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Forklift market is slowly emerging from the turmoil

(12/04/2010)

There can be no doubt that 2009 was an ‘annus horribilis’ for Britain’s fork truck suppliers. Figures from the British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) recently revealed that orders for forklifts fell 33.6 per cent last year, consolidating a 14.5 per cent fall during 2008. BITA members reported sales of 17,600 new trucks in 2009 – that’s 8,900 fewer than in 2008. According to the recently published annual Plimsoll Report, the UK’s buffeted forklift market is slowly emerging from the turmo... [more]

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