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LIEBHERR FILLS RTG ORDER

News Story - 06 Dec 2001
Montreal, Canada

MONTREAL, Canada -- Liebherr Container Cranes of Ireland has delivered two four-high stacking rubber-tyred gantry cranes to Montreal Terminals Inc in Canada. A Connecting Cranes report said the eight-wheel RTGs featured...

DEBT COLLECTION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA STYLE

News Story - 06 Dec 2001
Buka, Papua New Guinea

BUKA, Papua New Guinea -- A landowner company has seized two forklifts from a cargo barge, claiming the ship's owners owe it K84,000 (USD22,000) in stevedoring, berthing and cargo handling charges...

AGGRESSIVE MEASURES TO RESTORE KOMATSU PROFIT

News Story - 06 Dec 2001
Tokyo, Japan

TOKYO, Japan -- Recession in world markets has forced Komatsu Forklift to downgrade its outlook, suspend shareholder dividends, and implement "aggressive measures" to increase earnings. Despite the half-year result prompting wide-ranging...

Inside the News - Edition #36

Inside the News - 22 Nov 2001

KALMAR WINS USD27 MILLION STRADDLE DEAL

News Story - 22 Nov 2001
Durban, South Africa

DURBAN, South Africa -- Kalmar Industries will soon deliver the first of 60 straddle carriers in a USD26.8 million contract reached with South African transport conglomerate Transnet. The three-year deal is...

FOCUS: HONG KONG FORKLIFT MARKET

Feature Article - 22 Nov 2001
--, Hong Kong

Hong Kong -- The Hong Kong materials handling equipment industry has been weakened by a slowing economy and the September 11 attacks on the USA, says a leading industry player. Mechanical...

BARLOWORLD PLANS TO EXPAND

News Story - 22 Nov 2001
Durban, South Africa

DURBAN, South Africa -- Barloworld plans to expand through acquisitions it has identified in the US. Chief executive Tony Phillips told Business Day that, with the US economy suffering after the...

IMPSA: IMPORT POLICY RELAXATION WILL COST JOBS

News Story - 22 Nov 2001
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Relaxing import rules on gantry cranes could see a loss of RM425 million (USD111.87 million) and 1000 jobs for Malaysia, says gantry manufacturer Impsa Malaysia Sdn Bhd...

-* ADVERTISEMENT *- ELGAS REDUCES FORKLIFT BREAKDOWNS

Advertisement - 22 Nov 2001
--, Australia

SYDNEY, Australia -- Impure gases can affect forklift performance. Residues build up on a forklift's convertor diaphragm, causing power loss, and leading to costly breakdowns. Elgas, Australia's largest gas distributor, has...

LINDE RESULTS DOWN, FORKLIFTS HIT WORST

News Story - 22 Nov 2001
Wiesbaden, Germany

WIESBADEN, Germany -- Linde has reported September third-quarter results below expectations and lowered its full-year earnings outlook as the global economic slowdown hit growth at its forklift businesses. Economic growth in...

GAMBIA PORT FACING EQUIPMENT CRISIS

News Story - 22 Nov 2001
Banjul, Gambia

BANJUL, Gambia -- Offloading containers at the Banjul port has degenerated from being "poor and inefficient to a crisis of unmanageable proportions", say the region's business leaders. A report by The...

MOVERS & SHAKERS

News Story - 22 Nov 2001
Durban, South Africa

DURBAN, South Africa -- Barloworld has appointed five new directors to lead its international expansion. Ramon Fernandez-Urrutia, chief executive of the company's capital equipment business in Spain and Portugal, Peter Maybury...

MOVERS & SHAKERS

News Story - 22 Nov 2001
Sydney, Australia

SYDNEY, Australia -- Linde Materials Handling Australia managing director Frank Espig has resigned after more than 10 years in charge of the company's operations in Australia. Acting managing director Holger Thomas...

TAX BREAK SEES JUNGHEINRICH PROFIT JUMP

News Story - 22 Nov 2001
Hamburg, Germany

HAMBURG, Germany -- Jungheinrich AG's nine-month sales to the end of September have risen five percent to EUR1.14 billion (USD1.01 billion) from EUR1.09 billion (USD960 million) for the same period in...

NACCO AND WANDALEX SIGN POLAND DEAL

News Story - 22 Nov 2001
Warsaw, Poland

WARSAW, Poland -- Forklift distributor Wandalex SA will be the exclusive Yale dealer in Poland and the Ukraine after signing a cooperation agreement with Nacco Materials Handling Group. Wandalex is also...

WATTS TYRES NOW MANUFACTURED IN BRAZIL

News Story - 22 Nov 2001
Lorena, Brazil

LORENA, Brazil -- Watts Industrial Tyres has signed a joint-venture agreement with Souza Pinto Industria e Comercio de Artefatos de Borracha Ltda to manufacture and distribute Watts solid industrial tyres in...

MHI TO CONCENTRATE ON FORKLIFTS

News Story - 22 Nov 2001
Sagamihara, Japan

SAGAMIHARA, Japan -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) plans to free capacity and focus on building forklifts and diesel engines. The Nikkei Weekly said MHI and Caterpillar had agreed to transfer compact...

MAJOR MATERIALS HANDLING EXHIBITIONS AMALGAMATE

News Story - 22 Nov 2001
Birmingham, United Kingdom

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom -- Turret RAI, organiser of the International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX) in March, which attracted 16,000 visitors to Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre, has announced that IMHX 2004 will...

PALFINGER PROFITS DOWN

News Story - 22 Nov 2001
Vienna, Austria

VIENNA, Austria -- Austrian forklift and crane maker Palfinger, which manufactures the Crayler portable forklift, has reported reduced profits for the nine months to September, but says it expects the full...

SUMI TURNS 20

News Story - 22 Nov 2001
Adelaide, Australia

ADELAIDE, Australia -- Australian battery electric forklift company Sumi is celebrating 20 years in forklift manufacturing. Originally known as Big Joe when it entered the market in 1981, Sumi has sold...

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