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Sattach brings pallet-less forks to Oz

News Story - 08 Jun 2006
SYDNEY, Australia

Australian attachment maker Sattach Pty Ltd introduced Dutch pallet-less handling to Australia with the launch of RollerForks at Matex 2006, in Sydney, last week. The European-patented, double roller mechanism pulls...

Euro Commission says yes to Linde buy

News Story - 08 Jun 2006
WIESBADEN, Germany

Linde AG's acquisition of the BOC Group plc has met the European Commission's approval. The commission requires Linde to divest its UK gas business, contacts with Linde's ethylene oxide customers...

Malaysian company chooses German over Japanese

News Story - 08 Jun 2006
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia

A Malaysian subsidiary of a leading European packaging producer has chosen Linde over Japanese-made forklifts, after consulting its forklift drivers. SCA Packaging, of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has awarded a seven-year...

Hannover fair organiser markets India

News Story - 08 Jun 2006
HANNOVER, Germany

Deutsche Messe AG, organiser of the triennial CeMat exhibition (Forkliftaction.com News #231), in Hannover, Germany, has signed an agreement to market a new exhibition centre in Bangalore, India. Last month...

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 08 Jun 2006

VANTAA, Finland Juhani Kaitila is now managing director of Toyota Material Handling Finland. Kaitila was previously managing director of Toyota Industrial Equipment Finland, having joined Toyota in 1990. He has...

Forklift driver a World Cup fanatic

News Story - 08 Jun 2006
LANCASHIRE, United Kingdom

A UK forklift driver has left his job and remortgaged his house after catching World Cup fever. Micky Burton and his friend Kev Flitcroft, a bedroom fitter, have driven across...

Mobicon celebrates 50 by heading to the US, South Africa and Europe

Advertisement - 08 Jun 2006

The unique and innovative Mobicon container handler recently set sail for the United States, South Africa and Europe after celebrating their 50th machine manufactured. Inventor and Managing Director of Mobicon, Mr Tom Schults announced today that the container handler will be distributed in three new countries as a confirmation of the success the solution had attained in Australia and New Zealand.

Continental Industrial Tyres in Australia & New Zealand New Distribution Channel

Advertisement - 08 Jun 2006

The world's most innovative manufacturer of high quality industrial tyres, Continental, has revamped its supply chain into Australia and New Zealand. Already a leading supplier in Europe for Replacement and Original Equipment markets, Continental has now optimised their class-leading products for service conditions commonly found outside Europe.

Skills shortage critical in Australia

Fork Talk - 08 Jun 2006
ADELAIDE, Australia

According to Inside ICHCA, ICHCA Australia Ltd's monthly e-newsletter, a critical shortage of skilled workers in the AUD60 billion (USD44.5billion)-a-year transport and logistics industry could threaten the country's future economic growth. A major contributing factor to the skills shortage was the industry's low profile among job seekers.

Inside the News - Edition #262

Inside the News - 01 Jun 2006

Forkliftaction.com is exhibiting at Matex 2006 at stand 411, Hall 11, in the Darling Harbour Convention & Exhibition Centre in Sydney this week. Matex's focus is on warehouse management systems and...

California gets tough with standards

News Story - 01 Jun 2006
SACRAMENTO, CA, United States

by US correspondent Roger Renstrom Californian regulators will impose tough emission standards on new forklifts and require engine retrofits or replacements to cut emissions on existing forklifts. Once in place...

Terex files for 2005, deals with probes

News Story - 01 Jun 2006
WESTPORT, CT, United States

Equipment manufacturer Terex Corp has filed its 2005 annual report but said it remained the subject of federal investigations. A US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation involves Terex accounting practices...

South of the Border: Rolf Slobotzky

News Story - 01 Jun 2006
MEXICO CITY, Mexico

During the eighth Intrupa dealers' convention in Cancun, more than 100 people were presented with a general outlook on today's market conditions. Six speakers who were Mexico Chamber of Commerce...

Hydrogenics aims for next generation tests

News Story - 01 Jun 2006
MISSISSAUGA, Canada

Clean-energy solution provider Hydrogenics Corp is exploring more forklift applications after leading a consortium through alpha trials last year (Forkliftaction.com News #195). "We are talking to [several] OEM forklift manufacturers...

Daewoo founder gets 10 years

News Story - 01 Jun 2006
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of

Daewoo Group founder Kim Woo Chung was sentenced to 10 years' jail on Tuesday for his role in a 40 trillion won (USD42.31 billion) fraud. The Courier-Mail reported the Seoul...

Atlet and Nisa's seven-year marriage

News Story - 01 Jun 2006
SCUNTHORPE, United Kingdom

Atlet beat three other companies to supply Nisa-Today's new Scunthorpe national distribution centre with a forklift fleet. No price was disclosed for the 150-plus forklifts, which are expected to handle...

Linde gases dirty laundry

News Story - 01 Jun 2006
WIESBADEN, Germany

Linde AG is diversifying into a consumer and service business, establishing a dry cleaning subsidiary, Fred Butler. The company, which opened its first German stores in Frankfurt and Wiesbaden last...

Forklift moves pallets of pot

News Story - 01 Jun 2006
BOSTON, MA, United States

Two men using a forklift to unload 26 pallets of marijuana from a semi-trailer were caught in the act by police. Gerard "Jerry" Morello, 47, owner of Epping Motors, in...

Briefs

News Story - 01 Jun 2006

New terminal for Russian port NOVOROSSIYSK, Russia Russia's only deep water port, the Port of Novorossiysk, will invest USD66 million to build a new container terminal. The quay line is...

China expo attracts global participation

Fork Talk - 01 Jun 2006
MILWAUKEE, WI, United States

The inaugural CONEXPO Asia 2006 attracted more than 13,100 visitors from more than 75 countries. Top attendee nations were China, Australia, the USA, Korea and India. International visitors accounted for 18 per cent of total attendance. Chinese attendees included those from Hong Kong and Macau.

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