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Yale Materials Handling Corp. has named the recipients of its 2013 Dealer of Excellence awards–something the company has been doing for 20 years now.  “The Yale Dealer of Excellence Program highlights dealers that most clearly demonstrate Yale service,” said Chuck Pascarelli, president of sales and marketing. “Our dealers serve the customer and exceed expectations through […]

Hyster Company has named 13 dealers for its Dealer of Distinction award for 2013. To receive the award, dealers must meet defined business practices and performance standards, including superior customer satisfaction, dealer performance, general management, truck sales, short-term rental, training, aftermarket sales, and parts and service operations. This is the 20th year the company has awarded […]

Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A, Inc. (TMHU) has improved its hand pallet truck offering, now offering 10 specialty models—ranging from an ultra-low profile to a heavy duty load capacity options. The line is designed to meet the demands of general warehousing and storage, retail operations, and third party logistics providers, including food and beverage suppliers. “Toyota's full line […]

Columbus McKinnon Corp. has acquired privately-owned Unified Industries Inc. (Unified). Unified designs, manufacturers, and markets overhead light rail workstations primarily used in automotive and other industrial applications. Unified is headquartered in Howell, Mich. and had sales of $12.4 million in 2013. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to Columbus McKinnon's earnings in fiscal year […]

John Deere Power Systems has introduced John Deere PowerSight, a technology solution for John Deere diesel engines installed in OEM equipment.  John Deere PowerSight features four John Deere technologies: the JDLink machine monitoring system, machine health prognostics, remote diagnostics and programming, and the PowerAssist app, which integrate seamlessly to help customers manage their John Deere-powered OEM equipment. […]

Joystick and control box manufacturer C-Tech Industries LLC has announced the winner of the refurbished scissor lift stocked with C-Tech components. Theros Equipment, Sterling, Va., won the 2005 refurbished SkyJack 3219 outfitted with the following C-Tech components; control box and joystick, battery charger, decals and more. The refurbished Skyjack scissor lift was showcased at The Rental […]

Oerlikon Fairfield unveiled its patent-pending hybrid electric drivetrain technology last week at ConExpo/Con-Agg. The technology is a complete series electric driveline system from engine to wheel and features an innovative energy recovery system. It is the first of its type to be designed by a company specializing in drive solutions.  Major components of the system […]

Crown Equipment's Crown ES/ET 4000 series of stacker forklifts earned a GOOD DESIGN Award from the Chicago Athenaeum, Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The company now has received a Good Design Award 13 times in total. In this year’s competition, more than 700 new […]

Terex Material Handling announced an order for 12 20-ton, double-girder Demag overhead cranes and eight Demag DH monorail rope hoists from AZZ Inc. “Demag hoists have a proven track record with AZZ. They are safe, reliable and durable in our processing environment,” says Ross Bamburg, manufacturing engineer. “This order clearly reconfirms AZZ’s confidence in our ability […]

Hoist UK announces that Wayne Ridgeley has joined its technical team as design/project engineer. He has been in the lifting industry all of his working life, having been previously employed by Aabacus Cranes, The Rossendale Group, Camlok, and more recently with Stahl Cranes, working predominantly within the explosion-proof (ATEX) equipment sector of the industry. “Having […]