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Ramirent is trialling the short term rental of forklift trucks in Finland and if successful will extend the programme to the rest of the Nordic region this Autumn and its other territories in 2013.

Access, Lift & Handlers has started compiling data for its annual Telehandler30 (T30) report. The T30 ranks telehandler-owning rental companies in North America by number of telehandlers owned. In order to make the list as concise as possible, we need your information.

Shown for the first time at World of Concrete 2012, the MT 5519 was debuted from French manufacturer Manitou. The unit joins the compact MT series product range, offering an overall height of 6 feet, 4 inches (1.93m) with a turning radius of 11 feet (3.35m). The unit's boom provides a reach height of 19 feet, 1 inch (5.8m) and has the same welded box-section design as its bigger siblings in the MT series.

Manitou has launched a new rough terrain telehandler for its North American markets. The MT 5519 telescopic handler has a low-profile compact frame with an overall height of 1.93m (6ft 4in) and a turning radius of 3.35m (11ft) making it manoeuvrable in low buildings and confined job sites.

Manitou and Yanmar have formed an alliance to cross sell excavators and skid steer loaders in North America. One consequence of the deal is that Manitou has ended its long-standing excavator alliance in North America with Wacker Neuson.

Caterpillar unveiled its newest telehandler at World of Concrete 2012 - the TL1255C. The machine is the largest in the company’s C Series range, featuring a maximum lift capacity of 12,000 pounds and a maximum lift height of 54.3 feet.

Terex Aerial Work Platforms (AWP) will unveil a new telehandler prototype at The Rental Show, Feb. 5-8, in New Orleans, LA. The 8,000-pound capacity Genie GTH-844B will be available for purchase in the fourth quarter of 2012.

The telehandler is one of the products most exposed to the house building market in Europe and North America, and in recent years has been severely depressed as a result. However, as IRN reports, manufacturers are preparing for the upturn in demand with new and improved machines in all sizes.

French rental company Bleu Blanc has taken delivery of 20 new JCB Loadall telehandlers, including ten 535-140 models, nine 540-170s and one 535-95.

Alastair Robertson, owner of US aerial platform sales company Universal Equipment, has formed a new company to sell HH-Intellitech’s material handling units in North America.

ALH's annual listing of North America's largest telehandler-owning rental fleets shows stability.

Steve Citron, a name well known in the US rental industry from his days with Terex/Genie, Haulotte/Bil-jax and MEC Aerial Platforms, is starting afresh with a new company making material lifts.

AUSA will expand its Taurulift range of telehandlers at the Smopyc exhibition in Zaragoza, Spain, with the launch of two new models.

Bobcat introduced a new telehandler to its line at ConExpo, the VersaHandler TTC V619. The compact handler has a 6,613-pound rated load capacity, a 19.6-foot lifting height and comes in at 91-inches wide and 94-inches high.

Improved market conditions have confirmed a recovery has begun in North America, said Manitou Americas said on the first day of ConExpo. "We're coming back into the black," said Dan Miller, president of Manitou Group's compact equipment division.

Manitou has introduced the MLT 625 compact telehandler.

A guide to the safe use of telehandlers in construction has been launched in the UK by the Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group, an industry group charged with providing industry advice on the use of equipment in the UK’s construction sector.

The entire JCB European telehandler range is certified to the new EN15000 standard which came into force on 1 October 2010.

Canadian rough terrain forklift and telehandler manufacturer Load Lifter is using its strength in niche markets to weather the recession. Murray Pollok visited the Toronto-based company.

Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment has entered the high capacity telehandler market with the launch of a four new models for markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.