NEW BREMEN, Ohio (June 19, 2012) – Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest materials handling companies, today released its 2012 ecologic^™ report highlighting some of the new and innovative ways the company is minimizing waste, managing energy and maximizing product and facility lifespan. The 2012 Crown ecologic report can be downloaded at www.crown.com. read more »»

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (May 1, 2012) – Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s leading forklift manufacturers, today announced Ernst Baumgartner, fuel cell project manager for Crown Equipment, will be leading a discussion about fuel cell-powered forklift deployment at the 2012 Ohio Fuel Cell Symposium on May 2. Baumgartner’s talk will focus on steps contributing to more widespread adoption of the alternative fuel. read more »»

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (April 25, 2012) – Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s leading forklift manufacturers, today announced a couple of initiatives supporting its customers’ exploration and deployment of fuel cell-powered forklifts. Developments include qualification of sit-down counterbalanced forklifts to operate with fuel cells and deployment of France’s first fleet of hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts. read more »»

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (November 15, 2011) – Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s leading forklift manufacturers, released today results of its proprietary Forklift User Survey. The survey, which was conducted in late summer, represents feedback from approximately 600 forklift users involved in the purchase of lifts trucks in the material handling industry on issues ranging from fleet size to technology use.

The survey revealed that amid the challenging times of the past three years, a slight majority (51 percent) of respondents increased the size of their fleet while fewer than 10 percent reduced their fleet during this period. When looking to the future, 47 percent expect fleet size to grow during the next three years while 50 percent anticipate their fleet will stay the same size. Less than five percent expect their fleets to get smaller. read more »»

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (November 7, 2011) – Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s leading forklift manufacturers, announced today that it has added a narrower chassis truck to its Crown RM 6000 Series of narrow aisle reach trucks with the MonoLift™ mast. The new model has a 42-inch wide chassis and can reach 400 inches while delivering up to 1,000 pounds more capacity at full height. The RM Series is designed with a patent-pending boxed-in cross section mast to reduce twisting and flexing associated with dual, upright, conventional masts.

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