At the BITA annual general meeting on 11th May, I will hand over to my successor, David Rowell of Hyster. Looking back on my two years in office, the outlook for the forklift industry is looking much healthier than when I took up the role. Back then, the industry was still reeling from the after-effects of the recession with sales orders for industrial trucks falling off a cliff. As an indication of the bleak situation those of us in the industry faced, I took office not long after BITA had announced that sales orders had in the previous year, 2009, dropped to a record low.
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