A VICTORIAN company has been convicted and fined $60,000 after a forklift driven by a 22-year-old worker tipped over, crushing the driver’s foot which was later amputated.
18/02/2010 |
HUMAN Jigsaw claims the forklift industry has begun 2010 on a positive note with many companies having a number of job vacancies.
18/02/2010 |
ORLACO says it will be exhibiting its newest camera/monitor solutions for off-road vehicles, cranes and forklift trucks at the Bauma Fair in Munich, from 19 to 25 April 2010.
17/02/2010 |
SAFEWORK SA will be holding information sessions in February 2010 regarding the new national licensing system for people who perform high risk work, including forklift operation.
29/01/2010 |
TWO Flexi G4 Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) lift trucks, distributed in Australia by Flexilift Australia, have been commissioned for use at an African based oil producer’s warehouse.
28/01/2010 |
AUSTRALIAN Industrial Truck Association (AITA) official sales figures show Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has topped the Australian market share during 2009.
22/01/2010 |
A NEW website launched by Forklift Training Melbourne has been designed to match people interested in obtaining a forklift license with a professional and registered forklift training centre.
21/01/2010 |
KOMATSU Forklift USA has announced its decision to discontinue the sale of the Tusk brand of Lift Trucks from 31 July 2010.
21/01/2010 |
AUSTRALIAN forklift drivers will be able to test their knowledge and skills in the 2010 National Forklift Championship.
19/01/2010 |
CASELLA Wines has commissioned the 15t payload Toyota 4.FD150 forklift, said to be the first large-capacity Toyota forklift with a 20-40 container handler.
19/01/2010 |
WORKSAFE Victoria has urged companies using forklifts to get a copy of a new safety poster which graphically highlights the dangers of people working near the vehicles.
18/01/2010 |
WORKSAFE investigators have begun an inquiry into the death of a 60-year-old man who died after computer equipment being removed from a truck fell hitting him.
14/01/2010 |
FLEXILIFT Australia says a business decision made by Hyundai Forklifts Australia to operate a Just in Time (JIT) delivery system is now paying market dividends.
10/12/2009 |
NTP Forklifts Australia has provided a new airfreight system to DHL Global Forwarding, which the company claims has reduced materials handling costs and improved safety.
10/12/2009 |
MITSUBISHI Heavy Industries (MHI) has celebrated the construction completion of its new forklift truck production plant in Dalian, China and launched mass production of its newest models.
08/12/2009 |
FLEXI has released the G4 electric Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) Counterbalance truck, the latest model in its ‘anorexic’ brand of forklifts.
04/12/2009 |
TOYOTA Material Handling says Australia’s largest manufacturer of walling systems, relies on the Toyota 8-FG18 forklift to handle wet and dry laid-up product.
01/12/2009 |
OPTIMUM Handling Solutions claims its SIAT automatic stretch wrappers have reduced a processing plant’s film usage by a third of the previous rate.
25/11/2009 |
SCHAEFER Systems International has introduced the Schaefer Orbiter System (SOS) which uses a new satellite concept for storage and transporting units.
24/11/2009 |
JUNGHEINRICH AG says it has acquired stakes in ISA GmbH, a leading warehousing and material flow equipment software company.
19/11/2009 |