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ITA president to speak at China ITA meeting

Fork Talk - 8 Feb 2007 (#296) For the first time, an Industrial Truck Association president will address a sister association's annual meeting. ITA president Jim Malvaso, who is Raymond's president and CEO, said he had accepted an invitation from China Industrial Truck Association (CITA) managing director Su Enyi to be a keynote speaker at CITA's annual meeting in Shanghai on May 21-22.

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Organisations promote miner safety

Fork Talk - 1 Feb 2007 (#295) The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) and the Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA) have teamed up to improve miner health and safety.

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Safety campaign “not rocket science”

Fork Talk - 25 Jan 2007 (#294) The Fork Lift Truck Association's (FLTA) CEO says FLTA's latest safety campaign is "not rocket science" but simple reminders that can save lives. David Ellison was referring to the Safety 4MOST campaign that FLTA will launch at IMHX 2007, in Birmingham on March 13-16.

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Computer-based Training; a Contradiction in Terms

Rob Vetter

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Computer-based Training; a Contradiction in Terms

Safety First - 18 Jan 2007 (#293) Computer based training (CBT) programs, in spite of their often flashy graphics and cool soundtracks, cannot even begin to determine operational competence and I think everyone knows that including the producers of such programs.

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Cargo Chat #9

Cargo Chat - 18 Jan 2007 (#293) While it has long been accepted that cars on public roads should be fitted with seat belts and that drivers and passengers benefit from wearing them when travelling, the same cannot be said for terminal equipment. Speeds are very different. However, any mobile equipment can lose stability and, when that happens with terminal equipment, the driver tends to jump or be thrown out the side as the equipment overturns, meaning the machine falls on him or her.

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MHIA: 2007 favourable for materials handling

Fork Talk - 21 Dec 2006 (#291) The Material Handling Industry of America's (MHIA) latest quarterly materials handling equipment manufacturing (MHEM) forecast shows the sector will continue to be favourable in 2007.

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Rob Vetter

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‘Tis the Season

Safety First - 14 Dec 2006 (#290) Back in 1981 when I was an impressionable young man of 19, I lost a very near and dear friend to an industrial accident. He was electrocuted when he contacted live power lines while painting a building.

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Two weeks left to nominate

Fork Talk - 14 Dec 2006 (#290) The third annual ARA Insurance Services/National Equipment Register Award will be presented at a ceremony at the Rental Show in Atlanta from February 7 to February 10, 2007.

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Award finalists selected

Fork Talk - 7 Dec 2006 (#289) The Fork Lift Truck Association's (FLTA) technical committee has scrutinised the year's new products and services and developed a list of finalists for its annual awards for excellence.

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ProMat 2007 preparations in progress

Fork Talk - 30 Nov 2006 (#288) More than 750 exhibitors will participate in the Material Handling Industry of America's (MHIA) materials handling show in January. They will share 300,000 square feet (27,870 square metres) of exhibition space at ProMat 2007, from January 8 to January 11, in Chicago, Illinois

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