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HSE route map contributes to safety

Fork Talk - 09 Nov 2006
ALTON, United Kingdom

The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) has welcomed the UK Health & Safety Executive's (HSE) route map for workplace transport risk management as a major contributor to improving safety.

Inside the News - Edition #284

Inside the News - 02 Nov 2006

The Forkliftaction.com News team regularly receives news releases from members of the materials handling industry. If you have any news leads that you think our readers would be interested to...

B&B leads the world in used equipment sales

Advertisement - 02 Nov 2006

B&B Attachments, the largest supplier of refurbished attachments in the UK and Ireland is expanding its used equipment sales with over 500 refurbished attachments available for distribution in the UK and throughout the rest of the world. Earlier this year, B&B Attachments made a major investment in additional resources for its Cramlington facility to reflect the growth in sales of refurbished attachments. The company doubled the amount of storage allocated to this product sector and expanded its workshop capacity by a hundred percent to enable it to quickly and efficiently refurbish clamps ready to provide a fast response time to customers.

Jungheinrich CEO leaves company

News Story - 02 Nov 2006
HAMBURG, Germany

Jungheinrich CEO Dr Cletus von Pichler, who moved the German forklift manufacturer towards globalisation, left the company on October 31. Von Pichler, who was also president and chairman of the...

4th Philippine Ports and Shipping 2007 Philippines Exhibition and Conference

Advertisement - 02 Nov 2006

To understand the substantial commercial opportunities currently presented in The Philippines, you are invited to participate in the biennial 4th Philippine Ports and Shipping 2007 Manila Exhibition and Conference - now in its 4th successful year - taking place at the luxurious 5 star The Peninsula Hotel Manila. This event is today the largest biennial Container Ports and Terminal Operations Exhibition and Conference in The Philippines every 2 years.

Competitor Terex views Oshkosh-JLG deal as a positive

News Story - 02 Nov 2006
WESTPORT, CT, United States

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BT keeps diaries of 40 forklifts in 18 countries

News Story - 02 Nov 2006
MJÖLBY, Sweden

By Christine Liew In a clever marketing ploy, Swedish forklift manufacturer BT has dispatched 40 LHM230 hand pallet trucks to 18 European countries to work free for new and existing...

Forkliftaction.com goes to the Netherlands!

Advertisement - 02 Nov 2006

Stephen Burford and Ann Hofmans will represent FLA at Logistica in Utrecht, Netherlands, 14th to 18th November. We will be easily recognised in our bright orange shirts. Contact us for a...

Airtrax names Robert Watson as CEO

News Story - 02 Nov 2006
BLACKWOOD, NJ, United States

Airtrax Inc has appointed Robert M Watson as CEO, president and a director from November 1. The move aims to stabilise the developer of omni-directional vehicle wheel technology. Blackwood-based Airtrax's...

Briefs

News Story - 02 Nov 2006

Mitsubishi adds AC to platform pallet truck READING, United Kingdom Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks' new PBV20-25N(H) platform pallet truck series includes AC technology. The series consists of a standard PBV20N model...

Gottwald supplies Hamburg’s biggest crane

News Story - 02 Nov 2006
DÜSSELDORF, Germany

Gottwald Port Technology has supplied the Port of Hamburg with its largest mobile harbour crane. The G HMK 7608, working at a terminal owned by C. Steinweg GmbH & Co KG...

Put Forkliftaction.com in your local advertising plan.

Advertisement - 02 Nov 2006

Do you only sell your products in local market(s)? Do you only do business locally? All advertisements in this newsletter can be set to only reach the readers in...

JCB relatives conquer mountain for asthma

News Story - 02 Nov 2006
ROCESTER, United Kingdom

Two JCB employees have scaled Africa's highest mountain to raise more than GBP10,500 (USD20,045.50) for a UK asthma charity. Chris Dolman, 55, who works for JCB Service at the JCB...

Forklift helps quench toilet paper flames

News Story - 02 Nov 2006
MIAMI, FL, United States

Firefighters in southeastern Florida used a forklift to help extinguish a fire caused by a giant toilet paper roll. The Associated Press reported Miami-Dade County firefighters received a call about...

Telehandler and rough-terrain forklift sales predicted to slow in 2007

Fork Talk - 02 Nov 2006
MILWAUKEE, WI, United States

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) predicts growth in global construction markets will slow in 2007. Sales for the lifting equipment category are expected to gain 32 per cent by end of 2006 for the US, 28.5 per cent for Canada and 13.8 per cent for other world markets. In 2007, sales are expected to increase 10.4 per cent in North America and 12.3 per cent for other world markets.

Inside the News - Edition #283

Inside the News - 26 Oct 2006

We recently updated our photo galleries with several new albums under the Trade Shows, Spectacular Machines and Creative Handling galleries. From time to time, Forkliftaction.com members send us pictures of...

Beware of bad vibes

Feature Article - 26 Oct 2006

The UK Health & Safety Executive estimates more than five million working days are lost in the UK each year due to back pain. Vibrations transmitted to the body from off-road vehicles have been singled out as a cause of back pain. Off-road vehicle seat manufacturer Grammer AG's research found more than 7.5 million workers in Europe were subjected to whole-body vibrations. It is not surprising then that the European Union (EU) is leading the world with its "vibration directive".

Konecranes’ fourth China factory opens in 2007

News Story - 26 Oct 2006
SHANGHAI, China

By Christine Liew Konecranes plans to expand market share in Asia by manufacturing empty container handlers and reach stackers in a new Shanghai factory. Construction of the plant has started...

Company: Mobile Industries Inc

Industry Profile - 26 Oct 2006
TORONTO, Canada

Since its humble beginnings, Mobile Industries Inc has evolved into a world leader in the materials handling manufacturing industry. Mobile boasts a 100,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Canada and was one of the first North American materials handling manufacturers to secure a joint-venture agreement with a Chinese manufacturing facility.

Todd Brennan, a man on a forklift mission

Industry Profile - 26 Oct 2006
HELENSBURGH, NSW, Australia

Todd Brennan lives and works in Helensburgh, a small town halfway between Sydney and Wollongong. He is a gentle, unassuming man, but his ambition is far from unassuming. Brennan has dedicated more than half his life to the Australian forklift industry.

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