Briefs
Jungheinrich "slightly disrupted" by Japan quake disaster
Hamburg, Germany
Jungheinrich has faced minor supply delays for a diesel forklift series but there are alternative forklifts for customers, according to Boersen-Zeitung.
Company CEO Hans-Georg Frey reportedly would not comment on whether Jungheinrich would exploit the supply bottleneck at its Japanese rival, Toyota Material Handling Equipment.
Jungheinrich spokesman Jan Kaulfuhs-Berger tells Forkliftaction.com News that the current situation in Japan has "not impacted strongly" on the company's production or delivery capacity so far.
"Jungheinrich has neither plants nor sales employees in Japan. Jungheinrich only receives a certain number of vendor parts from companies in Japan," he says.

NMHG receives Carolina Star
Greenville,NC, United States
Hyster and Yale forklift manufacturer NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG) has received the Carolina Star Safety Award at the Eastern North Carolina Safety Awards Ceremony on 5 April from the North Carolina Department of Labor and Pitt County Chamber of Commerce.
NMHG joins a group of 135 North Carolina sites that passed an assessment proving their facilities are a safe, healthy and productive work environment.
The company was also honoured with the North Carolina Department of Labor Million-Hour Safety Award and Gold Safety Award for the seventh consecutive year.

Cooper SH enlarges fleet
Kenilworth, United Kingdom
Cooper SH has invested GBP750,000 (USD1.2 million) to expand its short-term rental fleet with four new heavy-lifting machines.
The company's fleet now has extra 45 tonne laden reach-stackers, a 25 tonne forklift and an empty reach-stacker.
Cooper SH managing director David Cooper says the machines can be considered "as good as new, which is virtually unheard of for the size of machine in this sector". They are low-hour machines and have the latest technology.

Three forklift dealers receive Steel King kudos
Stevens Point, WI, United States
Steel King Industries Inc has recognised forklift sellers Equipment Inc, Lift Solutions Inc and Wisconsin Lift Truck Corp among its top 10 dealers during 2010.
Stevens Point-based Steel King was established in 1970 and focuses on materials handling solutions with its product distribution overlapping with some forklift market suppliers.
Equipment Inc of Jackson, Mississippi represents Nissan and Heli forklifts; Lift Solutions Inc of Omaha, Nebraska represents Crown and Wisconsin Lift Truck of Brookfield, Wisconsin handles multiple forklift lines.
Other non-forklift dealers on the Steel King list of top 2010 dealers are Cisco-Eagle Inc of Dallas, Texas; Craft Equipment Co of Tampa, Florida; Marketing Services Group of Bowling Green, Kentucky; Riekes Material Handling Co of Waukee, Iowa; Skarnes Inc of Plymouth, Minnesota; Twinlode Corp of South Bend, Indiana; and Wynright Corp of Elk Grove Village, Illinois.