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Lilly sells Nashville operations to KMH

News Story - 24 Jan 2008
NASHVILLE, TN, United States

KMH System Inc has completed its acquisition of Lilly Co's Nashville forklift operations following a period of wrangled Mid-South relationships and more than four years of litigation. Terms of the...

The most ergonomic forklift seat available!

Advertisement - 24 Jan 2008

The ERGO INDUSTRY is jointly developed by Recaro and Eblo Seating. Recaro has more than 30 years' experience in professional motor sport and ergonomic seating. The seating technology is now used to make a new seat especially for forklifts. Sit better, drive more safely and stay fit!

Superlift is looking to expand its Distributor Network

Advertisement - 24 Jan 2008

Superlift Material Handling Inc., a Canadian based manufacturer of specialized and custom lift trucks and material handling equipment, is looking for distributors' world wide.

Sweat equity propels Alliance Material Handling to new level

News Story - 24 Jan 2008
JESSUP, MD, United States

Alliance Material Handling has joined the ranks of employee-owned companies after a final sale of company stock under its employee stock ownership program (ESOP) last December. Alliance president Thomas Albero...

Smart Impact Sensor (SIS) from SpeedShield makes you look smarter!

Advertisement - 24 Jan 2008

SIS, the exciting new addition to the SpeedShield line is much more sensitive to which impacts it records! Eliminating most of those annoying false warnings and shut downs so you know when a real problem occurs.

Haulotte sells rental interests to Loxam

News Story - 24 Jan 2008
L’HORME, France

Haulotte Group has divested its French rental businesses to Loxam Group for an undisclosed amount. The Lev and Royans Levage companies operate about 2,000 machines distributed through a national network...

Pyroban enters North American market

News Story - 24 Jan 2008
BLOOMFIELD, NJ, United States

Explosion-proof specialist Pyroban has high hopes for its US subsidiary established in December. The company is looking to Robert Zuiderveld, former US vice president of global marketing and sales for...

Clark CEO buys equity in company

News Story - 24 Jan 2008
LEXINGTON, KY, United States

Clark Material Handling Company CEO Dennis Lawrence has emerged as the largest individual owner of stock in the Lexington, Kentucky-based forklift manufacturer. Young An Hat Company Ltd (YAHC), which bought...

Seven things to consider when preparing your marketing plan

Advertisement - 24 Jan 2008

Forkliftaction.com has 33,000+ registered members and 125,000+ newsletter readers worldwide41% of members are forklift owners, operators and fleet or warehouse managers36% of members are dealers in forklifts and related products19...

Continued growth for portal

News Story - 24 Jan 2008
BRISBANE, Australia

The past year has been one of growth and consolidation for Forkliftaction.com and 2008 promises even more developments for the industry's only online global resource portal. As 2008 begins, Forkliftaction.com's...

Ritchie Bros sells 35% more forklifts online

News Story - 24 Jan 2008
VANCOUVER, Canada

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers sold nearly 11,000 forklifts at its auctions worldwide in 2007, about 7% more than in 2006. The world's leading industrial auctioneer tells Forkliftaction.com News over 10,800 electric...

New Products

News Story - 24 Jan 2008

Rocla's new stacker JÄRVENPÄÄ, Finland Rocla Oy has introduced the Rocla SPac stacker suitable for warehouses and the loading and unloading of lorries. The forklift comes in 1,200kg (2,646lb) and...

Kylie Minogue rescues with forklift

News Story - 24 Jan 2008
MAIDENHEAD, United Kingdom

Millions of Doctor Who fans watched pop singer Kylie Minogue prevent a spaceship crash by ramming a villain with a forklift on Christmas Day. But few know that under the...

Doosan company tops Koreans in overseas sales

News Story - 24 Jan 2008
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of

Doosan Infracore's sister company, Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction, was one of the highest performing South Korean companies in 2006. South Korea's ministry of construction and transportation has released statistics...

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 24 Jan 2008

GREENE, NY, United States Raymond Corp has appointed David Furman as vice president of marketing. Furman has over 15 years' experience in marketing management including multi-channel distribution, marketing, business and...

Injured ex-forklift driver not entitled to benefits

News Story - 24 Jan 2008
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom

A former UK forklift driver who lost the use of his leg in a work accident could face jail for illegally obtaining social security benefits. Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd reported...

Briefs

News Story - 24 Jan 2008

Equipment Inc wins more Nissan awards JACKSON, MS, United States Equipment Incorporated has won the Nissan Nine Award for the 29th time and the SEP Award for service excellence for...

AEM spotlights skills need with youth challenge

Fork Talk - 24 Jan 2008
MILWAUKEE, WI, United States

Over 700 high school students from 18 US states participated in team events for a chance to compete in the Construction Challenge from 11-15 March in Las Vegas. After regional rallies in Georgia, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin, 51 student teams will be taking part in the challenge held at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG trade show.

It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Tailswing

Safety First - 24 Jan 2008
BLAINE, WA, United States

I have been asked too many times to return to a site after training has occurred, only to find that the forklift operations do not resemble anything that would suggest the operators have been properly trained.

David Shillingford, National Equipment Register

Industry Profile - 24 Jan 2008
NEW YORK, NY, United States

David Shillingford, president of the National Equipment Register (NER), has just been named one of the "Top 25 Newsmakers of 2007" by a McGraw-Hill publication. He has appeared on CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC and BBC television networks to give his expert commentary on equipment theft.

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