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MOVERS & SHAKERS

News Story - 18 Jul 2002
FAIRVIEW, United States

CASCADE LIFTS NICKOLOFF TO NEW HEIGHTS FAIRVIEW, USA - Cascade Corporation has named Jeff Nickoloff as vice president of corporate manufacturing. He oversees materials handling product factories in North America and...

OFFICIALS DESTROY FISHY CONSIGNMENT

News Story - 18 Jul 2002
LAGOS, Nigeria

Nigerian customs officials received a smelly surprise when 2.3 tonnes of rotten fish arrived at Lagos's Michelle Terminal this month. Seventy-eight 30-kilogram bales of dried fish heads, worth NGN1 million...

Inside the News - Edition #65

Inside the News - 12 Jul 2002

INSIDE FORKLIFTACTION.COM Forkliftaction.com http://www.forkliftaction.com this week celebrates two years of service to the international materials handling industry. In July 2000, our newsletter, then a fortnightly, plain text, emailed newsletter, was...

YANMAR AND ISUZU TO SHARE DIESEL ENGINES

News Story - 12 Jul 2002
TOKYO, Japan

Isuzu Motors Ltd and Yanmar Diesel Engine Co will begin cross-supplying diesel engines for forklifts and other non-automotive vehicles next year. A joint statement said Isuzu would supply Yanmar, an...

BT ROLATRUC SCORES GBP10 MILLION BOOKER CONTRACT

News Story - 12 Jul 2002
SLOUGH, United Kingdom

BT Rolatruc Ltd has won a seven-year, GBP10 million contract to supply and maintain more than 450 warehouse and counterbalance forklifts for Booker Cash & Carry Ltd. The forklifts, the first...

AUSA IN RUSSIAN ASSAULT

News Story - 12 Jul 2002
BARCELONA, Spain

Automoviles Utilitarios SA (AUSA) has launched an aggressive market share assault on eastern Europe, and plans to expand its Russian distributor network. AUSA eastern Europe regional sales manager Alvaro Noguera...

CHINESE PORT BUYS NINE ZPMC CRANES

News Story - 12 Jul 2002
SHENZHEN, China

Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT), southern China's leading container port, has taken delivery of nine rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from Zhenhua Port Machinery Co Ltd (ZPMC). The cranes, which arrived...

ROLF SLOBOTZKY: SOUTH OF THE BORDER

Feature Article - 12 Jul 2002
MEXICO CITY, Mexico

Expo-Logistica, a combined showcase of the materials handling and logistics industries, was held in Mexico City's new Hipodromo de Las Americas exhibition hall last week.

WATCHDOG TARGETS FORKLIFT SAFETY

News Story - 12 Jul 2002
MELBOURNE, Australia

Unsafe forklift operating practices are the target of a new campaign by Victoria's workplace safety watchdog. WorkSafe Victoria transport and storage program director Trevor Martin said there had been more...

Inside the News - Edition #64

Inside the News - 04 Jul 2002

As the world's foremost, independent online community for the materials handling industry, Forkliftaction.com provides an invaluable link for industry professionals worldwide. We have just launched our Marketing Department, dedicated to...

ATLET TO BUILD NISSAN FORKLIFTS FOR FRANCE

News Story - 04 Jul 2002
MOLNLYCKE, Sweden

Atlet AB will manufacture a range of its warehouse equipment under the Nissan Forklift Europe brand and supply it to Nissan France SA. Atlet, in a statement, said the agreement...

HY-MATE WINS EXCLUSIVE DEAL

News Story - 04 Jul 2002
BELFAST, Ireland

Belfast-based Hy-Mate Distributors (Ireland) has secured exclusive distribution rights in Scotland and Northern Ireland for the Hy-Mate, a unique fork attachment aimed at reducing forklift accidents. The Hy-Mate uses a...

SPECIAL FEATURE: YOUR FORKLIFTACTION.COM FORKLIFT TYRE GUIDE

Feature Article - 04 Jul 2002
LYDNEY, United Kingdom

Today's 'go-anywhere, do-anything' mentality means tyre manufacturers must develop products that can cope with the increasingly varied demands of modern materials handling. The sheer diversity of surfaces on which forklifts...

EUR10 MILLION CONTRACT WIN FOR KCI KONECRANES

News Story - 04 Jul 2002
HYVINKAA, Finland

KCI Konecranes VLC has won a EUR10 million contract from ZAO First Container Terminal (ZFCT) for two panamax ship-to-shore container cranes for the Port of St Petersburg, in Russia. Delivery...

NACCO WORKERS VOTE TO UNIONISE

News Story - 04 Jul 2002
IRVINE, United Kingdom

Amicus, Great Britain's second-largest trade union, is close to securing an enterprise agreement with Nacco Materials Handling Group Europe. An Evening Times report said talks were in progress after Nacco...

SUSPECT CHASED DOWN IN ATM THEFT

News Story - 04 Jul 2002
LETHBRIDGE, Canada

A thief has allegedly used a forklift to drive through a cinema's doors and steal an automatic teller machine (ATM). Lethbridge police responded to an alarm at 5:20am on Monday...

Inside the News - Edition #63

Inside the News - 27 Jun 2002

SUBSCRIBE DIRECT Many subscribers are forwarding Forkliftaction.com News to colleagues and friends, increasing our already massive global readership. As members will soon be able to personalise their news content, we...

KOREAN FORKLIFT SALES ON STEEP RISE

Feature Article - 27 Jun 2002
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of

Sales of forklift trucks and other machinery are increasing rapidly in Korea, forcing manufacturers to make major upward adjustments to annual sales forecasts. The Korea Herald reported that the nation's...

HYUNDAI LAUNCHES JOINT VENTURE FORKLIFT MANUFACTURER

News Story - 27 Jun 2002
BEIJING, China

A joint venture between Korean and Chinese companies has established a new forklift manufacturer which expects to achieve sales of at least USD84 million a year. The new Beijing Hyundai...

KALMAR WINS ROUEN PORT CONTRACT

News Story - 27 Jun 2002
ROUEN, France

Port Autonome de Rouen has ordered two Kalmar Nelcon ship-to-shore (STS) cranes after the company beat five other manufacturers for the tender. Kalmar chief executive Christer Granskog said the order...