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There are positive signs that this will be a million-plus unit year, with KION reporting that the global forklift market exceeded the million mark last year. The group, which includes the Linde and Boali brands among others, is already ahead of 2013 levels, thanks in large part to growth in the emerging markets of Eastern Europe, South America and China.
We have also seen optimism in North America, and this week, we note LiuGong's expansion which has led to a move to larger premises.
And one of the best performers in the forklift sector is the rental market, with a number of large players expanding their fleets to cope with increased demand. This, of course, further boosts the order books.
As the song says, "let the good times roll".
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| Linde’s new business unit proves a winner Australasia News
Sydney, New South Wales Linde Material Handling’s specialised battery equipment business unit, Linde Power Solutions, has proved successful since its establishment a year ago.
The unit supplies replacement batteries, chargers, battery handling equipment ... [more] | Victoria focuses on workplace health and safety Australasia News
Hamilton, Victoria Inspectors from the Victorian WorkCover Authority (VWA) will visit around 200 workplaces in Hamilton as part of an ongoing campaign called Safe Towns which aims to educate communities about workplace ... [more] | Toll wins contract to build logistics base Australasia News
Darwin, Northern Territory Toll Group has won a $90 million contract to design, construct and operate the Ichthys LNG project’s offshore logistics base in the Northern Territory, as well as to provide ongoing ... [more] | Brisbane terminal debuts new container system Australasia News
Brisbane, Queensland DP World’s Brisbane terminal redevelopment has gone live with the servicing of a vessel in early February using its new semi-automated container handling operation.
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| KION receives more orders in 2013
GERMANY The KION Group received slightly more orders in 2013 - about 142,800 trucks, compared to 141,700 the previous year.
The total value of the order intake was EUR4.489 billion ... [more] | LiuGong moves, plans own facility
UNITED STATES LiuGong Construction Machinery NA LLC is moving its North American operations about 1.3 mi. (2.1 km) in Katy and increasing its leased space to 35,000 sqft. (3,252 sqm) from 14,000 ... [more] | UK customers demand short-term forklift hire
UNITED KINGDOM Short-term hire is in demand in the UK, with Toyota Material Handling UK (TMHUK) following the lead of Impact Handling, Jungheinrich and Linde in expanding its forklift rental fleet. ... [more] | | UniCarries finalises acquisition
JAPAN UniCarriers Corporation has completed its acquisition of Dutch forklift dealer Crepa Groep BV.
The acquisition value is confidential.
Tobias Laxa, Europe group marketing manager at UniCarriers, tells Forkliftaction.com ... [more] | Trainer fights building site ‘ban’
UNITED KINGDOM A UK forklift and plant training firm has started an online petition against what it calls the practice of refusing fully qualified plant and construction workers on building sites, and ... [more] | Jungheinrich invests in new HQ
GERMANY Jungheinrich AG is investing EUR25 million (USD34 million) into a new corporate headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.
Construction is expected to start this month and the move to the new ... [more] | Plug Power scores with turnkey contract
UNITED STATES Energy solution provider Plug Power Inc received a precedent-setting contract for more than 1,500 turnkey hydrogen fuel cell systems from a so-far unidentified retailer.
The multi-site GenKey deal includes ... [more] | Movers & Shakers
Cargotec, UniCarriers Americas Corp, Speedshield LLC [more] | Briefs
Doosan donates to breast cancer research
- Incheon, South Korea
JCB loans fleet to disaster zone
- Rocester, United Kingdom
ID Systems deploys VMS in China
- Woodcliff Lake, NJ, United States
Jungheinrich holds ‘Big Event’
- Milton Keynes, United Kingdom [more] | Flux Power gains lithium battery traction
UNITED STATES Flux Power Holdings Inc’s 24v LiFT pack lithium battery has received approval for use in new and in-service Toyota and Raymond Class 3 electric motor hand trucks.
“This approval ... [more] | Hyster gets a grip on mining truck tyres
AUSTRIA VA Erzberg GmbH has selected the latest Hyster tyre-handling truck to help change the large tyres on heavy-duty mining trucks at an iron ore mine in Austria.
The mine, ... [more] | 29-year-old Skyjack wins contest
UNITED STATES Kraner Electrical Ltd has won the contest to find the oldest working Skyjack scissor lift, the equipment manufacturer announced at The Rental Show in Orlando.
The father-and-son team of ... [more] |
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