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Four Hyster® forklift trucks and a Hyster® Powered Battery Exchange Stacker have been delivered to VBI in Weurt, The Netherlands. These are the first Hyster® forklifts in The Netherlands equipped with a new, intelligently designed side battery extraction system. “When the current lease for part of our forklift fleet ended, …

The Curtiss-Wright Industrial division – including its legacy brands of Arens Controls, Penny & Giles, PG Drives Technology and Williams Controls – is a recognized leader in providing components and sub-systems that enable customer specific solutions for a wide range of material handling equipment, including pallet/stacker trucks, reach trucks and …

Following retirement from his most recent role as Senior Product Marketing Manager for Hyster UK earlier this year, David Rowell reflects on some of the developments he has witnessed over 44 years in the materials handling industry, and shares his thoughts about the future. Q: What was the industry like …

Yale ® is excited to announce its appointment as the designated Forklift Supplier to MotoGP™, the FIM MotoGP World Championship. In partnership with local dealers, Yale will supply forklift trucks for six European editions of the 2017 Championship. MotoGP™, long recognised as the pinnacle of motorcycle racing, shares the same …

This September, Mentor FLT Training will be urging forklift operators to ‘Show your hand’ to reduce the risk of serious accidents involving pedestrians. Despite raised awareness of the need for segregation, collisions continue to be the leading cause of workplace transport accidents, and according to HSE figures, when it comes …

As part of the company’s 5 year growth strategy, Briggs Equipment is pleased to announce the acquisition of Irish Lift Trucks (ILT) part of the OHM Group in the Republic of Ireland. Based in Dublin, ILT is a long established dealer of the Hyster range of materials handling equipment serving …

  British truck mounted forklift manufacturer and supplier Loadmac has recently expanded their team with the introduction of UK Sales Manager, Matt Scott. With many years in truck mounted forklift sales, Matt joins Loadmac with a wealth of experience, extensive understanding of the market and specialised product knowledge. Based in …

After 10 years operating as Senior Vice President for Toyota Material Handling Europe, Nick Duckworth has now taken the position of Managing Director for Toyota Material Handling UK following the retirement of Mike Matthias. Duckworth is a long serving member of Toyota with vast experience gained in the material handling …

How many owners of diesel forklift trucks purchased within the last few years are fed-up with the hassle, cost and downtime of running the regeneration cycle on their diesel particulate filters (DPF) every 25 hours or so? If you’re one of them, you’re not alone, there are a great many …

The oldest printing machine manufacturer in the world, Koenig & Bauer Group in Würzburg, Germany, is now using 70 new Hyster® forklift trucks in their plants. An in-house guidance system enables trucks to drive around 200 different stations in the operation – from the production areas for sheet, web offset …