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Inside the News - Edition #408
  • Inside the News - 30 Apr 2009
A few stories this week pull attention away from the financial woes and towards a perennial issue - safety. Columnist Danny Maron highlights the need for hands-on training, while a couple...
New ECH Series Empty Container Handler
  • Advertisement - 30 Apr 2009
The Hoist Empty Container Handler stacks a variety of ISO containers from 4- to 8-high using a standard empty container attachment or side-post attachment, both with two (2) ISO twistlocks. The attachments also extend/retract to lift 20-, 40- and 53- foot containers. Hoist Liftruck also incorporates their advanced CANbus technology to ensure safe handling with its twistlock safety system that ensures each twistlock is engaged and secured before the container can be moved.
Systems Material Handling Appoints Ed Louis as Regional Manager of Business Development-Midwest Region
  • Advertisement - 30 Apr 2009
Systems Material Handling, (SMH) Olathe, KS is excited to announce the addition of Ed Louis as Regional Manager of Business Development-Midwest Region. Ed is based in the Chicagoland area. He has over 20 years of industry experience as a Parts Manager and as an Aftermarket Sales Representative.
Bolzoni “financially sound” to weather the storm
  • News Story - 30 Apr 2009
  • Piacenza, Italy
European forklift attachment maker Bolzoni SpA has announced that its net profit for the financial year ended 31 December 2008 has more than halved from the previous year due to...
Recently TVH Launched The SmartSweep
  • Advertisement - 30 Apr 2009
TVH - Group Thermote & Vanhalst, worldwide supplier of forklifts, aerial platforms and replacement parts, brings on the market an environmentally friendly sweeper. The SmartSweep is a mechanical sweeper without electric drive, which fits onto any type of lift truck. The brushes are driven by v-belts, that are connected to the drive shaft of the SmartSweep.
OSHA cites F&B for forklift, safety violations
  • News Story - 30 Apr 2009
  • New Bedford, MA, United States
The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is alleging 34 violations at the New Bedford plant of F&B Rubberized Inc and has proposed fines of USD44,250. It is alleged...
Fork-Truck Lift Adapter-FL-3-4
  • Advertisement - 30 Apr 2009
ARI-HETRA's Fork-Truck Lift Adapter provides under-vehicle access for counterbalance lift trucks.
Fulfillment firm buys Jungheinrich forklifts
  • News Story - 30 Apr 2009
  • Leetsdale, PA, United States
Rapid Fulfillment Inc has replaced four propane forklifts with four Jungheinrich counterbalanced three-phase AC electric units, each with a lifting capacity of 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg). The third-party order fulfillment...
Kalmar adapts forklifts for fertiliser manufacturer
  • News Story - 30 Apr 2009
  • Stockholm, Sweden
Kalmar has received an order for 16 specially adapted Kalmar DCE100 heavy-duty forklifts from GrowHow UK Ltd, a UK fertiliser manufacturer and process chemicals supplier. To keep pace with production...
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  • Advertisement - 30 Apr 2009
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Forklift Rodeo crosses Atlantic
  • News Story - 30 Apr 2009
  • Springfield, OH, United States
Organisers of the inaugural Portuguese forklift rodeo are attempting to send their winning team to compete in the USA Open and have invited their US counterparts to send a team...
Employers in Asia cut HR-related costs
  • News Story - 30 Apr 2009
  • Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
According to a survey of multinational corporations in Asia, hiring expectations for the second quarter of 2009 are continuing to fall and many employers are implementing HR-related cost-cutting measures. The...
Slowdown shorts UK battery maker
  • News Story - 30 Apr 2009
  • Bolton, United Kingdom
Blaming the global slowdown, Britain's leading producer of traction batteries, CMP Batteries, looks set to close its Bolton battery factory, leading to 400 job losses. Better known to older generations...
Rush links positioning, RFID for forklifts
  • News Story - 30 Apr 2009
  • Lenexa, KS, United States
An industrial systems integration and business process consulting firm has bolstered its offering for the forklift industry. Rush Tracking Systems has added an optical positioning solution (OPS) for speed, direction...
A Royal visit at JCB world HQ
  • News Story - 30 Apr 2009
  • Rocester, United Kingdom
Prince William visited JCB's world headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire, last Friday to help the company celebrate the production of its 750,000th machine. Students from local schools in Rocester and Denstone...
Movers & Shakers
  • News Story - 30 Apr 2009
Olathe, KS, United States Systems Material Handling (SMH) has appointed Ed Louis as regional manager of business development for the midwest region. Louis has over 20 years' experience as a...
Briefs
  • News Story - 30 Apr 2009
Bac2 adds to ElectroPhen products Southampton, United Kingdom Fuel cell materials company Bac2 has introduced high temperature bipolar plates made from its ElectroPhen conductive polymer at the Hannover Fair in...
Rothenberger starts safety training firm
  • News Story - 30 Apr 2009
  • Cumming, GA, United States
Veteran forklift safety trainer Joe Rothenberger has established North Georgia Forklift Certification LLC (NGFC) to conduct on-site sessions in six US south eastern states. Rothenberger's team has more than 20...
WIN draws overseas buyers
  • News Story - 30 Apr 2009
  • Istanbul, Turkey
The recent World of Industry Part 1 (WIN 1) event in Istanbul, Turkey attracted international buyers who viewed exhibits in four separate trade shows for the machinery, welding, surface treatment...
Joint venture planned for new Indian expo
  • News Story - 30 Apr 2009
  • Milwaukee, WI, United States
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and Messe München GmbH (MMG) are jointly organising a trade show in Mumbai, India in February 2011. Named "bC India - A bauma CONEXPO show...
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