Australia’s largest heavy-duty truck assembly plant produces prime movers for two leading brands – Volvo and Mack – with assistance from a 50-strong fleet of Linde material handling equipment. As the manufacturer of leading brands Volvo and Mack, the Volvo truck production facility at Wacol, Queensland is a busy, fully utilised 7.4 hectare site where … Read more
Southern Steel is the largest privately owned steel distributor in Australia and with over 50 years’ experience in the industry, it has earned an enviable reputation for reliability, flexibility and excellent service. That’s what it looks for from its forklifts. The company has previously purchased new Linde forklifts for its Southern Sheet & Coil business … Read more
A strong elationship with Linde Material Handling has turned Western Australian company Esperance Freight Lines’forklifts into an asset again. Since its formation in 1988 Esperance Freight Lines has grown from 20 employees to 100 and its modern fleet includes 50 prime movers and over 200 trailers. “Before talking to Linde we had been with the … Read more
Linde material handling equipment is helping DealsDirect.com.au surf a developing tsunami of market growth in internet shopping. The company has successively outgrown four warehouses and delivered over seven million parcels to more than a million happy customers since it was founded in October 2004. Claiming to be Australia’s favourite discount department store, DealsDirect.com.au offers 8,000 … Read more
It ranks as the largest grocery delivery of 2011. Over a single weekend in November nearly 750 semi-trailer loads of groceries were dispatched from a distribution centre in Sydney’s west and delivered to the same company’s new Mega DC nearby. The mammoth undertaking to relocate 25,000 pallets was the latest move by the New South … Read more
When you add a local retail operation to a business that has already made its name as a major exporter, you can’t afford to have material handling equipment problems put success at risk. That’s why a Brisbane company recently turned to Linde for a solution to its forklift needs. AM No.1 PTY LTD is an … Read more
When it comes to “green credentials” you’d have to go a long way to find a company with more credibility than InterfaceFLOR. And that’s why this fast growing carpet tile manufacturer took such care before ultimately selecting Linde as the supplier of a fleet of 18 short term rental forklifts. InterfaceFLOR is the Australian arm … Read more
Toowoomba-based Stahmann Farms Enterprises is one of the unsung achievers of Australian agri-business, but recent ownership changes have put this Linde customer’s story of success on an even stronger footing.
It may have a history spanning more than a century, but iconic smallgoods manufacturer Don KRC, is focussed firmly on the future. You could say Don KRC, a division of George Weston Foods, has gone back to the future. It’s gone back to consolidate production at a regional Victorian centre whose name it shares and firmly … Read more
Sometimes it takes an entire fleet of forklifts to make a significant impact on cost reduction and productivity. Sometimes it takes just one Linde H80-900. That’s what Brisbane based broadacre agriculture irrigation specialist Valmont Irrigation Australia discovered when the company sought a better handling solution for dealing with components imported from its American parent. Valmont’s … Read more