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It’s been a trying few weeks globally, with freak weather impacting on communities in both hemispheres. While Europe and North America cope with snow storms and unusually low temperatures, Australia is dealing with floods and forest fires.
Past experience has shown that where forklift operations are impacted, they have bounced back with resilience. More than that, the materials handling sector is always among the first to step up and offer a helping hand to the community through humanitarian and charity actions - and there’s no doubt the current challenges will again bring out the best in everyone in our industry.
As we go about our efforts, we might remember the words of an ‘80s TV show: “Let’s be careful out there!”
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| Battery electric forklifts keep TMHA in lead Australasia News
Sydney, New South Wales Toyota Material Handling Australia has retained overall national forklift market leadership, selling more than 5,400 forklifts during 2012, an increase of 18% on 2011 sales.
Most of the growth... [more] | Lencrow adds Lowry to forklift range Australasia News
Sydney, New South Wales Canadian-built Lowry forklifts, suited for use in confined spaces, are now available from independent forklift supplier Lencrow.
General manager Ross Grassick tells Forkliftaction.com News that the company has been... [more] | Funding approved for study on new freight terminal Australasia News
Melbourne, Victoria Around $5 million in federal and state funding has been approved to progress planning on the proposed Western Interstate Freight Terminal (WIFT).
Victorian Public Transport and Roads Minister Terry... [more] | NZ port buys marshalling company Australasia News
Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty Port of Tauranga has bought Quality Marshalling, New Zealand’s second-largest log marshalling and scaling company.
The 133-employee company, which handles around 2.5 million cubic metres of logs at Mount... [more] |
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| Ningbo Ruyi expands in North America
UNITED STATES Chinese forklift maker Ningbo Ruyi Joint Stock Co Ltd is expanding its North American presence with the launch of wholesaler Xilin-Americas Material Handling Inc.
Already sold internationally, the company’s... [more] | Travis Perkins hits milestone
UNITED KINGDOM Travis Perkins, a leading UK supplier to the building industry, has invested over GBP3 million (USD4.7 million) in a fleet of new JCB machines.
Most of the new machines... [more] | United Rentals foresees positives during 2013
UNITED STATES United Rentals Inc reports a profit of USD75 million on 2012 sales of USD4.12 billion. The results include eight months of the contributions of RSC Holdings Inc, which United acquired... [more] |  | Oshkosh access equipment sales jump 15.1%
UNITED STATES Oshkosh Corp sales of access equipment to external customers increased by 15.1% to USD581.2 million for the first quarter ended 31 December versus the comparable prior year period.
Oshkosh... [more] | Sapa turns to Hubtex for new site
UNITED KINGDOM Aluminium profile producer Sapa Building Systems Ltd has turned to Hubtex UK for its materials handling needs after it moved into its new premises.
Sapa’s 116,000 sqft (10,776 sqm)... [more] | Alliance CEO gets recognition, discusses themes
UNITED STATES The Future 50 feature in the January issue of SmartCEO magazine recognises Thomas Albero of Alliance Material Handling Inc among the area’s top chief executive officers.
Albero, Alliance president... [more] | Product News
Linde launches new trucks
- Hamburg, Germany
Seegrid launches stacker
- Pittsburgh, PA, United States
New and improved Tonero
- Mjölby, Sweden [more] | Movers & Shakers
Cargotec, Ring Power Lift Trucks, TTC [more] | Tips for the worst of winter conditions
UNITED KINGDOM Forklift supplier Briggs Equipment is urging companies to stay alert to the risk of further snow and ice.
Dean Mansell, national aftersales manager for Briggs Equipment, explains: "It's vital... [more] |
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When the first Forkliftaction.com newsletter was published, it was emailed to just 50 people. As Forkliftaction.com News celebrates its 600th issue milestone, we find that online news is thriving. [more] |
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