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In the last quarter of the year Kalmar will deliver four forklifts to Yizheng Port Co Ltd: two Kalmar Essential Forklifts with a lifting capacity of 16t and two Kalmar Heavy Forklifts with a lifting capacity of 25t. The order, which was concluded through Kalmar’s local dealer Suzhou Hefeng Industry Equipment Co Ltd, was booked […]

Four empty container reach stackers were shipped successfully to Sihanoukville Port of Cambodia on 21 July, which is the first time ZPMC mobile machinery has entered the Cambodian market. The Port is the largest one along the southwest coastline and the only modern commercial port with the free duty for the import and export of […]

Myriota, a leader in low-cost and long battery life satellite connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced a new partnership with Future Fleet International, an Australian telematics provider that delivers advanced fleet management solutions. With this partnership, Future Fleet will reduce the carbon footprint for multiple industries by developing a new vehicle and […]

Brett Wood, the president and CEO of Toyota Material Handling (TMHNA), has been appointed as senior executive officer of Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) – TMHNA’s parent company. Wood becomes the only non-Japanese TICO executive. Wood, a 31-year veteran of Toyota, will maintain his current responsibilities as TMHNA president and CEO in addition to his new […]

After consecutively winning the Toyota Material Handling International (TMHI) President’s Award in 2015 through to 2017, Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has added to that hat-trick by this year winning its fourth TMHI President’s Award – Gold and Platinum Club. The TMHI President’s Award is the highest honour available in the global Toyota forklift awards […]

Chinese manufacturer ZPMC is shipping the first batch of port machinery in advance to support the construction of a super port in Singapore. Zhenhua No. 25, loaded with six automatic rail mounted gantry (RMG) cranes for Singapore PSA, left the ZPMC Changxing Base for the Tuas Terminal of Singapore on 10 July. It is the […]

At the beginning of February Italian manufacturer Raniero delivered a redesigned AC250-8-CO 120V forklift truck with a lowered height profile to South Korea. The truck was developed for a Korean company producing special steels for the aerospace industry. The project is the result of a collaboration with Manho Trading, distributor of forklift trucks and logistic […]

The global lifting sector took to social media in their droves for the first ever Global Lifting Awareness Day (GLAD) on 9 July 2020, with impressive results. The initiative launched by Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) was backed by industry media representatives Lift & Hoist International (LHI) magazine and public relations consultancy Bridger Howes. The […]

In this year’s International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year – IFOY Awards, Combilift won the Warehouse Truck Lowlifter Category with its innovative Combi-CS pedestrian counterbalance stacker. The IFOYs is one of the most prestigious and hotly contested international awards in the materials handling industry which honours the best products and solutions of the […]

Haulotte’s big boom RTJ range is proving popular with customers of its Chinese subsidiary. The range combines rough terrain performance with ease of use. The articulating boom HA32 RTJ PRO and telescopic boom HT43 RTJ PRO are often requested for massive construction projects.Both pieces of equipment offer 4 wheel drive and steer and the front […]