NEW BREMEN, Ohio (February 14, 2013) – Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest forklift manufacturers, announced today that its Crown RM 6000 Series reach truck earned the prestigious GOOD DESIGN™ Award from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. This marks the third significant design award for the Crown RM 6000 and the 12th GOOD DESIGN™ Award for Crown Equipment. read more »»

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (August 28, 2012) – As warehouse and distribution center managers look to maximize efficiency and existing space, Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s largest materials handling companies, has added two optional truck features to its Crown RM 6000 Series of narrow aisle reach trucks. The innovative Xpress^™ Lower technology and Quick Change Load Wheels are both designed to help managers increase productivity and performance gains. read more »»

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (February 23, 2012) – Just when Interstate Warehousing, one of the top 10 refrigerated warehousing companies in North America, thought it had seen it all in terms of options for storing customers’ products, it found opportunity in the form of the new Crown RM 6000 narrow aisle reach truck. Interstate Warehousing believed that it could enhance service to its customers and keep their costs down by leveraging unused rack space at the top of its distribution centers. In many cases, the space had gone unused because no forklift had the capacity to lift heavy product that high in their application until Crown Equipment, one of the world’s leading forklift manufacturers, introduced the Crown RM 6000 in February 2010. read more »»

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (February 23, 2012) — Interstate Warehousing, one of the top 10 refrigerated warehouse companies in North America, had a challenge on its hands: many of its warehouses were at capacity – except for the top positions in the rack because the majority of its product was too heavy to lift to those heights. Unfortunately, empty top positions were common in narrow-aisle, cold applications as no forklift in the industry had the capacity or capability to reach the necessary height to fill those positions. read more »»

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (February 14, 2012) — Crown Equipment Corporation, one of the world’s leading forklift manufacturers, today introduced the Crown TSP 7000 and TSP 6500 Series Turret Trucks featuring the company’s innovative MonoLift™ mast. The lift trucks establish new standards in warehouse throughput by offering faster lift speeds, more capacities, higher elevations, and greater operator control and comfort. read more »»