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Nissan Forklift Corp., Marengo, Ill., has added the GO6 Series to its Platinum line. The heavyweight pneumatic tire GO6 Series forklift truck has a larger lifting capacity and a fuel-efficient diesel engine, capable of lifting loads of up to 17,500 pounds and heights of up to 26 feet. The diesel engine, equipped with a turbo […]

Clark Material Handling Co., Lexington, Ky., has appointed Rob Smith as product marketing coordinator. Smith, who has as a BBA in marketing from the University of Kentucky, brings eight years of forklift sales and marketing experience in the material handling industry in trucks, parts, marketing and planning to his new role. The company also named […]

The Indonesian branch of All-Rig Lifting and Engineering Supplies Pty. Ltd. has become the 500th member of the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA), Huntingdon, England. Established in 1944, the LEEA has expanded rapidly in recent years, with membership more than tripling since 2003. All-Rig Indonesia joins its Australian-based operation as a full member of the […]

Delta Rigging & Tools, Inc., Pearland, Texas, has appointed Mitch Hausman as president and COO. Hausman, who brings more than 30 years of experience in the wire rope and rigging industry to the position, will be based in the company’s Pearland headquarters. Hausman began his career in 1979 with WireCo World Group in St. Joseph, […]

NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG), Cleveland, Ohio, presented United Way of Pitt County, Greenville, N.C., with a $32,000 check during East Carolina University’s (ECU) final regular-season home football game. As a sponsor of ECU athletics, NMHG’s check was allocated to United Way of Pitt County based on this season’s total number of ECU touchdowns. […]

Sapient Automation, Hatfield, Pa., has introduced a new program called Intelligent Machine Health Monitoring (IMHM), which remotely monitors horizontal and vertical carousel and VLM systems in real time, and allows technicians to respond prior to failure. The IMHM system remotely monitors critical maintenance thresholds, actual carousel/VLM usage, picks, run time, and energy consumption levels to […]

In an independent survey conducted by Peerless Media Research Group, Hyster Co., Greenville, N.C., ranked No. 1 in brand satisfaction. The Peerless study surveyed individuals in September 2011 who indicated that they were involved in their company’s lift truck purchase process. The sample group was selected from the Peerless logistics management subscriber base and represented […]

Columbus McKinnon Corp., Amherst, N.Y., has renovated its original Tonawanda, N.Y., company headquarters into a new training center. The facility, which most recently served as a LodeRail production plant, will hold classes for certification and training courses in various formats and will offer both classroom and hands-on learning. Expanding its training offerings will enable the […]

Scott Miller has been named the new managing director of Kito Europe GmbH, the Düsseldorf-based subsidiary of the Japanese manufacturer. Miller was previously vice president operations of Manheim, Pa., USA firm Harrington Hoists Inc., which is a wholly-owned Kito Corp. subsidiary. "After five-and-a-half years of business activity in the European markets, Kito Europe has positioned […]

R&M Materials Handling, Inc., Springfield, Ohio, supplied North Carolina Zoo Surgery with a Loadmate chain hoist, part of a harness used to lift a 13,000-pound elephant that needed cataract surgery. C’sar, the North Carolina Zoo’s oldest male elephant at 37, and one of the park’s most well-known animals, recently underwent the successful four-hour surgery in […]