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By DC Velocity StaffSep 03, 2009
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Hyster is giving prospective lift-truck buyers an opportunity to kick the tires of its sit-down lift trucks as well as the trucks of competitors Toyota, Crown, and Caterpillar. The lift-truck maker will host "Invitation to Compare" events in Charlotte, N.C.; Decatur, Ga.; City of Industry, Calif.; Tucson, Ariz.; and Pittsburgh, Pa., in the next several months. Details are available at www.hyster.com. ... C.H. Robinson Worldwide has acquired Walker Logistics Overseas, an international freight forwarder based in London. ... Freightscan, a provider of dimensioning systems, has opened a new office in Costa Rica. ... Reddworks Corp., a supplier of warehouse management software, has acquired SeayCo, an Atlanta-based provider of warehouse control systems and sortation software. ... FedEx Corp. is adding 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet. The Fed-Ex hybridelectric fleet, which now numbers 264 vehicles, has logged more than 4 million miles of revenue service since being introduced in 2004. ... ID Label Inc. has signed a letter of intent to purchase the assets of Universal Label Technologies Inc., a supplier of rack bin labels, pallet labels, and warehouse signs. ... The Global Logistics Network says that it has registered its 300th network member: Expolanka Freight Ltd. of Johannesburg, South Africa. Established in mid-2003, the Global Logistics Network is an ISO 9001-certified organization of independently owned and operated freight forwarders, transportation intermediaries, and other logistics service providers. ... Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. has launched a program to retrofit older walk-in vans with new hybridelectric systems.

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