All Materials Handling Articles

Canadian importer of Italian-built Merlo telehandlers, Manulift EMI, has received 25 new Merlo telehandlers, including nine Merlo Compact 25.6 units.

As the Tier IV and Stage IIIB regulations start to affect the access industry starting with telehandlers and very big booms, Maria Hadlow reports on how it is affecting the manufacturers and their customers.

Toyota has announced Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg., Inc. (TIEM) appointed a new president - Toshiya Yamagishi. Yamagishi is now president of TIEM, as well as president of Toyota Industries North America, Inc.; vice chairman of Toyota Material Handling North America (TMHNA) of Columbus, IN; and serves on the board of directors for Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU) of Irvine, CA.

Dallas Dakin discusses how fork extensions can be used safely

ALH's annual listing of North America's largest telehandler-owning rental fleets shows stability.

Steve Citron, a name well known in the US rental industry from his days with Terex/Genie, Haulotte/Bil-jax and MEC Aerial Platforms, is starting afresh with a new company making material lifts.

AUSA will expand its Taurulift range of telehandlers at the Smopyc exhibition in Zaragoza, Spain, with the launch of two new models.

Bobcat introduced a new telehandler to its line at ConExpo, the VersaHandler TTC V619. The compact handler has a 6,613-pound rated load capacity, a 19.6-foot lifting height and comes in at 91-inches wide and 94-inches high.

Improved market conditions have confirmed a recovery has begun in North America, said Manitou Americas said on the first day of ConExpo. "We're coming back into the black," said Dan Miller, president of Manitou Group's compact equipment division.

Manitou has introduced the MLT 625 compact telehandler.

Two new products in the telehandler range were being shown by Manitou at the Samoter exhibition the MRT 2150 Privaledge hybrid diesel/electric machine and the re-engineered MT 1840.

Alongside a wide selection of its product range Merlo was demonstarating the latest version of its hybrid telehandler in one of the demonstration areas at Samoter. The hybrid unit takes a standard Merlo Turbofarmer P 41.7 with a 103 kW engine and fits a new hybrid power unit comprising a 55 kW Kubota engine and a 49 kWhp motor/generator fed by a Lithium Ion battery pack.

A guide to the safe use of telehandlers in construction has been launched in the UK by the Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group, an industry group charged with providing industry advice on the use of equipment in the UK’s construction sector.

Liebherr has introduced an additional undercarriage variant for its electrically powered EP 934 C material handler

The entire JCB European telehandler range is certified to the new EN15000 standard which came into force on 1 October 2010.

Canadian rough terrain forklift and telehandler manufacturer Load Lifter is using its strength in niche markets to weather the recession. Murray Pollok visited the Toronto-based company.

JCB unveils the 20-tonne class JS20MH, its first ever dedicated material handler for the waste and recycling industry.

Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment has entered the high capacity telehandler market with the launch of a four new models for markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Caterpillar's new Cat C13 ACERT and C15 ACERT engines have received the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Tier 4 emissions certification.

Manitex International's Liftking material handling subsidiary has secured a three-year $10 million contract to supply specialized material handling equipment for an international agency.