With immediate effect, the Hamburg based lift truck manufacturer STILL and the Finnish company KONEKESKO OY are expanding their sales activities to the Baltic states.

KONEKESKO is a financially powerful importer of investment and material handling goods focussing on machinery for construction, farming and municipal vehicles. Both companies have already been cooperating in Finland since early 2010.

“We are expecting substantial growth for lift trucks and warehouse equipment and we want to position ourselves on the market in due time for this so that we can offer our customers complete intralogistics solutions.”, says Frank Schliesser, director of dealer organisation at STILL. “Our respective corporate philosophies match very well. Both partners attach great importance to quality products and fast on-site service.”

Aatos Kivelä, President of KONEKESKO underlines: “The extension of our joint activities unites the strengths of both companies. We have been knowing the Baltic market for years and STILL supplies our customers with the latest technologies.

Environmental aspects play a major role in this, because this is an area we want to take the lead in. STILL’s energy saving program Blue-Q is an energy efficient alternative matching these requirements and saves up to 20% of the total energy consumed by an electric lift truck. Apart from this, STILL is also the technology-leader in the development of hybrid technology for counter balance trucks.”