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Caterpillar surges forward

News Story - 16 Feb 2006
PEORIA, IL, United States

Caterpillar Inc says 2005 was a year of unprecedented customer demand with full year sales and revenues were up 20 per cent to USD36.339 billion. "With the surge in customer...

JAMCO has good selection of late model Toyota LPG & electrics

Advertisement - 16 Feb 2006

Jamco - Wholesale distributors of Used Forklifts, Battery Chargers, Pallet Trucks and more, sells to USA-Canada & parts of Mexico. All forklifts get thorough inspection of major components. Celebrating 20 years in...

Duke gives royal nod to JCB plant

News Story - 16 Feb 2006
DERBYSHIRE, United Kingdom

The Duke of York will give the royal seal of approval to JCB's entry into diesel engine production when he officiates at the opening of JCB power systems plant in...

One-stop shop pioneered for Oz port

News Story - 16 Feb 2006
BRISBANE, Australia

A Brisbane transport and logistics company is building a AUD65 million (USD48 million) warehouse precinct at the Port of Brisbane which will be a "one-stop shop" for freight forwarders, customs...

Lowry Scores Big in Australia

Advertisement - 16 Feb 2006

The first of Lowry's NEW L400XD models is on its way to Prolift Toyota for General Motors Holden, Australia. Rated 40,000 lbs. capacity at a 30" load center the new Lowry L400XD model is designed with world class quality mechanical components offering 2006 application solutions for heavy capacity customers with operating space restrictions.

Helping new employees

Safety First - 16 Feb 2006
ABBOTSFORD, Canada

We have all been a new employee at one time or other. Try to recall all the training you received on your first day of work and how confident you felt afterwards. As an employer, it is not enough to overwhelm a new employee with information in a short period of time and walk away feeling that due diligence has been served.

Company: Manitou BF

Industry Profile - 16 Feb 2006
SYDNEY, Australia

Manitou BF, headquartered at Ancenis, France, is a leading global rough-terrain materials handling provider and produces aerial work platforms and industrial handling equipment. It has a network of 500 independent dealers and distributors in more than 100 countries across five continents.

Inside the News - Edition #246

Inside the News - 09 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. Features planned are: February: Forklifts in the logging & timber...

Analysts: Linde may be broken up for sale

News Story - 09 Feb 2006
FRANKFURT, Germany

Linde AG may sell its materials handling unit in pieces, rather than as a whole, to finance a possible takeover of British gas group BOC Group plc. According to Dow...

Manitou Oz 2006: 5000 training hours

News Story - 09 Feb 2006
SYDNEY, Australia

The newest Manitou subsidiary, in Sydney, Australia, will support its French parent company with a projected 5,000 training hours set to take place in 2006. At an opening ceremony for...

Forklift-testing firm makes acquisitions

News Story - 09 Feb 2006
CIBOLO, TX, United States

by US correspondent Roger Renstrom Engineered Performance Solutions LLC (EPS) has entered the market to test powered industrial trucks, off-road construction equipment and aftermarket forklift attachments and mast assemblies. The...

Dutch market going up

News Story - 09 Feb 2006
VLIETWEG, Netherlands

A Dutch industry association says 2005 electric forklift sales in the Netherlands saw double-digit growth, but sales of some warehouse trucks decreased. BMWT, which represents importers and manufacturers of construction...

Coming to Europe: tight turning turret truck

News Story - 09 Feb 2006
NEW BREMEN, OH, United States

Crown has released a very-narrow-aisle truck that beats its predecessor with a tighter turning radius. The TSP 6000 series, introduced in the USA last October, has a three-point design, giving...

Texas leads equipment theft

News Story - 09 Feb 2006
New York, NY, United States

A National Equipment Register (NER) report says almost 40 per cent of all construction and agricultural equipment theft in the USA occurs in five states, with Texas leading. Based on...

Top-level change at NMHG A-P

News Story - 09 Feb 2006
SYDNEY, Australia

Nacco Materials Handling Group (NMHG) managing director for Asia-Pacific will leave the company after 22 years to pursue other career opportunities. In an internal statement sent to staff and dealers...

Tacoma breaks cargo records

News Story - 09 Feb 2006
TACOMA, WA, United States

The Port of Tacoma experienced its strongest year by cargo volume in the port's history in 2005. Port of Tacoma Commission president Connie Bacon said Tacoma's growth was fuelled by...

Forklift helps woman lose weight

News Story - 09 Feb 2006
BUDAPEST, Hungary

A Hungarian woman who weighed more than 200kg relied on a forklift to get to a weight-loss program. Mail & Guardian online cited an MTI news agency report that Budapest firefighters...

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 09 Feb 2006

WESTPORT, CT, United States Terex Corp has named Jon Carter vice president, controller & chief accounting officer. Carter has been acting controller & chief accounting officer since February 2005. Before that, he...

Inside the News - Edition #245

Inside the News - 02 Feb 2006

Forkliftaction.com's media release packages give companies the opportunity to take advantage of Forkliftaction.com's worldwide reach to maximise the exposure of their company announcements and important news. With very low marketing...

EMC Attachments is created

Advertisement - 02 Feb 2006

As the official representative of the Kaup product in Australian and New Zealand EMC Group is proud to announce EMC Attachments ™ to the industry. The creation of EMC Attachments ™ will offer a dedicated team that will provide specific services for quality handling solutions for forklifts. This will compliment the core forklift parts business to offer something unique to the industry.

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