January 2009
World Ranking Forklifts-Trucks
dhf Intralogistik - World Ranking Forklift-Trucks

Last December the German magazine DHF Intralogistik published the worldwide forklift trucks producers ranking.
KION won the second place, as we can see in the picture. Here you are a brief abstract from the news item.

“… With more then 21.000 staff members and worldwide offices, the Kion Group is one of the two largest companies in the Material handling solution segment active worldwide and market leader in Europe.
Net turnover rose in 2007 by a good 10% to 4.312 billion EUR (previous year 3.909 billion EUR).
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Linde MH grew by 8.1%, Still by 12.6% and OM by 17.4 %.
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Products by Linde MH and Still were positioned as premium brands within the group, whereas those products by OM as value brands. All brands contributed to a positive development of business in fiscal year 2007.
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OM, a key supplier on the Southern European market in the value segment with 1.245 staff members, significantly increased its turnover to 358 Million EUR in 2007.
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