Automatic Sales Tax Updates

September 2, 2010 — RMI Corp., Avon, Conn. has partnered with CCH to deliver sales tax rates automatically to RMI Advantage Cloud customers. This new partnership allows Advantage customers in the United States and Canada to receive automatically updated sales tax tables, reducing the time needed for manual updates. Sales tax regulations differ across taxing jurisdictions and are modified in one region or another nearly every month.  Businesses with nexus in multiple states, jurisdictions with complex rate structures, or regions with frequent changes commonly find the task of managing sales tax rates to be especially challenging. 

September 2, 2010 – Crown Equipment Corp., New Bremen, Ohio, has qualified 20 of its electric forklift models to operate with various fuel cells. The company now offers 29 qualified combinations of fuel cell packs and trucks.

September 01, 2010 – Terex Aerial Work Platforms (AWP), in Redmond, Wash., has realigned its management team to better serve customers. The changes, which take effect Oct. 1, 2010, establish local management teams supported by a global infrastructure.

September 1, 2010 – NACCO Materials Handling Group Inc. (NMHG), in Greenville, N.C., is will sponsor East Carolina University (ECU) athletics, while raising awareness for the charity United Way of Pitt County, N.C. 

Attendees at FIRST round table conference hold an Inspectable Roundsling.

September 1, 2010 – Doosan Infracore America Corp., in Suwanee, Ga, has reappointed Kim Parkinson, director and chief operating officer of its Forklifts Group, to the newly created position of vice president and chief operating officer for its Forklifts operations.

September 1, 2010 – This year, roughly 37 million higher-frequency RFID and RTLS-enabled asset tracking and asset management tags are expected to ship. But in 2014, such shipments will total almost 150 million, according to a new study released by ABI Research, in New York. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for 2010-2014 is more than 40 percent.

August 30, 2010 – Industrial Training International (ITI), in Woodland, Wash., announced the opening of its third national training center in Memphis, Tenn.

August 27, 2010 – Cargotec, in Helsinki, Finland, has received an order for 50 Kalmar Ottawa 4x2 terminal tractors from Idealease, a North American-based truck and equipment lease and rental services business. The units will be leased to a customer operating at the ports of Lázaro Cárdenas and Manzanillo, located on Mexico's Pacific Coast. Delivery of the new machines will begin in November 2010. Maquinaria Innovativa de Veracruz is the Cargotec dealer which will provide maintenance and service on the units.

 

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Jergens Inc. Names New National Sales Manager

Paul S. Kieta

August 25, 2010 – Jergens Inc., in Cleveland, Ohio, announced the appointment of Paul S. Kieta as National Sales Manager for its Workholding Solutions Group. Kieta will be responsible for sales activities and development of new opportunities for the company’s line of workholding products in North America. Kieta, who will report to Bob Rubenstahl, group manager of Workholding Solutions, will also be responsible for technical development, training and support of Jergens distributors nationwide.

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2010-08-20: : Crown introduces Cold-Storage Reach Truck


2010-08-20: : Clean Room Strap Hoist Features All Stainless Steel External Components


2010-08-18: : Handheld Wireless Weighing Indicator Works with Crane Scales


2010-08-18: : Konecranes Forms New Asia-Pacific Region


2010-08-18: : Associated Material Handling Industries Changes Name, Business Model


2010-08-18: : MHIA Announces MODEX 2012 Event


2010-08-17: : Snorkel Adds to U.S. Management Team


2010-08-16: : Western Washington State Forklift Rodeo Event this Weekend