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kazz
Texas, United States
I heard that Crown is seriously considering buying Linde. Has anyone heard anything about this?
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adrian_w
East Yorkshire, United Kingdom
As far as I Know Linde are keeping hold of the mechanical handling and also supply units and motors/controllers to other forklift manufactures. So i think its unlikely.Premier Mechanical Handling,
Hull.
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etharp
North Carolina, United States
I would be shocked to see Crown ever take over any other brand's product line. if it was not designed by Crown, they don't want to have to support it... just my humble opinion.registered linux user #167806 (http://counter.li.org/)
tateo_i
Tokyo, Japan
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etharp
North Carolina, United States
thank you for the update about Crown badged doosans. I had not followed that development.registered linux user #167806 (http://counter.li.org/)
jamesss
Iowa, United States
Crown has some deep pockets but there pockets do not go deep enough to buy Linde. They would be better off buying Nissan or MCFA to fill there lineJames S
matt03
Texas, United States
I'm not quite sure Crown would have enough money to buy MCFA either. Cat Inc. and especially Mitsubishi Heavy Industries would want to much money plus I don't think MHI would ever sell out; they are very proud of their Mit brand.
Gordo
Alberta, Canada
Crown builds an IC version in europe, it may only be a color change but it's still IC
jim_p
Florida, United States
Crown is gonna get real aggressive in the I.C. market. They have added some of the Top people from Komatsu to make a possible rebadging of the Komatsu to Crown product.
nomo010
North Carolina, United States
Where can I see a picture of a "whatever" IC truck with Crown decals?
roadtek
Massachusetts, United States
Heres the deal. Crown has branded european IC trucks from Daewoo/Doosan.
laszlo_h
Queensland, Australia
HI Guys. im new to this forum thing.
Budman
Alabama, United States
In the US, Crown is marketing the Hamech Lift Truck. This is a Komatsu painted gray and decaled with the name Hamech. It gives them an IC unit for Crown National Accounts, along with Crown Factory Dealers to sell. Other Crown Dealers will support it on warranty, parts & service.
roadtek
Massachusetts, United States
FYI, Budman- we're a non-factory dealer and are gearing up to sell the Hamech. We have put in our first order and are waiting for arrival. Not sure about all non factory dealers, but we're going to sell them. Do you have one in your branch yet, and have you started training modules?
baron_s
New York, United States
and lets not forget why Crown is going through all of this. They do plenty with just their electric line. Lowe's and Home Depot would not talk to Crown unless they had a Crown IC line, hence the re-emergence of the Hamech namesake and then ofcourse the Deere/Crown product in a few years.
JDBurton
Virginia, United States
I'd say a linde purchase is unlikely, see other posting on international numbers. Linde is #2 in 2007 at 6.35 billion, crown is #6 with 1.82 billion. Likely a purchase would be the other way around but crazy things happen. If crown pulled it off they would compete with raymond/toyota for #1 possibly at 7.80 billion.
dutch
California, United States
Kazz, I think you've got that backwards.Rom. 10:9-10
VBoost
United Kingdom
More likely that Kion would try to buy Crown. The have aspirations to be number 1 again and need a strong footing in the US to achieve that which they dont currently have. Thay tried to develop a reach truck to take on the US market, the Linde 116, but it was a complete disaster with major reliability issues. Their IC product is expensive and i'm not sure how hydrostatic is accepted in the US.
roadtek
Massachusetts, United States
First of all I doubt Crown would ever sell out to anyone. They're doing fine the way the are. Also one thing to remember, Crown has a lot of quiet ventures. The european market can open your eyes if you really look around. Re: to the comment regarding Home depot & Lowes, have you looked in the DC's lately - Crowns. Why? They say they hold up better than the rest. They wont put them in the stores because the cheaper ones work ok in there. To the post regarding market share; first compare apples to apples, then recheck your numbers.
calboy
United States
ah ah ah.......... Crown is now in Lowe's stores... just had a new store open up in my backyard....... all Crown electric and Hamech I/C.... store manager said all new stores are Crown for next 5years........
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