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Inside the News - Edition #339

Inside the News - 06 Dec 2007

With the end of the year almost upon us, it's a good time to think back over the past 12 months - and plan for the next 12. A special report...

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

Advertisement - 06 Dec 2007

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.

4^th Guangzhou International Brand Forklift & Accessories Exhibition China 2008

Advertisement - 06 Dec 2007

The 4th Guangzhou International Brand Forklift & Accessories Exhibition China 2008 is due to be held in the Liuhua Complex of Chinese Export Commodities Fair during March 13-15, 2008 .It will become an important platform for the enterprises of forklift & accessories to publicize the brands, process the effective transactions and open up the international markets.

New Kion division a growth strategy

News Story - 06 Dec 2007
WIESBADEN, Germany

Kion Group is establishing a separate hydraulics & components division to boost sales growth and create synergies between the Linde, Still and OM brands. Linde Hydraulics, a division of Linde Materials...

Doosan completes Bobcat acquisition

News Story - 06 Dec 2007
SEOUL, South Korea; WEST FARGO, ND and CHARLOTTE, NC, United States

Doosan Infracore will reach more customers with a broader product portfolio now that its USD4.9 billion acquisition of Ingersoll Rand Company's Bobcat, utility equipment and attachments businesses is finalised. With...

The most ergonomic forklift seat available!

Advertisement - 06 Dec 2007

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!

Bac2 secures GBP2 million in private funding

News Story - 06 Dec 2007
SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom

Bac2, producer of the patent-pending ElectroPhen polymer, has raised GBP2 million (USD4.1 million) in private funds to market its key product. The funding follows a GBP500,000 (USD1.0 million) seed investment...

FIRST Mobicon heads to the United Kingdom

Advertisement - 06 Dec 2007

The first Mobicon sold in the UK market was recently delivered to Karl King Transport in Suffolk, England.

Still equips new Rotterdam logistics centre

News Story - 06 Dec 2007
HAMBURG, Germany

Still GmbH is responsible for managing and supplying high-end logistics for Rotterdam-based Tronox Inc's new distribution warehouse. Tronox, according to Still, is the world's third largest producer of titanium dioxide...

Obituary: William Alexander “Bill” Taylor

News Story - 06 Dec 2007
LOUISVILLE, MS, United States

Taylor Machine Works' board chairman and former president William Alexander "Bill" Taylor Junior, 76, died at his home in Louisville, Mississippi, on November 22. Taylor, born on February 17, 1931...

Will your forklift battery supplier be around tomorrow to support you?

Advertisement - 06 Dec 2007

The turmoil in the forklift battery industry of the last 24 months has left many companies worried that if their forklifts batteries break down, they could be left with a big repair bill and no support.

Seven things to consider when preparing your 2008 marketing plan

Advertisement - 06 Dec 2007

Forkliftaction.com has 32,000+ 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...

First Queen’s Award for ITL

News Story - 06 Dec 2007
ROCESTER, United Kingdom

JCB subsidiary International Transmissions Ltd (ITL) received its first Queen's Award for Enterprise last Thursday, recognising its impressive overseas sales growth. JCB Group manufacturing director Alan Blake says the award...

Briefs

News Story - 06 Dec 2007

New series meets environment specifications LAINATE, Italy Komatsu Forklift Europe has introduced EX50 series 10 ton to 16 ton internal combustion forklifts. Manufactured in Tochigi, Japan, the new forklift series...

Top Gun winners announced

News Story - 06 Dec 2007
BRENTWOOD, TN, United States

Global supply chain company Ozburn-Hessey Logistics has announced the winners of its 16th national Top Gun competition. Regional training director David Claybrooke praised the "skill and poise" demonstrated by forklift...

Second CONEXPO draws international crowd

News Story - 06 Dec 2007
GUANGZHOU, China

Industry professionals from more than 80 countries visited CONEXPO Asia 2007 this week at the Chinese Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, in Guangzhou, China. Show organizer, the Association of...

Crown employees’ health status improves

News Story - 06 Dec 2007
NEW BREMEN, OH, United States

Crown Equipment Corp says an employee health program it introduced in 2004 has improved the health of its workers and reduced company health care costs. Today, more than 92% of...

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 06 Dec 2007

FLEET, United Kingdom Bill Pfleger has been promoted to managing director of Nacco Materials Handling Group (NMHG) Asia Pacific. He was managing director for Yale's Europe, Middle Eastern and African...

Forklift driver becomes MBA scholar

News Story - 06 Dec 2007
DRAPER, UT, United States

A forklift driver whose career goal got sidetracked has been awarded a Master of Business Administration degree scholarship by an American university and a Utah business journal. Maryann Sampson Alston...

Climate change – but this one is good

Safety First - 06 Dec 2007
BLAINE, WA, United States

I get reflective at this time of year as the sun sets on the waning days of the past year and dawns on the hopes and anticipations of the future. I like to look at what I did well and not so well to see if I can replicate the good stuff and eliminate or improve on the bad. It appears business and industry have been doing this as well because things seem to be getting better on the safety front.

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