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TOYOTA USA ANNOUNCES 2002 PRESIDENT'S AWARD WINNERS

News Story - 20 Mar 2003
IRVINE, United States

Toyota Material Handling USA has presented the 2002 President's Award, formerly known as the quality dealer award, to 15 of its 79 US dealers. The award recognises excellence in parts...

CD EASES ATTACHMENT PURCHASES

News Story - 20 Mar 2003
ST PETERS, United States

Meyer Wainwright Lifttruck Attachments (MWLA) has developed an interactive business-card CD containing its entire catalogue of forklift attachments and a database of available forklifts in the USA. The CD, available...

FORKLIFT USED TO MOVE 56-STONE MAN

News Story - 20 Mar 2003
SUFFOLK, United Kingdom

Firefighters were forced to demolish a wall and use a forklift to carry a 56-stone (355 kilograms) sick man from his bed. Paul Mason, 42, lived on a 20,000-calorie-a-day diet...

FREE MASTER PARTS CATALOGUE

Advertisement - 20 Mar 2003
BRISBANE, Australia

QFS Australia Pty Ltd has released its Master Parts Catalogue - 1150 pages featuring more than seven million known part numbers and 270,000 different items. QFS is offering a complimentary copy of the catalogue, which features complete detailed descriptions, pictures and measurement specifications, to users at its new website - www.qfsaustralia.com.au/main/. QFS, which supplies parts for more than 50 forklift brands, offers fast delivery of all stocked parts, and can access items not in stock within days. For more information, visit www.qfsaustralia.com.au/main/, call 1800-506-814 (if outside Australia, call +61-7-3277-0877) or email info@qfsaustralia.com.au. Click here for the full text of this media release.

NEW RONCARI USA FORKLIFT ATTACHMENT PARTS DEPOT ONLINE

Advertisement - 20 Mar 2003
FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, United States

Unit Load Handling Systems, Inc. and Roncari USA have opened a spare parts depot in Friendswood, Texas. The depot will ensure next-day availability for first and second echelon spares. "This depot will provide the shortest supply chain possible to support our users and dealers," said Roncari USA/ULHS president Brian Scally. "Our inventories will go a long way to strengthen our USA entry and reassure customers." Unit Load Handling/Roncari USA distributes Roncari forklift attachments throughout north America. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Phone +1 281-992-2006, email bscally@earthlink.net or visit www.unitloadhandling.com. Click here for pictures and the full text of this release.

Inside the News - Edition #98

Inside the News - 13 Mar 2003

Forkliftaction.com's Equipment Catalogue is a very popular area of our website. In February, catalogue pages were read by more than 1400 Forkliftaction.com visitors (53,399 hits). We have so far identified...

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...

DAEWOO POSTS SECOND PROFIT

News Story - 13 Mar 2003
INCHEON, Korea, Republic Of

Daewoo Heavy Industries & Machinery Ltd made KRW100.9 billion (USD81.16 million) in net profit in 2002, its second consecutive profitable year since its separation from the Daewoo group in 2000. Total...

EMC FORKLIFT PARTS OPENS IN SINGAPORE

News Story - 13 Mar 2003
JURONG, Singapore

EMC Forklift Parts Pty Ltd has expanded its Australia-New Zealand operation into the busy industrial hub of Singapore. EMC Forklift Parts Singapore Pte Ltd opened on March 3. EMC finance...

MORE KALMAR CONTAINER HANDLERS ORDERED BY US ARMY

News Story - 13 Mar 2003
SAN ANTONIO, United States

The Tank Automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM) of the US Army has placed a USD50 million order for 93 rough-terrain container handlers with the Kalmar RT Center in San Antonio, Texas...

NEW LOAD SCALE HITS THE MARKET

News Story - 13 Mar 2003
OXNARD, United States

Accurate Weighing Systems Inc (AWS) has developed a low-cost, general purpose onboard scale and weighing system for forklifts. The "Weigh-On The-Way" scale will be marketed by American Forklift Scales, a...

CORRECTION

News Story - 13 Mar 2003
MJOLBY, Sweden

BT expected its global market share in warehouse trucks to lift to 22 percent in 2002, not 2003, as reported in Forkliftaction.com News last week. Net income for the BT...

NEED A LIFT? DON’T ASK THIS FELLOW

News Story - 13 Mar 2003
FOREST OF DEAN, United Kingdom

A drunk motorist has been arrested after trying to get his car home from a nightspot after a few drinks, using a forklift. Michael Bullock's car stalled as he left...

Inside the News - Edition #97

Inside the News - 06 Mar 2003

The launch of Forkliftaction.com's Industry Links page has had a huge response from all areas of materials handling across the planet. The link program, where companies exchange links with Forkliftaction.com...

GOUGH IN HYSTER P&O COUP

News Story - 06 Mar 2003
AUCKLAND, New Zealand

Gough Forklifts, a division of Gough, Gough and Hamer Ltd, has been appointed sole materials handling supplier to P&O Cold Logistics in New Zealand. More than 100 machines will be...

BT: MORE WAS LESS IN 2002

News Story - 06 Mar 2003
MJOLBY, Sweden

BT Industries' results slipped slightly in 2002, but "we have been able to compensate in volume terms through higher market shares", says chief executive Per Zaunders. BT, world leader in...

MUSTANG LAUNCHES REVAMPED WEBSITE

News Story - 06 Mar 2003
OWATONNA, United States

Telehandler and construction equipment maker Mustang Manufacturing Company Inc has launched a new online source for equipment buyers looking for the most appropriate product for their needs. Mustang marketing manager...

KALMAR WINS STEEL MILL CONTRACT

News Story - 06 Mar 2003
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands

Kalmar Industries' Netherlands distributor, Peinemann-Kalmar, has delivered three 16-ton rental forklifts to Fundia Nedstaal steel rolling mill. Peinemann-Kalmar managing director Ad Korney said his company would service all Fundia Nedstaal's...

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...

FORKLIFT MANIAC COULD BE COMMITTED

News Story - 06 Mar 2003
YORK, United Kingdom

A man who crashed into seven vehicles while speeding through York on a stolen forklift (Forkliftaction.com News, Issue 72) could be sent to a psychiatric hospital. Raymond Anthony Wilson, 22...

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