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1.
SPANISH MANUFACTURER TARGETS THAILAND 
BARCELONA, Spain
Rough-terrain
forklift maker Automoviles Utilitarios SA (AUSA) says
the Asian economic crisis is receding, and it is ready
to seize the opportunities rapidly becoming available
there through an assault beginning in
Thailand.
AUSA was poised to grow at a
spectacular rate as the Asian economy improved,
according to Thailand sales head Alvaro Noguera. He told
Forkliftaction.com News that an AUSA sales delegation
had signed several agreements with Thai companies, but
would not reveal details.
Mr Noguera said there
was “huge” potential in Thailand, where the gross
domestic product and investment in construction were
increasing rapidly. While AUSA's growth was likely to
come through construction, the company planned to
demonstrate its contribution to other industries. So
far, AUSA’s most popular machines in Thailand were
dumpers in the construction sector, followed by
forklifts.
“Our success in the past decade of
building our market share outside the construction
industry (means) we are prepared to do the same in
(Thailand),” Mr Noguera said.
- AUSA website -
2.
BRANDT TAKES OVER COAST TRACTOR &
EQUIPMENT
REGINA, Canada
Brandt Tractor has
bought British Columbia dealer Coast Tractor &
Equipment to become one of the largest privately owned
sellers of John Deere equipment in the
world.
Both companies sell John Deere backhoes,
graders, forklifts and excavators.
The purchase,
finalised this month, includes Coast Tractor &
Equipment’s 14 locations throughout British Columbia and
expands Brandt’s operations into the one part of Western
Canada where it was not previously
represented.
Brandt president Shaun Semple would
not reveal the purchase price in a Regina Leader-Post
article, but said the timing was right for Brandt to buy
into the British Columbia market.
Mr Semple said
the acquisition would boost Brandt’s CAN450 million
(USD288.37 million) annual sales by one third, and add
220 employees to the Brandt group’s 800-strong
workforce.
- Brandt Tractor
website -
3.
MEYER, WAINWRIGHT TEAM UP FOR US ASSAULT
ST PETERS, United States
Festus,
Missouri-based Meyer Lift Truck Attachments and
Wainwright Industries, of St Louis, Missouri, have
introduced Meyer attachments to the USA under the name
Meyer Wainwright LLC.
Wainwright’s St Peters,
Missouri, manufacturing facility would offer customers
quicker responses, reduced freight costs and better
parts availability, the companies said in a
statement.
Meyer’s attachments line includes
carton clamps and push-pulls, paper roll clamps, bale
and pulp clamps, rotators, multi-pallet handlers, fork
positioners and multi-purpose clamps.
- Meyer Wainwright website -
4.
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5.
CAPTION COMPETITION WINNER CROWNED
BRISBANE, Australia
After wading
through hundreds of entries for Forkliftaction.com’s
latest caption competition, the judges have crowned
Gerry Bowler, of Technik Australia Pty Ltd, as the
winner.
Gerry’s winning caption was this:
“Secretary to boss: ‘In that letter you just dictated,
do you want me to include all those words, or just ‘you
are fired’?”
Congratulations to all those
Forkliftaction.com members who participated. Stay tuned
for more competitions and promotions coming soon.
Following are a selection of the caption entries
received:
Gail Rozad, SRE Controls: “Hey mate,
where are the paddles?”
Wayne Borean, Nett
Technologies: “I knew I shouldn’t have asked the kids to
water the lawn!”
Keith French, Material Handling
Associates: “The attempt to prove that containers were
waterproof failed miserably.”
Jim Horn, The Jefferds
Corporation: “The beginning of the ‘Great Barrier
Grief’!”
Peter Hedger, Pilkington Australia Limited:
“Who forgot to flush?”
Rodney Wilson, Sellick
Equipment Limited: “Fosters – Australian for
beer.”
William Stuart, NMHG United Kingdom: “Is this
the drop-off point for delivery to Atlantis?”
Richard
Litherland, JLG Industries Europe Limited: “Own up – who
set the reefer units to defrost?”
6.
ROLF SLOBOTZKY: SOUTH OF THE BORDER
MEXICO CITY, Mexico
The Mexican
Machinery Dealer Association, to which 80 percent of
Mexican forklift OEMs are affiliated, inaugurated its
new building on August 15. 
- Contact Rolf
Slobotzky -
7.
FORKLIFT STARS IN WORLD RECORD HAM
BISCUIT
SMITHFIELD, United States
The
world’s largest-ever ham biscuit, to be baked on
September 28, will need to be cut in half by a
forklift.
The biscuit, which will feed 1752
people, will be eight feet (2.4 metres) in diameter,
contain 450 pounds (204 kilograms) of Smithfield ham and
be baked in an oven five feet (1.5 metres) tall, 10 feet
(three metres) deep and 10 feet (three metres)
wide.
Ham biscuits, created by baking cooked ham
pieces combined with biscuit dough, are a traditional
favourite in the USA.
The biscuit is being baked
by Smithfield residents to commemorate the founding of
Smithfield, Virginia, in 1752, and as a celebration of
the district’s pork industry, according to the News
& Observer.
8.
STURDY CAT FORKLIFT CAUSES HEADACHES FOR
COPS
YORK, United Kingdom
A stolen
Caterpillar forklift left a trail of destruction during
a bizarre police chase last week which ended only when a
“stinger” device was used to blow its tyres.
Six
people, including three police officers, were injured,
and 10 vehicles were damaged during the low-speed chase,
which at its height reached 20 miles an hour (32
kilometres an hour).
A North Yorkshire Police
spokesman told The Scotsman newspaper that a police van
tried to stop the forklift but was deliberately rammed,
causing extensive damage and slightly injuring the
police driver. A passing car was also damaged in the
collision.
“A marked patrol car followed (the
forklift) through the city, where it continued to be
driven erratically, attempting to ram any vehicle which
travelled across its path,” the spokesman
said.
The driver took the forklift the wrong way
down a one-way street and headed out of the city on a
south-bound freeway. It struck a BMW sedan and caused an
accident involving four other vehicles.
It was
not until the forklift was headed west towards Leeds
that police used a “stinger” tyre deflation device,
which successfully damaged one of the Cat’s front tyres.
A police car then rammed the forklift into the freeway’s
central barrier and stopped it.
A man was
arrested and was “helping police with their inquiries”,
the newspaper said.
The police spokesman said
while the chase did not exceed 20 miles an hour, the
rugged design of the Cat forklift caused police “serious
problems”.
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12.
6 HEAVY DUTY AIR PORTABLE FORKLIFTS - WITH OPTION FOR 4
MORE
Huntingdon, United Kingdom
Closing:
20 September 2002 TBA - Contract: CPV: 29221511
13.
7 FORKLIFT TRUCKS
Tokyo, Japan
Closing:
11 September 2002 1:00pm - Contract: Govt gazette
17Juy2002
14.
CRANES. HARBOUR CRANES
Granville, France
Closing: 10 October 2002 TBA - Contract: CPV:
29221410, 29221411
15.
RENTAL OF TWO (2) NEW FORKLIFTS, 4000#
CAPACITY
Corpus Christi, TX, United
States
Closing: 28 August 2002 TBA - Contract:
N68836-02-T-0285
16.
TURRET FORKLIFT
Fort Lewis, United
States
Closing: 05 September 2002 TBA - Contract:
DAKF57-02-T-0045
17.
FORKLIFT TRUCK
Fort Lewis, United
States
Closing: 05 September 2002 TBA - Contract:
DAKF57-02-T-0061
18.
RENTAL VARIOUS TYPES FORKLIFTS
San Diego CA,
United States
Closing: 30 August 2002 3:00pm -
Contract: N00244402T109
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