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HONG KONG CONTAINER HANDLER DEAL
  • News Story - 31 Jan 2002
  • HONG KONG, China
Hutchison Delta Ports (HDP) has purchased new materials handling equipment for its ports from Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co Ltd. Xiamen International Container Terminals (XICT) took delivery of five rubber-tyred...
WIGGINS LAUNCHES NEW FORKLIFT IN MIAMI
  • News Story - 31 Jan 2002
  • OXNARD, United States
Wiggins Lift Co Inc will launch a 20,000-pound (nine-tonne) capacity marina forklift, with a wheelbase of 104 inches (2.6 metres), at the Miami International Boat Show, which runs from February...
ROLF SLOBOTSKY: SOUTH OF THE BORDER
  • Feature Article - 31 Jan 2002
  • MEXICO - THE STATE OF PLAY, Mexico
Mexico has an estimated forklift population of 50,000 units. Of these, 35 percent are more than 10 years old. Normally, forklifts in Mexico have a life span of about 15...
Inside the News - Edition #41
  • Inside the News - 24 Jan 2002
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FELIXSTOWE BOOSTED BY CHINA DELIVERY
  • News Story - 24 Jan 2002
  • FELIXSTOWE, United Kingdom
The Port of Felixstowe, the UK's largest container port, has taken delivery of six rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and two ship-to-shore gantry (SSG) cranes. The cranes arrived at Felixstowe, a...
ROCLA AND MITSUBISHI-CATERPILLAR BROADEN ARRANGEMENT
  • News Story - 24 Jan 2002
  • HELSINKI, Finland
Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America (MCFA) will pay Finnish forklift maker Rocla Oyj USD6 million for 24.5 percent of the company, in an expansion of the companies' existing manufacturing and distribution...
NISSAN EUROPE EXPECTS STRONG 2002
  • News Story - 24 Jan 2002
  • MARENGO, United States
While sales in some European nations failed to meet company expectations last year, Nissan Forklift Europe expects to strengthen its market position in 2002, the company said this week. Sales...
CATERPILLAR TO THE RESCUE
  • News Story - 24 Jan 2002
  • HOUSTON, United States
Cat Lift Trucks and Equipment Depot, a Cat dealer, have joined forces to donate a 1.3-tonne internal combustion pneumatic tyre forklift and a year's free maintenance to the American Red...
Inside the News - Edition #40
  • Inside the News - 17 Jan 2002
WEBSITE ISSUES Subscribers have contacted us about minor problems with the Forkliftaction.com website. We are working hard to remove them as quickly as we can. Please contact www.forkliftaction.com if you...
BRAMBLES SELLS USA EQUIPMENT RENTAL BUSINESS
  • News Story - 17 Jan 2002
  • SYDNEY, Australia
Brambles Industries has sold Brambles Equipment Services (BES) Inc, its North American equipment rental business, to Chicago, USA-based National Equipment Services (NES) Inc, which rents specialty and general equipment. NES...
ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN DAMPENS PHILIPPINE FORKLIFT SALES
  • News Story - 17 Jan 2002
  • MANILA, Philippines
The slowdown in the Philippine economy and the depreciation of its currency has affected national forklift and materials handling equipment sales. Slow sales were aggravated by unstable political conditions, which...
TCM TO BOOST FORKLIFT PARTS EXPORTS
  • News Story - 17 Jan 2002
  • TOKYO,, Japan
Japanese Forklift maker TCM Corp will increase forklift parts exports for assembly of forklifts in its overseas plants, aiming to set up a global logistics system which will lead to...
SAUER-DANFOSS BUYS THRIGE ELECTRIC MOTOR BUSINESS
  • News Story - 17 Jan 2002
  • AMES, United States
Sauer-Danfoss Inc, a hydraulics, components and electronics company, has bought the electric motor business of Thrige Electric, Europe's largest low-voltage forklift motor supplier. The price was not released. Thrige's low-voltage...
IMHX 2004 ALREADY 25 PERCENT SOLD
  • News Story - 17 Jan 2002
  • SURREY, United Kingdom
More than 6500 square metres of floor space for the 2004 International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX) in Birmingham, UK, has already been sold, according to organisers Turret RAI plc.
Inside the News - Edition #39
  • Inside the News - 03 Jan 2002
Happy New Year to all from the Forkliftaction.com team. We wish our online community health and happiness during 2002. Our next newsletter will be on 17th January when everyone will...
2001: THE YEAR THAT WAS
  • News Story - 03 Jan 2002
  • United States
The year 2001 was one in which acquisitions were made, alliances formed and consolidation occurred against the backdrop of a dwindling world economy, highlighted by the tragic events of September...
Inside the News - Edition #38
  • Inside the News - 20 Dec 2001
Inside Forkliftaction.com Welcome to this special edition of our newsletter. After 18 months of producing plain text newsletters, and two years of site development and construction we are now able...
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE: 26-UNIT ORDER FOR KALMAR
  • News Story - 20 Dec 2001
  • Tsemess Bay, Russian Federation
-- Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP) has ordered 26 Kalmar forklifts, terminal tractors and reachstackers for its Tsemess Bay facility to work alongside 44 other Kalmar machines at the port. The...
BRAMBLES SILENT ON US RENTAL DIVISION SALE
  • News Story - 20 Dec 2001
  • Sydney, Australia
-- Forkliftaction.com News understands Brambles Industries Ltd and Chicago-based National Equipment Services are in discussions which could result in the sale of Brambles' US equipment rental business. Neither company would comment...
OM PIMESPO (UK) TO SELL KOMATSU AND OM PIMESPO INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS
  • News Story - 20 Dec 2001
  • Crick, United Kingdom
-- OM Pimespo (UK) Ltd, a subsidiary of Fiat OM Carrelli Elevatori SpA, will market and sell Komatsu and OM Pimespo forklifts and warehouse trucks in the UK following an agreement...
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