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Chicago company fined for forklift death

Fork Talk - 13 Jul 2006
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL, United States

The US Department of Labour's Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has fined a Chicago company USD165,200 after a worker fell from a forklift and died.

VNA Warehouse Floor Flatteners – Concrete Grinding Specialists

Advertisement - 13 Jul 2006

Flatness is an essential requirement of a floor slab in certain categories of industry. Undoubtedly the most important of these categories is that of aisles in high-density warehouses where fixed-path VNA forklifts operate. Variations in level across the aisle between the wheel tracks of the truck are magnified in proportion to the height of the racking. But this, calculated from geometrical considerations, forms only part of the potential movement at the top of the mast. READ MORE...

Inside the News - Edition #267

Inside the News - 06 Jul 2006

Forkliftaction.com News welcomes industry members to send press releases and news leads to its editorial team. You can either email www.forkliftaction.com or upload your news releases into our system via...

The WSS “DRIVER ID” could save your employees from serious injury or death

Advertisement - 06 Jul 2006

The WSS "DRIVER ID" is not unique in its keypad/swipe card entry for forklifts. What sets our product apart is the requirement by the driver to carry out a full startup safety check. The "DRIVER ID" prompts the driver to answer a check list and records their response. Once complete and if all the answers are YES the unit will allow the forklift to start.

TVH expands in Maghreb and Gulf states

News Story - 06 Jul 2006
WAREGEM, Belgium

The TVH Group is expanding to Maghreb countries and the Gulf region, opening offices in Casablanca, in Morocco, and Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. The Maghreb countries are TVH's...

Singapore MOM reins in forklift use

News Story - 06 Jul 2006
JURONG, Singapore

Singapore's workplace safety regulatory body will increase checks on forklift operations from July 10. The Ministry of Manpower's (MOM) occupational safety & health division said there were three fatal accidents involving...

Buenos Aires show attracts crowd

News Story - 06 Jul 2006
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina

The biennial Argentine logistics & materials handling show Expo Logisti-k has been hailed a "great success" by an Argentinian marketing company. Henry Whitney, president of Marketeck SA, told Forkliftaction.com News the...

Geography seals deal for JLG

News Story - 06 Jul 2006
McCONNELLSBURG, PA, United States

JLG has been awarded two contracts from the US Army for all-terrain lifter army system (ATLAS) vehicles and related parts and tools. The contracts are worth USD9.8 million. The ATLAS...

Hoist forklifts introduce warning system

News Story - 06 Jul 2006
BEDFORD PARK, IL, United States

Leading North American compact cushion tyre forklift manufacturer Hoist Liftruck Manufacturing Inc has introduced remote diagnostics technology to its entire forklift range. The RemoteTech system is now standard on all...

Boomerang replaced by intelligent truck

News Story - 06 Jul 2006
JÄRVENPÄÄ, Finland

Rocla Oyj has introduced the Humanic reach truck range, calling it, "Rocla's most significant product launch ever". Manufactured in Järvenpää for the European market, the Humanic range comes in load...

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 06 Jul 2006

PORTLAND, OR, United States Brian Watchus has retired as general manager of Cascade Canada's Mississauga plant. Former plant manager Chandica Harry takes his place. Harry joined Cascade in 1979 as...

Pantographic reach truck for US

News Story - 06 Jul 2006
RICHMOND, VA, United States

Jungheinrich Lift Truck Corp has introduced the ETR 320 reach truck to the US market. The reach truck has a three-stage mast and a pantograph mechanism that enables loads to...

Forklift blazed in hot summer

News Story - 06 Jul 2006
PRESTON, United Kingdom

The British summer weather may have been too hot for a forklift that suddenly caught fire while a man was using it. The unnamed man was driving the forklift at...

Company: BS Forklifts International BV

Industry Profile - 06 Jul 2006
RAAMSDONKSVEER, Netherlands

Netherlands-based BS Forklifts International BV is one of Europe's biggest used forklift and container handling equipment wholesalers. BS Forklifts' customers are forklift traders and dealers. It is a partner for European importers that supply new and used equipment.

Inside the News - Edition #266

Inside the News - 29 Jun 2006

Forkliftaction.com helps you plan your advertising by providing a calendar of editorial features appearing in Forkliftaction.com News in the coming months. Features planned are: July: The German forklift industry August...

Jayline – Fork Protectors and Load Protectors

Advertisement - 29 Jun 2006

Now you could save thousands on fork maintenance and damaged loads. Let's face it fork trucks are a means to move goods and assets easily and economically. Unfortunately, in the process, the truck and sometimes the load can get damaged. This means increased cost and reduced profit. In the face of ever more stringent legislation and inspection procedures, wear to the forks of a truck will mean that they will have to be replaced before that truck can continue operating. And damaged loads just simply mean less profit. Jayline - Archie Award Finalists for Innovation. Read more...

Hayes-Lemmerz ~ Worldwide flat-based wheels leader for forklift manufacturers

Advertisement - 29 Jun 2006
Ostrava, Czech Republic

Hayes-Lemmerz Autoskola, a.s., a Czech manufacturer of flat based and split wheels for forklift manufacturer announce strengthen position in material handling market. Hayes-Lemmerz got off to a good start in the current year and has continued its course for growth from 2000, after moving their forklift wheel production facility to the Czech Republic.

Combilift aims for 100 more jobs

News Story - 29 Jun 2006
MONAGHAN, Ireland

by European correspondent Luc de Smet Combilift, the Irish builder of all wheel drive four-way forklifts, launched three machines at the inauguration of its new headquarters and factory in Monaghan...

Komatsu targets Europe for growth

News Story - 29 Jun 2006
LAINATE, Italy

Komatsu Forklift increased forklift sales worldwide by 11.9 per cent in 2005. Europe was a key growth market. Rory Harvey-Kelly, Komatsu Division Europe's head of commercial operations, said the forklift...

Toyota Australia first to integrate three brands

News Story - 29 Jun 2006
SYDNEY, Australia

Australia's major distributor of counterbalanced forklifts, Toyota Industries Corporation Australia (TICA), is now well advanced with integrating parent company Toyota Industries Corporation's (TICO) three materials handling equipment brands through one...