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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS
OCTOBER 2016
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ADVERTORIAL
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ounterbalance forklift trucks with
capacities of two to three tonnes
are the backbone of the local
materials handling industry. With
its evolving Hyster
®
and UTILEV
®
ranges,
Barloworld Handling continues to broaden its
offering in this segment, providing customers
with ever greater choice to match their
application.
In partnership with Hyster, Barloworld
Handling has a proud history of meeting
customer needs in the counterbalance lift
truck market.
2016 marks 35 years that Hyster has
manufactured forklift trucks at its plant in
Craigavon, Northern Ireland. Over the years
the plant has delivered countless advances,
allowing Barloworld Handling to meet the
varying operational and cost-of-ownership
requirements of customers in the logistics,
distribution and manufacturing industries.
The factory at Craigavon was built with one
objective: to manufacture a range of quality
trucks that could compete in world markets.
The remit was to build reliable, tough, afford-
able forklift trucks – design principles still
built into all Hyster
®
products today.
Thousands of diesel, LPG and battery pow-
ered forklifts are manufactured each year in
Craigavon, with a large percentage of these
being exported to customers across Europe,
Russia, Africa and the Middle East.
In the 1980s Barloworld Handling intro-
duced the first product manufactured at
Craigavon, the famous Hyster
®
H40-60 XL
(2-3 tonnes capacity), into the local market.
The early 90s saw the introduction of
the XM series, which incorporated new
technologies that were becoming available.
The popular H2.00 – 3.20XM Series offered
outstanding uptime, excellent driver comfort
and high performance. At the time there
were 14 models in the XM range and it was a
clear step towards offering greater choice for
customers to suit their specific applications.
Wider customer choice
The Hyster Fortens
®
series was brought on
to the production line in the early 2000s. This
series has been the flagship of the brand for
the last decade, offering a wide range of
choices to customers.
This range of internal combustion trucks
provides a premium option to suit any ap-
plication, with everything from the compact
H1.6-2.0FTS to the H4.0-5.5FT.
The Fortens
®
range offers excellent cus-
tomisation options with special configura-
tions available to match specific application
needs, including those with attachment us-
age in the paper, manufacturing, recycling,
beverage, metals or construction industries.
In 2009, Craigavon became a mixed plant
for manufacturing both IC and battery prod-
ucts. Today, Hyster produces a varied range
of electric trucks, with powerful, robust and
high capacity trucks available alongside
small, three-wheel electric forklifts which
are the most energy efficient in their class.
No other manufacturer has such a wide
choiceof trucks to suit budgets andapplications.
In fact, there are over a dozen different types
of 2.5 tonne Hyster
®
counterbalance trucks
rolling off the Craigavon production line.
In addition to the premium Hyster Fortens
®
range, Barloworld Handling also offers
customers UTILEV
®
counterbalance forklift
trucks, as a reliable answer to simple, low-
hour materials handling needs. Designed to
meet uptime targets while keeping operating
costs low, the range has found great favour
in the local market.
What’s next?
In order to meet customers’ differing needs,
Barloworld Handling and Hyster/UTILEV
follow a tiered approach. The ability to
match performance to specific operating
requirements means customers will always
have the right truck for their application,
whether it’s a premium, standard or utility
model, delivering low cost of ownership
across the spectrum.
In line with this approach, Barloworld
Handling and Hyster will soon be launching a
new Craigavon product the market has been
asking for for some time. Watch this space!
For more information,
please contact
your nearest Barloworld Handling branch,
call 0860 HYSTER (497837) toll-free or
visit barloworldhandling.co.za.
RICH HISTORY,
FUTURE FILLED
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