ON THE SHOW FLOOR

As part of its 25th anniversary celebrations, Irish forktruck manufacturer Combilift brought the 75,000th truck it has built to Chicago, and donated it to charity. At a special event during the show week, Combilift CEO Martin McVicar presented the Aisle Master articulated forklift to Convoy of Hope, a non-profit humanitarian and disaster relief organization. The organization’s expansion has seen a corresponding increase in the requirement for warehousing capacity to accommodate the supplies that are stored and ready for delivery to areas in need. This will be the not-for-profit’s fifth Combilift truck.

“We are so grateful that Combilift and Martin and the whole team have actually given us one of these trucks for our operations. This is going to help people for years – and ensure that every day someone in the world will receive aid – and that brings hope,” said Erick Meier, senior vice-president – supply chain at Convoy of Hope.