IRVINE, Calif., (August 21, 2008) ¨C FORTUNE magazine has named Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) to its top 50 list of the ¡°World¡¯s Most Admired Companies¡± for the third consecutive year. 

TICO, which is comprised of four key business units ¨C automobiles, materials handling equipment, textile machinery and logistics solutions ¨C is ranked as the 31st most admired company in the world. TICO achieved an additional honor, earning a top five spot in the motor vehicle parts industry ranking, also for the third consecutive year.

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The 11^th China (Guangzhou) International Logistics Expo was opened in Guangzhou Jinhan Exhibition Center on Aug. 26^th. This expo was sponsored jointly by Guangzhou Dawer Exhibition Co., Ltd., China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Logistics Association, China Society of Logistics, China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, and assisted by Guangzhou Communication Commission and National Materials Reserve Bureau. [>>More<<]

Presently, three cargo trucks carring 12 sets of forklifts of SHUANGLI brand were on their way for Guangzhou. These new forklifts were the first batch of products manufactured by Baoji Shuangli Forklift Truck Corporation for China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation Guangzhou Wenchong Plant. [>>More<<]

As GPS system becomes more and more popular in the application of construction machinery, the data/communication platform in monitoring and controlling center of Sany Group is on the way to be further sophisticated. Recently, Sany Port Machinery Co., Ltd. launched their reachstackers with GPS function. [>>More<<]

GREENVILLE, N.C., USA: April 3, 2008) Hyster Company introduces this year¡¯s Invitation to Compare (ITC). Building on the success of last year¡¯s events, this year¡¯s ITC features two separate categories: Warehouse Products and Hyster® Fortis lift trucks. With separate events scheduled across North America through November 2008, the ITC lets dealers and customers experience live, side-by-side comparisons of reach trucks from Hyster, Crown™ and Raymond™ during the Warehouse events; and Hyster, Toyota™ and Caterpillar™ during the Fortis truck events. [>>More<<]

The AUSA M300H responds to a rapidly growing trend towards acquiring a single vehicle to perform multiple tasks. This tendency represents significant savings for companies and local administrations.

 

One of the major advantages afforded by AUSA vehicles is the possibility of incorporating a variety of tools to perform multiple tasks. AUSA¡¯s Area Manager, Jordi R¨®denas, points out that ¡°this is one of the most important features of our multipurpose vehicles". In effect, the capacity of AUSA¡¯s vehicles to be fitted with a variety of attachments represents a ¡°powerful sales feature¡± thanks to the fact that, with a well-chosen combination, ¡°a single machine can provide multiple solutions¡±. R¨®denas added that this aspect is not only useful to professional operators, in that it eliminates the need for them to keep changing machines, it also contributes to saving space and "most importantly, it offers considerable cost savings¡±.

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Kalmar Industries, part of Cargotec Corporation, has made an agreement to supply eleven of its E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to Gateway Terminals India (GTI) at Nhava Sheva, India. This latest order, delivery of which will commence in January 2009, follows on from a contract to supply GTI with 29 E-One RTGs delivered in 2006. [>>More<<]

- Contract with Moxy which owns the source technology for articulated dump trucks (ADTs) for €55 million

- Planning to make a foray into the world market for ADTs sized 3.4 trillion won a year and large-sized mining equipment market  

DIEU, Doosan Infracore¡¯s subsidiary in Europe, takes over Norwegian dump trucks manufacturer Moxy Engineering AS.

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