A Cut Above The Rest
Revenue from the sale of materials-handling equipment decreased by almost 4 percent, or, in terms of dollars, $500 million, during 2005, when compared to the previous year. Among the top twenty companies, only eight reported an increase in sales, one said revenues were identical to the previous year’s, while the rest reported losses. TMC Net lists the companies that made it to the top twenty for 2005:
- Siemens Logistics and Assembly Systems, based in Germany
- Daifuku Co., Ltd., based in Japan
- Schaefer Holding International GmbH, based in Germany
- FKI PLC, based in England
- Kardex AG, based in Switzerland
- Columbus McKinnon Corp., based in the United States of America
- Mecalux S.A., based in Spain
- Murata Machinery Ltd., based in Japan
- Vanderlande Industries, B.V., based in The Netherlands
- Swisslog Holding, Ab, based in Switzerland
- Eisenmann, based in Germany
- Witron, GmbH, based in Germany
- HK Systems Inc., based in the United States of America
- Jervis B. Webb Co., based in the United States of America
- Knapp Logistik Automation GmbH, based in Austria
- The Brambles Group, based in Australia
- Flexlink, AB, based in Sweden
- Beumer Mashinenfabrik GmbH, based in Germany
- Sandvik, based in Sweden
- Tomkins Industries, based in the United States of America
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