Month: February 2020

Feb62020 by adminNo Comments

More Loadalls arrive at Tru Plant

Ipswich-based Tru Plant has taken delivery of another 30 new JCB Loadall telescopic handlers. The new telehandlers are part of a £16m order for more than 300 JCB machines that Watling JCB has been delivering over the past 18 months. The JCB 540-140 HiViz Loadalls incorporate JCB’s compact Dieselmax 3.0-litre EU Stage V diesel engine, which is reckoned to use 5% less fuel than previous models. Tru Plant has also been buying JCB backhoe loaders, rough terrain forklifts, Teletruks, site dumpers and other telehandler models over the last 18 months. Tru Plant is part of the Tru7 Group – run by Guy Nicholls – which also incorporates haulage, recycling, vehicle hire, waste and recycling and demolition divisions. The Nicholls previously owned Fork Rent, which it sold in 2015 to ven...

Feb52020 by adminNo Comments

Yale set for electric return to LogiMAT 2020

Manufacturer

Yale Europe Materials Handling is looking forward to an electric return to LogiMAT 2020, taking place on 10 – 12 March 2020 at Stuttgart Messe. Under the continuing theme of ‘This is Yale’, a wide variety of materials handling equipment has been carefully curated for the Yale stand (Hall 9, Stand B33). LogiMAT 2020 will see the European debut of the four-wheel electric counterbalance truck ERP15-35UX, which is a part of the range extension of trucks for low-intensity applications. Expertise on display Yale® will feature an all-electric truck line up at LogiMAT 2020. Yale experts will be on-hand to advise customers and prospects on the optimum power solutions for their specific application. These products are ideal for customers focussed on applications that call for intermi...

Feb42020 by adminNo Comments

STILL Celebrates 100th Birthday with More Innovation

Manufacturer

With the slogan “A History of the Future” the Hamburg intralogistics company STILL celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. On 1st February, 1920, Hans Still opened his repair shop for electric motors – it was to be the beginning of a century long success story of inventive talent, customer focus and service orientation. Beginnings to breakthrough Only a few years after being founded as a repair workshop for electric motors, STILL presented their own products, such as the “Matador light station”, at the Leipzig Fair in 1924. The development and repair of electric motors, generators and transformers remained the core business for many years. After the end of the Second World War STILL introduces an innovative electric truck to the market – the EK 2000 – and thus achieved the br...

Feb32020 by adminNo Comments

Hubtex Returns to Compact Forklift Market at LogiMAT

Manufacturer

At LogiMAT 2020, multidirectional forklift maker Hubtex will present numerous vehicles for handling long goods as well as heavy and bulky loads. In addition to the expanded PhoeniX modular system, the German manufacturer is presenting its new RoxX heavy-duty compact forklift at Stand D05 in Hall 10. This is a clear sign that Hubtex is returning to the compact forklift market and is now focussing systematically on the electric drive. The RoxX offers a significantly more compact alternative to the classic heavy-duty front loader and enables efficient handling of loads between 8 and 30 t even in confined spaces. LogiMAT will also showcase innovative products from the FluX series: With the FluX 20, Hubtex will now offer not only the 7, 4 and 3 t variants, but also a more compact vehicle fo...

Feb22020 by adminNo Comments

Customer Service at Heart of TVH Growth Strategy

General, PARTS

“Sorry, our entire budget went to excellent customer service.” That’s what the new billboard on TVH’s headquarters in Waregem—looking out on motorway E17—says. The global supplier of parts and accessories for material handling and industrial equipment is known for its witty billboards, that are always designed in-house. But never before has one been this popular on social media. What’s more, it perfectly summarises TVH’s ambition for the coming years: optimising customer experience (CX). It was with this ambition in mind that TVH established a new division last year: Customer Experience. “This dedicated CX team brings together experts from different fields in order to put CX at the heart of our business,” said Silke Verfaillie, Global CX Manager at TVH. “We’ll be concentrating on e-...

Feb22020 by adminNo Comments

More choice as Hyster Europe expands range

New Trucks

Hyster Europe is expanding customer choice with the launch of a new series of general-purpose counterbalance forklifts and warehouse trucks, designed to meet the real-world needs of a wide range of operations. “The new Hyster® UT series gives businesses more ways to select the right truck for their budget and their needs,” says Rob O’Donoghue, Director Solutions – Europe, Middle East and Africa for Hyster. “When matched with the right application and the right operating volume, businesses will find these trucks straight-forward, durable, reliable, and uncomplicated to maintain.” The UT range responds to a growing market demand for affordably priced trucks that get the job done and are particularly suitable for lower intensity applications. The first available models in the series...

ALL OF THE LATEST FORKLIFT TRUCK NEWS ON FORKLIFT DEALER.COM

The Forklift DEALER Zone

#forkliftDEALER

Month: February 2020

More Loadalls arrive at Tru Plant

Yale set for electric return to LogiMAT 2020

STILL Celebrates 100th Birthday with More Innovation

Hubtex Returns to Compact Forklift Market at LogiMAT

Customer Service at Heart of TVH Growth Strategy

More choice as Hyster Europe expands range

The Forklift DEALER Zone

LATEST NEWS

Hiab Launches New Electric Moffett

Combilift sprinkles some festive magic on their operations in a special video.

Hyundai Material Handling kicks new 9V diesel ‘smart’ forklift trucks

WHAT'S ON TWITTER

DEALER Zone Forum

stay informed!