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Month: November 2018

Nov122018 by adminNo Comments
New MH Director for Europe Named by Hyundai

New MH Director for Europe Named by Hyundai

Manufacturer, Movers and Shakers
Seventeen-year industry veteran Peter Verbiest has been named Material Handling Director for the European market by Hyundai. In close cooperation with Hyundai’s branches and European dealer network, Verbiest will lead the European Sales department, the After Sales department and the Product Support team. He will be developing and implementing commercial strategies with focus on long-term partnerships while securing HCEE’s business objectives in Europe. He will be based at the European headquarters in Tessenderlo, Belgium, and speaks fluent Dutch, French, German and English. “Europe remains one of the key focus areas for the global MH business in the next coming years. The hiring of Peter Verbiest will accelerate the next steps. We are happy in welcoming Peter Verbiest into our Hyunda...
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Nov122018 by adminNo Comments
Combilift -a Billion Dollar Business within 5 Years?

Combilift -a Billion Dollar Business within 5 Years?

Business, Manufacturer
Martin McVicar, the Founder of Combilift in County Monaghan, hopes to be at the helm of a billion-dollar business within the next five years. With a manufacturing plant three and a half times the size of Croke Park and the fact that his Combilift company exports to 85 different countries across the world, Martin McVicar expects to be at the helm of a billion-dollar company by 2023. Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur of The Year™, Martin explains his plans to keep expanding in his home county of Monaghan. When asked what the next milestone is for Combilift and for Martin himself, he replied: "We've built this new manufacturing plant, our target is to double the business over the next five years Martin was asked wheth...
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Nov92018 by adminNo Comments
TCM and CAM Forklifts cut costs at George Walker Transport

TCM and CAM Forklifts cut costs at George Walker Transport

Dealer
Managers at George Walker Transport have been working with engineers at Sheffield-based CAM Forklift Trucks developing new techniques to improve the crucial role forklifts play in their intensive materials handling operation as part of a productivity and £1/2 million cost reduction platform. Plans to up-date their forklift fleet began back in 2016 with 20 new forklifts and 20 powered pallet trucks that comprise the core of the company’s materials handling taskforce. The business is now scheduling delivery of its next 13 TCM trucks. These have 2.0-ton lift capacity with heavy duty brakes and rugged construction designed to take on an intense but mixed range of duties. Their operation in Morley, near Leeds facilitates the movement of around 4,500 pallets every 24 hours. The decision to...
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Nov92018 by adminNo Comments
Toyota Veteran Joins UniCarriers Europe Top Management

Toyota Veteran Joins UniCarriers Europe Top Management

Movers and Shakers
Mitsubishi subsidiary UniCarriers Europe has hired Jonas Tornerefelt as Executive Vice President (EVP) Sales & Marketing. He succeeds the retiring Bengt Kristiansson and will take over fully after a handover phase on 1 January 2019. Kristiansson is to remain with the company as strategic advisor to UniCarriers President Masashi Takamatsu. “With Jonas Tornerefelt, we welcome a proven logistics expert to our team who has 19 years of experience in the forklift industry,” explains Masashi Takamatsu, President of UniCarriers Europe. The new Executive Vice President will help Masashi Takamatsu achieve all of its sales and marketing related business goals. These include to increase the market share of the UniCarriers and TCM brands in Europe and to strengthen the rental and used truck busi...
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Nov82018 by adminNo Comments
Heli Celebrate 60 Years

Heli Celebrate 60 Years

Manufacturer
Anhui Forklift Group Corporation, maker of HELI equipment, recently celebrated its 60th anniversary at an event at its headquarters in Hefei, China. The event, themed as "more HELI, more future", included a comprehensive review of the history of its 60-year development. The ceremony also featured the arrival of the millionth HELI forklift, which was delivered to a representative of Shanghai International Port Group Co, a strategic customer of HELI products in its key construction projects. Dejin Zhang, president of Anhui Forklift Group Corporation, charted HELI’s efforts to establish itself as the best-known Chinese brand in the international industrial vehicle market. He cited not only the company’s manufacturing capability, but its R&D efforts aimed at "bringing brand-new ...
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Nov52018 by adminNo Comments
HC Forklifts UK Breaks 1000th Truck Milestone

HC Forklifts UK Breaks 1000th Truck Milestone

Dealer
HC Forklifts UK – part of the Impact Handling Group – has continued its recent success with the landmark order of its 1000th Hangcha lift truck for the UK market. The XF20D, specified with Okamura transmission and a 4500mm Triplex mast, was one of four machines sold to RPC Containers in Heanor via local HC Forklifts UK dealer GB Lift Trucks, which was delivered in October 2018. The Hangcha range is distributed exclusively across the UK by HC Forklifts UK, who offer customers a market-leading range of value handling products via its growing nationwide dealer network of regional handling specialists. Castle Donington based GB Lift Trucks, an official HC Forklifts UK dealer for the last four years, has seen a notable rise in the popularity of the Hangcha equipment range culminating i...
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Nov22018 by adminNo Comments
Further Growth for the Kion Group

Further Growth for the Kion Group

Business, Finance
The KION Group continues to benefit from a healthy global market for industrial trucks and supply chain solutions, registering a notable increase in orders over the first nine months of 2018. At EUR6.369 billion (USD7.25 billion), the total value of order intake in the first three quarters of the year was up by 11.8% on the same period last year. The rise would have been higher - 15% - had it not been for negative currency effects. KION’s order book as of September 30 was up 23.6% from the end of 2017. The company reports that the global market for industrial trucks registered strong growth of 13.6% in the first three quarters of 2018, with all regions making a contribution. Sales of electric forklifts were up by 11%, while ICE truck sales rose 10.3%. Warehouse trucks registered e...
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Nov12018 by adminNo Comments
Yale unveil new heavy lifter

Yale unveil new heavy lifter

Latest, Manufacturer
Adding to its already diverse portfolio of trucks, Yale Europe Materials Handling unveiled its highest capacity truck to date – the GDP160EC12 – to customers, dealers, and journalists at its exclusive ‘This is Yale’ event held in Germany recently. The latest edition to the Yale® EC Series, the new model is capable of lifting 16 tonnes at a 1200mm load centre, allowing cumbersome and odd-sized loads to be carried more effectively. The new high capacity truck transports Yale into a new range of handling applications where a longer load centre is required. “Yale is very proud to add the GDP160EC12 to its growing range of material handling equipment,” said David Reeve, Wood Industry Manager for Yale. “Based on feedback from customers and dealers, every design element of this truck has be...
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