEIM, United States

JLG Industries Inc has launched a Transformer telehandler and a line of Triple-L trailers at the annual American Rental Association (ARA) trade show, held from February 11 to 13 in...

JLG CLOSES PLANT, SLASHES JOBS

News Story - 13 Jan 2003
MCCONNELSBURG, United States

JLG Industries is closing a USA plant and concentrating production of its aerial work platforms in two US and one Belgian facility. The closure of the Bedford, Pennsylvania, plant comes...

LIFT-TEK ELECAR PREPARES FOR MARKET ASSAULT

News Story - 18 Dec 2002
GUELPH, Canada

Lift-Tek Elecar is poised for an assault on the world attachments market with several high-level additions to its management team. Company chairman Bill Harrison said Lift-Tek Elecar would announce "some...

SALES DOWN, PROFITS UP AT JUNGHEINRICH

News Story - 05 Dec 2002
HAMBURG, Germany

Jungheinrich AG held up well in the third quarter of 2002 despite difficult economic conditions, posting a higher return on sales and higher net income, according to the company's latest...

TOYOTA WINS AKCROS FLEET DEAL

News Story - 05 Dec 2002
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom

Toyota Industrial Equipment (Northern) Ltd has won a contract to supply 17 forklifts to Akcros Chemicals in Eccles, Manchester. The value of the contract has not been released. Akcros Chemicals...

LINDE OPTIMISES ITS MULTIBRAND STRATEGY

News Story - 21 Nov 2002
ASCHAFFENBURG, Germany

Linde has launched a program to optimise its multibrand strategy in its materials handling business. The "TRIM.100" program - Total Reorganisation of our International Multibrand Strategy - aims to save EUR100 million...

CVS: BELOTTI INTEGRATION SURFACING IN PRODUCTION

News Story - 21 Nov 2002
ROVOLETO DI CADEO, Italy

The CVS Ferrari and Belotti Handling SpA merger is bringing changes in the production of container handling equipment. CVS acquired Belotti, of Genoa, Italy, in June and operates the business...

NORTHERN CLAIMS TOYOTA TERRITORY

News Story - 21 Nov 2002
CASTLEFORD, United Kingdom

Toyota Industrial Equipment (Northern) Ltd has expanded to become the largest regional Toyota forklift distributor in the United Kingdom. The expansion follows the acquisition this year of the northwest and...

CASCADE, BOEING OFFER SETTLEMENT IN PORTLAND CONTAMINATION DISPUTE

News Story - 14 Nov 2002
FAIRVIEW, United States

Cascade Corp and Boeing Co have agreed to pay USD6.2 million to the City of Portland, Oregon, to settle litigation arising from groundwater contamination allegations. Portland had sought USD20.5 million...

NACCO POSTS PROMISING Q3 FIGURES

News Story - 07 Nov 2002
MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, United States

Nacco Industries Inc, maker of Hyster and Yale forklifts and parts, reported an improvement in third quarter profit and sales and cited tight management controls as a contributor. "We expect...

COMBILIFT EXPANDS UK DEALER NETWORK

News Story - 31 Oct 2002
LONDON, United Kingdom

Combilift will appoint up to six new dealers in the United Kingdom in the next 18 months after seeing sales double there this year. Combilift, a pioneering manufacturer of multi-directional...

JAPANESE FORKLIFT SALES, EXPORTS DROP, SAYS REPORT

News Story - 31 Oct 2002
TOKYO, Japan

Exports and domestic forklift sales in Japan dropped 5.3 percent between April and September 2002 to 48,075 units, according to the latest Japan Industrial Vehicles Association (JIVA) report. Domestic sales...

LINDE WINS VIAMAX SOUTH AFRICAN DEAL

News Story - 17 Oct 2002
CITY DEEP, South Africa

Linde's Heavy Truck Division has secured a R30 million (USD2.87 million), six-year deal to supply 16 Linde container handlers to Viamax, a subsidiary of Transnet. Beating strong international competition for...

US MANUFACTURERS EMERGING FROM RECESSION?

News Story - 26 Sep 2002
IRVINE, United States

After a period of record growth heading into the 21st century, the US forklift industry experienced a significant slump in 2001 and into this year, but there is light at the end of the tunnel, manufacturers claim.

FANTUZZI NOELL IN UK EXPANSION

News Story - 26 Sep 2002
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom

Specialist port equipment and sideloader manufacturer Fantuzzi Noell has expanded its United Kingdom headquarters. A GDP1 million (USD1.55 million) investment has resulted in a new 7,500 square foot development which...

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