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News Story - 19 Oct 2006

Soot filters for Dutch diesel forklifts VLIETWEG, Netherlands From January 1 next year, all diesel engine forklifts used indoors in the Netherlands must be fitted with approved soot filters, a...

Antwerp follows Dutch law with forklift order

News Story - 19 Oct 2006
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands

LBC Tank Terminals, a Paris-based operator of storage facilities for liquid bulk chemical products, has ordered 18 Hyster forklifts from Barloworld Internal Transport, of the Netherlands. The delivery of 17...

TVH expands through Dutch take-over

News Story - 19 Oct 2006
WAREGEM, Belgium

Thermote & Vanhalst Group division TVH Forklift Parts NV has taken over the parts activities of LTE, the Dutch sales office of Belgian company SMS-Saveco. TVH marketing adviser Sofie Duquesne said...

CeMAT Asia has increased space and exhibitors

News Story - 19 Oct 2006
SHANGHAI, China

A total of 38,408 visitors from 74 countries and regions visited the Shanghai New International Expo Centre for CeMAT Asia 2006 and PTC Asia last week. The centre's pavilions housed...

CeMAT India joins 2007 trade show calendar

News Story - 19 Oct 2006
HANNOVER, Germany

CeMAT organiser Deutsche Messe is continuing a globalisation strategy with the launch of CeMAT India in November 2007. Shortly after CeMAT Asia, held at Shanghai last week, the trade show...

AEM offers free tool to promote safety

Fork Talk - 19 Oct 2006
MILWAUKEE, WI, United States

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has developed a database of industry-recognised illustrations for use in safety materials. The images, available free at http://www.aem.org/technical/pictorialdatabase/, can be used in safety signage, manuals and training materials.

Inside the News - Edition #281

Inside the News - 12 Oct 2006

Forkliftaction.com News is planning a line-up of feature articles for 2007. We would like to know what our members think. Which global forklift markets are you and your competitors concentrating...

Bolzoni becomes leader in German market

News Story - 12 Oct 2006
PIACENZA, Italy

Bolzoni SpA says its turnover for fiscal year 2006 will jump 30 per cent after the acquisition of German forklift attachment maker Hans H Meyer GmbH. The acquisition was announced...

Lift King enters big capacity, cushion-tyred forklift market

News Story - 12 Oct 2006
ONTARIO, Canada

Lift King Industries, of Woodbridge, Ontario, has bought the manufacturing rights of Lowry Industrial Lift Trucks Ltd, of Georgetown, Ontario, for an undisclosed sum. Lowry entered into receivership under Canadian...

Forklift history opens to public

News Story - 12 Oct 2006
DERBYSHIRE, United Kingdom

By Christine Liew Forklift history buffs can soon ride on old trains to see historic forklifts in a British museum that's the brainchild of a former forklift engineer. The National...

Dealers Wanted!

Advertisement - 12 Oct 2006

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...

Jungheinrich US matches European operations

News Story - 12 Oct 2006
RICHMOND, VA, United States

Jungheinrich Lift Truck Corp has moved its spare parts distribution operations to a 17,000 square foot (1,579 square metre) warehouse, five times the size of the previous facility, in a...

CeMAT Asia: “great potential” in China market

News Story - 12 Oct 2006
SHANGHAI, China

By Rodger Lamb and Patrick Chin CeMAT Asia 2006 officially opened on Tuesday with a welcoming speech by China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing executive vice chairman Ding Junfa. Ding said...

Balkancar Dunav for sale

News Story - 12 Oct 2006
SOFIA, Bulgaria

The Bulgarian Privatisation Agency has called tenders for a 70 per cent stake in forklift manufacturer Balkancar Dunav. The starting price is LEV4 million (USD2.6 million) and the bidding step...

Forklifts used as crime accessories

News Story - 12 Oct 2006
PHEONIX, AZ, United States

Forklifts are the new getaway cars in automated teller machine (ATM) heists, according to a New York Times article. The October 8 article, sourced from The Associated Press, said thieves...

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News Story - 12 Oct 2006

Saficon and Accel sign South African agreement VANCOUVER, Canada South African Toyota forklift distributor Saficon Industrial Equipment Pty Ltd has been appointed AccelRate Power Systems' exclusive distributor for its battery...

Lift King and Lowry - partnering for the future

Advertisement - 12 Oct 2006

Lift King Industries is pleased to announce the acquisition of the "LOWRY" brand of heavy capacity, cushion tired lift trucks. Lift King Industries, an ISO 9001 certified company based in Woodbridge Ontario Canada, has been manufacturing construction style pneumatic and specialty military pneumatic lift trucks for the Canadian and U.S.A. armed forces over thirty years.

Somebody restrain me

Safety First - 12 Oct 2006
BLAINE, WA, United States

If I hear one more person squawk about use of seatbelts by forklift operators I'm going to scream. It has been more than 20 years since major manufacturers began outfitting units with seatbelts and more than 10 since the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) made it standard for manufacturers to supply them and users to use them.

Voting for Archies starts in November

Fork Talk - 12 Oct 2006
ALTON, United Kingdom

The FLTA will list finalists for the four product and service categories of environment, safety, ergonomics and innovation, and nomination details, on its website at the end of October.

Inside the News - Edition #280

Inside the News - 05 Oct 2006

Do you have something to share with the Forkliftaction.com community? The Your Focus column might just be the avenue for you to reach our +80,000 global audience. Forkliftaction.com member Terry...

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