The most complete testing to date offers uplifting evidence that propane’s benefits to the material handling industry – in engine performance, durability and emissions quality – will protect the 85 percent market share that propane owns among class 4, 5 and 6 forklifts that burn 600 million gallons of year-round load.
Read More A Cincinnati classroom of veteran forklift users begins a daylong training session with a 20-question test to measure their knowledge about maintaining and repairing propane-powered forklift fuel systems. Among the questions:
Read More Remember the recent electricity shortages that crippled the state of California? You’d think those folks would have learned something about resource over-management after a crisis of that magnitude, right? Guess again.
Read More Concerns for the environment have moved indoors. The health and safety of employees in the workplace have long been an issue with OSHA, but more recently the Environmental Protection Agency has promulgated large spark ignited (LSI) engine emission regulations that are already impacting the forklift market.
Read More Imminent EPA regulations and a competitive race toward the hot, new technologies that promise high growth markets are pressing propane industry efforts to solve complex fuel composition problems that have plagued the industry for decades.
Read More New federal regulations aimed at reducing air pollution are likely to have a significant impact on propane-fueled forklifts, including large reductions in per-unit fuel consumption.
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