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This is issue #70 - 15 August 2002 of
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1.
PREDICTED GROWTH SEES TOYOTA LAUNCH CHINA
FACILITY 
TOKYO, Japan
Toyota Industries
Corporation has invested USD22 million into a new
manufacturing plant in China, and will begin producing
forklifts there next year, ahead of forklift sales which
are tipped to top 30,000 units by 2005.
Toyota
has opened an assembly facility in the Jiangsu province
of Kunshan City, near Shanghai, and will manufacture
1000 three-tonne forklifts there when production starts
in April 2003. Relaxing Chinese regulations mean the
6000 forklifts currently produced in China by
foreign-owned companies will increase to 10,000 by
2005.
Fourteen people will be employed at the
5200 square metre facility when production
begins.
A company statement said Toyota would
increase its current 24 percent world market share to 30
percent by the end of 2005. Toyota currently sells more
than 133,000 forklifts in Japan, Europe and the
USA.
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Toyota Industries Corporation website -
2.
JUNGHEINRICH WEATHERS A WEAK ECONOMY
HAMBURG, Germany
Jungheinrich AG
was able to hold up well in the second quarter of 2002
despite the slow economic recovery in the German
market.
Jungheinrich sales topped EUR350 million
(USD 342.7 million) for the second quarter, down from
EUR388 million (USD379.9 million) in the second quarter
of 2001. The decline saw the half-year sales total drop
eight percent to EUR702 million (USD687.4 million), down
from EUR765 million (USD749 million) in
2001.
"The market position was strengthened
compared with the first quarter - a result of the upward
trend in new sales business in the second quarter. Order
intake in the past quarter, at EUR396 million (USD387.7
million), saw growth of 10 percent compared with the
first quarter," the company’s financial report
said.
A return on sales of 4.4 percent saw second
quarter profit reach EUR15.3 million (USD15 million),
down from the comparable 2001 quarter’s EUR19.6 million
(USD19.2 million). Jungheinrich’s profit so far this
year now sits at EUR27.7 million (USD27.1 million), with
an average return on sales of 3.9 percent.
"The
company continues to be moderately optimistic. Overall
sales volume for materials handling equipment in Europe
looks set to decline. Accordingly, a lower order intake
and lower sales are being budgeted for 2002," the report
said.
"Against the background of the economic
recovery in the coming months, Jungheinrich expects to
see positive stimuli for the further trend of earnings
in the second half of the year."
- Jungheinrich
website -
3.
SPECIAL FEATURE: ON THE ROAD OR OFF
LIMITS?
ALTON, United Kingdom
It has been
estimated by the Fork Lift Truck Association that tens
of thousands of forklift operations each day are
conducted illegally, and without insurance cover, yet
most of the companies responsible believe they are
perfectly law-abiding.
Their ‘crime’, or so it could
be judged by a court of law, is taking unlicensed
forklifts onto public roads. Click the link below to
read the full text of this article, prepared for
Forkliftaction.com by the Fork Lift Truck Association
(FLTA).
Please note: if you have not registered for a
free Forkliftaction.com membership, you may be prompted
to register before reading this article. 
- Click here for the
FLTA website -
4.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
McCONNELLSBURG, United States
JLG
ANNOUNCES INTERNAL MOVEMENTS
McCONNELLSBURG, USA -
JLG Industries has appointed Israel Celli as
vice-president of international sales, marketing &
customer support. JLG has also promoted Wayne MacDonald
to senior vice-president - engineering, and Philip
Rehbein to senior vice-president - finance.
NEW
DIRECTOR JOINS BOARD OF FORK LIFT TRUCK
ASSOCIATION
ALTON, United Kingdom - Forkway Ltd
managing director Martyn Fletcher has joined the board
of the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA). Mr Fletcher
brings to the FLTA a background in finance, sales and
warehousing, and significant management expertise.
5.
ROLF SLOBOTZKY: SOUTH OF THE BORDER
MEXICO CITY, Mexico
This month
congratulations go to Toyota, which celebrated 10 years
of operation in Mexico last month by throwing a huge
party.
6.
SHOPLIFTERS STRIKE BEFORE POSH STORE
OPENS
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom
Police
believe thieves used a forklift in an elaborate heist in
which an up-market department store suffered its first
shoplifting case a week before it opened its
doors.
Slate floor tiles worth GBP9900
(USD15,200) were stolen between August 1 and August 6
from the construction site of a Harvey Nichols store,
which opens today.
The Scottish Daily Record said
police believe the thieves used a forklift or a van to
steal the 300 tiles, each worth GBP33 (USD50.66). The
tiles weighed more than one tonne.
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7.
TRELLEBORG WHEEL SYSTEMS AMERICAS, INC. ANNOUNCES ISO
14001 CERTIFICATION
HARTVILLE, United
States
Trelleborg Wheel Systems Americas, Inc (TWSA)
- manufacturer of world class industrial tire
brands Monarch and Bergougnan - has earned ISO 14001
certification (02.123.2). Environmental auditors
Smither’s Quality Assessments, Inc recommended TWSA be
awarded Certificate of Registration. To achieve
certification, TWSA developed and implemented a formal
Environmental Management System (EMS) systematically
addressing federal, state and local environmental
regulatory compliance, including initiatives for waste
reduction, pollution prevention, business cost reduction
and meeting customer requirements. Our aim is to
coordinate with reputable suppliers who comply with our
quality requirements and business principles. In
addition to ISO 14001 certification, TWSA is ISO 9001
certified (99.270.1).
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11.
ELECTRIC FORKLIFT, MAKE: HYSTER, MODEL:
J50XM2
Camp Keyes, Augusta,, United
States
Closing: 21 August 2002 TBA - Contract:
DAHA17-02-T-0059
12.
SLOW VOLTAGE DC MOTORS IN A RANGE OF 4 TO 12
HP.
Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina
Closing: 19 August 2002 TBA - Contract: Assistance
needed
13.
HIRE OF FORKLIFT TRUCKS AND MHE AND ALSO REPAIR (2
TENDERS)
Bordeaux, France
Closing: 19
September 2002 TBA - Contract: CPV:71340000
14.
PALLET MULE
Seymour Johnson AFB, NC, United
States
Closing: 22 August 2002 TBA - Contract:
F31610-02-Q-0367
15.
LIFTING TRUCKS
Stockholm, Sweden
Closing:
26 August 2002 TBA - Contract: CPV: 29221510
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