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Inside the News - Edition #405
  • Inside the News - 09 Apr 2009
Unfortunately, there's more gloomy news this week, with poor financial results, staff cut-backs and reports of record low sales in some regions. As we've said before, much of this reporting...
Watts Tyre Group announce acquisition of Profix
  • Advertisement - 09 Apr 2009
Watts Industrie Reifen, the German subsidiary of Watts Tyre Group has today announced the acquisition of Profix GmbH, the north German based tyre services and distribution business. Current Profix Director Volker Scholze will join Watts Industrie Reifen and manage operations from the Zittau office, Profix Manager Udo Rottke will also join Watts as Tyre Services Manager responsible for the Mobile Fitting Service across the country.
Cascade, Raymond cut workforces
  • News Story - 09 Apr 2009
  • Fairview, OR, United States
Cascade Corp and Raymond Corp have trimmed operations in the face of the economic slowdown and uncertainty. Cascade says it reduced its workforce by 20%, cut executive team salaries and...
Paling Transporter Reports 60 ton Forklift, Performance, Value and Operational Cost Reduction now a Key Focus.
  • Advertisement - 09 Apr 2009
Paling Transporter is pleased to report this 60 ton forklift delivered last February to Syncrude in the Alberta Oil Sands has demonstrated its performance, value and benefits in improving heavy component material handling productivity and operational cost reduction, now a key focus of all Oil Sands producers.
BITA: UK forklift orders fall
  • News Story - 09 Apr 2009
  • Sunninghill, United Kingdom
UK forklift orders dropped by 14.5% in 2008, with just over 26,500 new forklift orders placed with British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) members. This is the lowest quantity since 2001...
Announcing the release of Lift Truck Parts Australasia’s online parts shopping site!
  • Advertisement - 09 Apr 2009
Lift Truck Parts Australasia has just released its new online shopping and parts reference web site. The site has been set up to be used as a parts interpretation tool that will allow your staff from the parts interpreter to the receptionist to easily source and price parts required for stock or for quoting any repair jobs.
Manitou affected by economic downturn
  • News Story - 09 Apr 2009
  • Ancenis, France
Manitou's 2008 results have been negatively affected by the business downturn in the second half of 2008 and its recent acquisition of US company Gehl for EUR235 million (USD311 million...
Busy Shipment Under Recession
  • Advertisement - 09 Apr 2009
Despite the global recession, HANGCHA and its TEAM MEMBERS are standing together and supporting each other for every potential business opportunity. The company has recently dispatched some large shipment and there is strong interest in our products.
No minimum bids on lifting equipment
  • Advertisement - 09 Apr 2009
It's a great time to be buying equipment - and there's no better place to buy than an unreserved Ritchie Bros. auction. On May 20, Ritchie Bros. will sell a huge...
Recycled plastic company Pack2pack saves with RollerForks®
  • Advertisement - 09 Apr 2009
Pack2pack is the one-stop shop for all your industrial packaging. Pack2pack collects, reconditions and recycles industrial packaging and also produces smaller packaging made of steel or tinplate. As a manufacturer of industrial packaging, it is well aware of the customer's requirements when looking for packaging, product protection and efficient transport.
Abu Dhabi company aims to be forklift leader by 2020
  • News Story - 09 Apr 2009
  • Halifax, United Kingdom
Abu Dhabi-based Shaw Handling wants to compete with Kalmar, Hyster and Linde in the medium to heavy forklift market and will launch a "revolutionary" forklift range in the second or...
Alta Lift Truck buys Detroit Forklift
  • News Story - 09 Apr 2009
  • Detroit, MI, United States
Alta Lift Truck Services Inc has acquired the assets of Detroit Forklift. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Steven Greenawalt, Alta Lift Truck president and owner, says the...
Fuel cell technology makes headway
  • News Story - 09 Apr 2009
  • Columbia, SC, United States
LiftOne, Air Products & Chemicals Inc and Linde North America were among those touting fuel cell technologies at an industry gathering. Approximately 2,000 public visitors and more than 700 registrants attended...
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING!
  • Advertisement - 09 Apr 2009
Research by global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers indicates that survivors of the last downturn kept advertising and marketing through the bad times. We at Forkliftaction.com would like to do our bit...
Cargotec and Kalmar receive US orders
  • News Story - 09 Apr 2009
  • Helsinki, Finland
Cargotec has won its first commercial contract for a Cargotec Port Security (CPS) spreader-mounted radiation detection system from US-based Lockheed Martin. The CPS equipment bought by Lockheed Martin features a...
Jungheinrich invests in staff, gains accreditation
  • News Story - 09 Apr 2009
  • Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Jungheinrich UK Ltd has been given Investor in People (IiP) accreditation at a 31 March ceremony at the company's UK headquarters in Milton Keynes. IiP is a UK standard, defining...
Slow economy prompts ITA to tighten belt
  • News Story - 09 Apr 2009
  • Washington, DC, United States
Acknowledging the economic downturn, the Industrial Truck Association (ITA) is pursuing "some extraordinary actions", says ITA president Stan Simpson. Simpson addressed the ITA spring meeting in Washington on 1 April...
Konecranes receives Ivory Coast order
  • News Story - 09 Apr 2009
  • Hyvinkää, Finland
Konecranes will supply eight rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) container-handling cranes to Bolloré Africa Logistics, a branch of the French Bolloré Group. The RTGs will be delivered to the customer's terminal, Société...
Barloworld introduces comprehensive service program
  • News Story - 09 Apr 2009
  • Worthing, United Kingdom
Barloworld has launched a service program to meet the legislation requirements and operational needs of UK companies that own new or used forklifts. The program consists of two levels - Truckserve...
NMHG cuts cycle time with IBM software
  • News Story - 09 Apr 2009
  • Portland, OR, United States
Nacco Materials Handling Group Inc (NMHG) has cut cycle time to retrieve documents to one day from 30 days using IBM software. "This was a significant change that enabled us...
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