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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.

Issue #8: Container cranes

Cargo Chat - 01 Jun 2006
ESSEX, United Kingdom

A recent tragic incident in which a manoeuvring ship struck a quayside container crane and caused it to collapse, killing one person, has highlighted the crane's vulnerability. One feature of large quayside ship-to-shore cranes is that, to maximise their outreach, most are positioned so the front legs are very close to the quay edge ...

Inside the News - Edition #261

Inside the News - 25 May 2006

The Forkliftaction.com team will be present at the Materials Handling show (Matex 2006) in Sydney from May 29 to June 2. We would love to meet with industry members at...

Forklift use of fuel cell growing

News Story - 25 May 2006
RICHMOND, Canada

by US correspondent Roger Renstrom General Hydrogen Corp, of Richmond, Canada, has made its first commercial sale of a fuel-cell-powered Hydricity pack to Cat Lift Trucks, of Houston, Texas, USA...

Konecranes buys Morris USA

News Story - 25 May 2006
HYVINKÄÄ, Finland

KCI Konecranes will reunite UK-based Morris Material Handling with its previous owner through the acquisition of a majority shareholding in MMH Holdings Inc, in the US (MMH). The Morris UK...

Bolzoni public offer launched

News Story - 25 May 2006
PIACENZA, Italy

Italian stock market regulator Consob has approved Bolzoni SpA's initial public offering (IPO) of shares (Forkliftaction.com News #247). The IPO comprises 8,532 million shares, priced from EUR3.0 to EUR3.6 (USD3.82...

Briefs

News Story - 25 May 2006

Manitou and Hangzhou work together HANGZHOU, China Manitou BF and Hangzhou Forklift Truck Co have entered into a joint-venture agreement. Both parties were silent on details of the joint venture...

MATEX 2006 set to Rack, Stack and Pack Darling Harbour.

Advertisement - 25 May 2006

This years' MATEX exhibition will be one of the most comprehensive on record, with almost all of the major forklift companies exhibiting and most planning significant product launches. Over 50...

EnerSys boosts lithium-ion effort

News Story - 25 May 2006
READING, PA, United States

by US correspondent Roger Renstrom Lead-acid industrial battery maker EnerSys Inc has made a second investment in lithium-ion battery technology, primarily for defence and aviation applications, such as powering smart...

Telehandler retires after 36,000 hours

News Story - 25 May 2006
WEST FLANDERS, Belgium

A 1992 Merlo telehandler has just been retired after putting in 36,000 hours or the equivalent of 30 years' work at a Belgian factory. The Panoramic P30.7 XS, which was...

Victorian driver wins competition

News Story - 25 May 2006
BRISBANE, Australia

A Victorian beat fellow Australians to win the Swire Cold Storage national forklift driver competition yesterday. George Glisic, who has worked at Swire Cold Storage for eight years, won the...

Movers & Shakers

News Story - 25 May 2006

LYDNEY, United Kingdom Jean-Paul Mindermann replaces Doug Pearson as Watts Industrial Tyres' managing director on June 1. Mindermann has managed Watts' European subsidiaries for 10 years. Pearson, who has been...

TVH Australia to distribute new forklift battery range

Advertisement - 25 May 2006

TVH Australia has been appointed the exclusive distributor for the Maxx Battery brand of value-for-money traction forklift batteries. Maxx Battery is an established brand in the automotive industry. The forklift battery range is locally assembled and backed by a 12-month warranty and a full service offer.

Insist on thorough examinations

Fork Talk - 25 May 2006
ALTON, United Kingdom

Consolidated Fork Truck Services (CFTS) said in a statement that it had received reports some dealers were supplying forklifts without providing thorough examination certificates, which are a UK legal requirement.

Forklift vibration is health hazard

Safety First - 25 May 2006
EMMELOORD, Netherlands

Employees can suffer painful cramps and lose sensitivity in fingers, hands and arms when exposed to vibration and shocks from machinery. Other symptoms of exposure to body vibration are tiredness, nausea, blindness, dizziness, back problems, seasickness, reduced accuracy and dislocation of internal organs, writes Safety First guest contributor Dirk Zeinstra this week.

Inside the News - Edition #260

Inside the News - 18 May 2006

Due to a technical fault, the Forkliftaction.com website was temporarily inaccessible after our weekly newsletter was emailed to members last week. You may have noticed the down time if you...

Reach stackers

Feature Article - 18 May 2006

India and China are big markets for materials handling equipment. Their sheer size pose challenges for foreign companies that want a share of the rapidly growing reach stacker market. Forkliftaction.com News reporter Christine Liew speaks to three European reach stacker manufacturers about their business activities in East Asia.