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Movers & Shakers

News Story - 01 May 2008

McCONNELLSBURG, PA, United States JLG Industries Inc has promoted Rick Alton to the position of vice president and general manager of JLG's Caterpillar Alliance Group (CAG). Alton started in JLG...

Briefs

News Story - 01 May 2008

Crown customers can do it online NEW BREMEN, OH, United States Crown Equipment Corp could be the first forklift manufacturer to offer online sales. Customers interested in buying a hand...

Special forklift pulls Tara’s strings

News Story - 01 May 2008
SHANGHAI, China

A forklift was used to manipulate an eight-metre marionette that was shipped from South Korea to China to promote a textile and apparel show. "Tara" was equipped with joints in...

Operating a forklift while using a cell phone

Safety First - 01 May 2008
Waters, MI, United States

Joseph Hrinik lives in Michigan (USA) where he retired after 40 years of diversified occupational health and safety experience in both the private and public sectors. He is currently researching regional and national forklift safety legislation and forklift training programs.

FLTA website gets a facelift

Fork Talk - 01 May 2008
ALTON, United Kingdom

The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) has revamped its website, making it easier for users to navigate and to search for useful information.

Keith Bailey, Maybury Material Handling

Industry Profile - 01 May 2008
EAST LONGMEADOW, MA, United States

Keith Bailey is a service technician with Maybury Material Handling of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Bailey is a new Forkliftaction member and has already jumped into our Discussion Forums. We plucked him out of a discussion forum titled "What makes a good road service tech?"

Inside the News - Edition #357

Inside the News - 24 Apr 2008

Forkliftaction.com is getting ready for one of the industry's biggest events, the giant CeMAT show in Hannover, Germany, from May 27 to 31. We'll be in the bright orange stand...

Materials handling in the Benelux

Feature Article - 24 Apr 2008

The Benelux is an economic union in Western Europe that consists of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Christine Liew looks at this important materials handling market.

Forklift makers roll out goods at NA 2008

News Story - 24 Apr 2008
CLEVELAND, OH, United States

By Roger Renstrom Forklift makers Komatsu, Raymond, Yale and Jungheinrich showed products and explained technologies as significant exhibitors at NA 2008, held on April 21-24 in Cleveland. Organised by the...

Brand new ' State-of-the-art' Vulkollan® production offers top quality!

Advertisement - 24 Apr 2008

Since 1964, Vulkoprin has been manufacturing, in Belgium, polyurethane elastomere Vulkollan® under Bayer license and is especially known for its high quality wheels, castors, rollers, tyres and technical parts. Today Vulkoprin has put in place a brand new 'State-of-the-art' Vulkollan® production and has become one of Europe's leading manufacturers exporting to more than 60 countries worldwide.

Bolzoni Auramo BV Grows In The Benelux Market

Advertisement - 24 Apr 2008

Following the merger of lift truck attachment giants Bolzoni S.p.A. and Auramo Oy, the former Bolzoni dealer Hydronika BV and Auramo Benelux united their forces and knowledge, and as a result Bolzoni Auramo BV was founded in 2003. The turnover of the Benelux branch has since doubled and keeps on growing.

2007: a record year for Jungheinrich

News Story - 24 Apr 2008
HAMBURG, Germany

The year 2007 was the best financial year in Jungheinrich AG's corporate history as it saw demand for all its products and services rise significantly. "We increased operating income for...

AC power spreads across Cat^® Lift Trucks stacker range

Advertisement - 24 Apr 2008

A brand new AC-powered platform stacker and a new AC-powered variant of an existing stand-on stacker model have recently been added to the Cat Lift Trucks range of warehouse trucks. The all-new NSV platform stacker comes in six different models, including initial lift and straddle variants with 1.2 and 1.6 tonne lift capacities.

Clearance Sale! Massive wholesale clearance of Hyster used equipment.

Advertisement - 24 Apr 2008

Hyster Used Equipment - battery electric forklifts and other warehouse machines. Gough Forklifts is the New Zealand Distributor for Hyster. We have a number of surplus, used battery electric warehouse machines...

Wisconsin Lift Truck distributes materials handling robots

News Story - 24 Apr 2008
BROOKFIELD, WI, United States

Wisconsin Lift Truck has been appointed an authorised distributor for Seegrid Corp, which provides vision-guided mobile robots for the materials handling industry. Seegrid's products include the GT3 vision-guided industrial mobile...

Join Forkliftaction.com at CeMAT - Hall 25, stand no. C26

Advertisement - 24 Apr 2008

Forkliftaction.com will return to CeMAT with a stand in Hall 25. We're keen to meet up with members and advertisers, and anyone planning to attend this international event from 27 - 31 May in Hannover, Germany is welcome to drop in at our stand no. C26.

Roger Bullivant grows Komatsu forklift fleet

News Story - 24 Apr 2008
MILAN, Italy

Komatsu Forklift distributor Windsor Komatsu & Access has secured an order for 12 forklifts from the UK's largest foundation engineering and piling company, Roger Bullivant Ltd (RBL). RBL has been a...

Kalmar - Five High Top Picks for sale

Advertisement - 24 Apr 2008

For immediate sale, 7 x Kalmar DCD420-12CSG machines.All units are in very good condition, ready to dismantle and ship3 x 2000 models, 3 x 2001 models, one 2002Hour meter readings...

A model interest for forklift executive

News Story - 24 Apr 2008
Villeurbanne, France

Alex Moreno, Rocla France country manager, is on the lookout for a Still Esslingen SE10, a Still R09 and an R50. No, Moreno is not indulging in industrial espionage. He's...

Forklift victim’s family compensated

News Story - 24 Apr 2008
Singapore

A judge has ordered SGD78,000 (USD57,765) in compensation to be paid to a family of a foreign worker who drowned when his forklift plunged into the sea. Justice Choo Han...