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Nissan Forklift Corporation, Marengo, Ill., has named Dale Skiles as national account manager. Bringing 17 years of industry experience to the position, Skiles is responsible for U.S. accounts and developing new North American accounts. “We are happy to welcome Dale to the Nissan Forklift team,” said James J. Radous III, vice president sales and marketing, […]

Clark Material Handling Company announces its “Dealer of the Year” award has been awarded to Valley Industrial Trucks, Youngstown, Ohio. Clark selects the Dealer of the Year each year from a North American network of 85 dealers and 225 dealership locations, recognizing the dealership’s excellence in equipment sales, parts and service, customer satisfaction and overall […]

Associated Terminals LLC, Louisiana, is expanding its fleet of machines with a seventh Gottwald floating crane. A Generation 5 Model 8 variant will be starting commercial operation this month and will be one of the highest performance floating cranes handling bulk materials on the Mississippi, Demag said. Currently, six Gottwald floating cranes supplied by Demag […]

  Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast is using overhead cranes from Street Crane Company for the production of composite aircraft wings. Three 5 tonne capacity cranes support fabrication work. Two are of 20m span between the crane rails and one of 25m span. The crane rails are an integral part of the roof structure, rather than being […]

  APM Terminals’ program to convert rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes from diesel to electric power has taken another major step forward with the signing of a €1million ($1.3 million) contract with Germany-based Conductix-Wampfler for the retrofitting of RTGs at LCB Container Terminal 1 Ltd. (LCB1), Thailand’s busiest container port. “The electrification of the RTGs at […]

Nissan Forklift Corp., Marengo, Ill., honored its 200,000th forklift and TM Logistics in a presentation in March. The milestone forklift, a Platinum II 3,500-pound cushion IC unit, was produced at Nissan Forklift’s Marengo facility in 2011 and is owned and operated by TM Logistics. TM Logistics is a subsidiary of Hodge Company, Nissan Forklift’s local […]

Clark Material Handling Company, Lexington, Ky., announces the appointment of two new employees. Mike Crawford has joined the company’s engineering department as the quality engineer.  He started to work on April 30 and will be responsible for the overall quality of all Clark products by tracking, analyzing, and correcting quality issues and performance of the […]

A new global brand of forklift trucks has been introduced to the U.S. market. The UTILEV UT25-30P range of diesel and LPG fuel forklift trucks is now available in select U.S. markets in 5,000- and 6,000-pound capacities. Utilev lift trucks are ideal for users that require material handling equipment but may not need advanced functionality. […]

Briggs Equipment and LiftOne are now authorized Hyster lift truck dealers in Atlanta, Ga., and Charlotte, N.C., respectively. This follows a late January announcement where Barloworld announced that it had executed letters of interest regarding the sale of its U.S. assets to Briggs and LiftOne, pending a due diligence process. The additions make both Briggs […]

NACCO Materials Handling Group Inc. (NMHG), Greenville, N.C., has launched a new website that reinforces the company’s position as a global leader in the materials handling industry. The website provides an improved interface for NMHG to communicate with its target audiences worldwide. The website also facilitates better communication with current and potential employees, suppliers, dealers, investors, […]