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UK forklift awaits fate in Oz

News Story - 09 Mar 2006
GRANTHAM, United Kingdom

A UK agricultural company whose stolen forklift was found in Australia a year later will not recover it. Sharmans Agricultural Ltd had a John Deere 3420 telescopic forklift and a...

Zeebrugge machines on smart path

News Story - 09 Mar 2006
STOCKHOLM, Sweden

Kalmar will fit 23 of APMT Zeebrugge's straddle carriers with its container position verification system. Kalmar Smartpath is an automated system that verifies and reports on the location of all...

Mock trial to be used in AEM seminar

Fork Talk - 09 Mar 2006
MILWAUKEE, WI, United States

The US Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) will hold a product liability seminar at the Marriott Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas, on April 6.

Inside the News - Edition #249

Inside the News - 02 Mar 2006

This week we publish issue #249 of our weekly electronic newsletter. Thank you to our readers who informed us of the wrong numbering in our newsletters, which happened a few...

JCB lifts manufacturing with no-fee school

News Story - 02 Mar 2006
ROCESTER, United Kingdom

JCB is funding an academy in East Staffordshire to raise the profile and appeal of the manufacturing industry among young people. JCB's latest step in its long-term investment in UK...

Hoist Liftruck - Neptune Series Marina Liftruck

Advertisement - 02 Mar 2006

Hoist Liftruck is poised to provide the same quality and reliable liftruck to the marina industry as it has for the past 100 years to other heavy-duty industries. The Neptune Series Marina Liftruck meets the demands of marina owners/operators to dry-stack boats with its tight maneuverability, easy operation and corrosion protection. This pneumatic series, modeled after Hoist's proven line of liftrucks, has a capacity range of 15,000 to 25,000 pounds with a 96-inch load center.

Former Clark exec jailed

News Story - 02 Mar 2006
WASHINGTON, DC, United States

A federal judge has sentenced former Clark Material Handling Co executive Robert E Quinn to 39 months' prison after a long, emotional hearing. Quinn, 55, of Lexington, was also fined...

Big leap in Argentine new forklift imports

News Story - 02 Mar 2006
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina

Argentine imports of new forklifts grew 38 per cent in 2005 while imports of used forklifts dropped 18 per cent, a market report said. Marketeck SA analysed official Argentine Government...

Crown CEO joins Bush council

News Story - 02 Mar 2006
NEW BREMEN, OH, United States

The head of Crown Equipment Corporation, James F Dicke, has been appointed a member of US President George W Bush's export council. Secretary of commerce Carlos M Gutierrez said business...

Steel price dents Rocla’s profits

News Story - 02 Mar 2006
JÄRVENPÄÄ, Finland

Rocla Oyj's operating profit for 2005 suffered mainly through increased steel costs, the Finnish forklift manufacturer said in its annual financial statements. Net sales of Rocla industrial trucks for fiscal...

Briefs

News Story - 02 Mar 2006

New series for Jungheinrich HAMBURG, Germany Jungheinrich has introduced the EJC Series 2 electric pedestrian truck to replace the first series introduced in 1999. The EJC Series 2, available in...

Forklift raiders steal pounds

News Story - 02 Mar 2006
LONDON, United Kingdom

Thieves who ripped off a cash machine from a UK service station with the help of a forklift got away with nearly GBP120,000 (USD209,375). Damage to the Texaco garage, in...

SAPO expands with Kalmar straddles

News Story - 02 Mar 2006
STOCKHOLM, Sweden

South African Port Operations (SAPO), the terminal operating subsidiary of South African transport company Transnet Ltd, has ordered 25 more Kalmar straddle carriers. In 2001, SAPO ordered 60 straddle carriers...

Bolzoni Auramo “Intelligent” Paper Roll Clamp In Halden, Norway

Advertisement - 02 Mar 2006

Bolzoni Auramo delivered three units of the new third generation "Intelligent" paper roll clamp, CTX G3 to Norske Skog, in Halden, Norway. The varying paper quality, roll weight and diameter increased the need to change clamping force during loading of ships. To solve this problem Norske Skog decided to invest in 3 units of 3 tons rotating Bolzoni Auramo intelligent clamps CTX-generation 3, installed on H45, H50 and H80 Linde fork lifts, delivered by the Norvegian Linde dealer Hesselberg.

Company: Hoist Liftruck

Industry Profile - 02 Mar 2006
BEDFORD PARK, IL, United States

Hoist is a privately-owned forklift manufacturer based in Bedford Park, Illinois, USA. It produces compact cushion-tyre forklifts and heavy-duty, pneumatic tyre forklifts for the concrete, paper, steel, aluminium, marina and automotive industries.

Ten Archie winners in 2006

Fork Talk - 02 Mar 2006
ALTON, United Kingdom

Ten industry members have received Fork Lift truck Association (FLTA) annual awards for excellence, known as the Archies.

Inside the News - Edition #248

Inside the News - 23 Feb 2006

Forkliftaction.com helps you plan your advertising by providing a calendar of editorial features appearing in Forkliftaction.com News in the coming months. This week's feature is on the logging and timber...

The Logging and Timber Industry

Feature Article - 23 Feb 2006

The Swedish Forestry Industries Federation asked forest industry consultants Jaako Pöyry to calculate how important the industry was to Sweden and the results were startling. The machines that keep this industry moving have a role to play.

EV Alert - New Cost effective Safety systems for Forklifts and other Heavy Vehicles

Advertisement - 23 Feb 2006

EV Alert started out as a single product 20 years ago for emergency services. It has been developed over the past three years into a range of units that cross multiple industries. There seems to be no end to what EV Alert & EV Fork can do in an industrial situation to assist with safety between forklifts, pedestrians and other fixed & moving plant and equipment.

Kalmar launches next generation RTD1623: A revolution in log stacker technology

Advertisement - 23 Feb 2006

Kalmar has launched a new generation of log stacker, the RTD1623, to replace the RTD1523, which has been on the market since the early 1990s. Compared to its predecessor, the new RTD1623 offers more capacity, increased stability and even better manoeuvrability, despite having a wheel base 250mm longer.

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