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• Hydrogen Highway Leads to New Bremen

  - 2008-04-02

  To: ENERGY EDITORS Contact: Dave Helmstetter of Crown Equipment Corporation, +1-419- 629-2311, dave.helmstetter@crown.com; or DeAnna Starn of R|P Marketing Public Relations, +1-419-241-2221, dstarn@r-p.com, for Crown Equipment Corporation NEW BREMEN, Ohio, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Crown Equipment Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of lift trucks, is committed to advancing...

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• President Bush Views Fuel Cell Powered Lift Truck at GrafTech Facility Near Cleveland

  - 2007-07-10

  To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Dave Helmstetter of Crown Equipment Corporation, +1-419- 629-2311, dave.helmstetter@crown.com; or Tim Langhorst, APR, of R|P Marketing Public Relations, +1-419-241-2221, tlanghorst@r-p.com; or Kelly Powell, Manager, Investor Relations, of GrafTech International Ltd., +1-216-676-2000, Kelly.Powell@graftech.com; or Al Bucknam, Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development of Plug Power Inc., +1-518-782-7700,...

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• Bush names Crown chairman Dicke to Export Council.(George W. Bush appoints James F. Dicke II of Crown Equipment Corp.)(Brief Article)

  - 2006-01-01

  President Bush has named James F. Dicke II, chairman and CEO of Crown Equipment Corporation, as a private-sector member of his Export Council. The announcement, made by Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez, said business leaders like Dicke are one of...

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• Crown.(COMPANY Profiles)(Advertisement)

  - 2005-12-01

  A family-owned, privately held company, Crown Equipment Corporation is the sixth largest industrial lift truck company in the world and the number one brand of electric lift trucks in the United States. Crown's products are recognized worldwide for design excellence and engineering. That...

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• Building a better truck: the industrial truck industry embraces new technologies.(LIFT TRUCK UPDATE)

  - 2005-04-15

  With the Wal-Mart mandate looming large in the food industry, radio frequency identification RFID is front and center in most food distributors' minds these days. Many suppliers are scrambling to see how they can fit the technology into their day-to-day processes. ...

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• Buying on price alone can lead to high operating costs.(Lift Trucks)

  - 2003-09-04

  Buying lift trucks may no longer be the straightforward price comparison it once was. Rather, it's evolving into a science as companies track more data on usage and costs. When it comes to buying lift trucks, companies usually assume what they have...

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• The virtues of vertical integration: an intense focus on design supported by vertically integrated manufacturing gives Crown Equipment Corp. an edge in a mature market.(Best practices)(Company Profile)

  - 2003-09-01

  CROWN EQUIPMENT CORP. SEEMS ON FIRST impression to be a company that time forgot. Tucked away in the small Ohio town of New Bremen (population: 2,909) that prides itself on its 19th century streetscape, the company has leveraged vertically integrated manufacturing facilities to produce products fur...

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• Industrial trucks: Trends and advances

  - 2002-10-01

  Equipment Technology In many cases, JIT operations have reduced the size of shipments but increased their frequency. The result has been an increased use of industrial trucks in terminals as well as on shippers' docks. Powered industrial trucks-- mobile, power-propelled trucks used to pull,...

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• Hand pallet trucks. (Supplier's Marketplace).(from Crown Equipment Corp.)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-01-01

  Crown Equipment Corp. offers the PTH 50 Series hand pallet truck, which features an increased load capacity of 5,000 pounds, and allows users increased flexibility in the size of loads that can be handled. The PTH Series also has a lowered fork height, allowing for easier ...

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• Expanded opportunities. (Management).

  - 2001-11-01

  So, the new distribution center you opened two years ago is running perfectly, with one exception -- you anticipate running out of room in the not-too-distant future. Join the club. You're certainly not alone. Brian Savoie, vice president of Marietta, GA-based Richard...

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