The importance of lift truck ergonomics

In the world of material handling, lift truck drivers are responsible for moving heavy goods in...

2023 – Lifting businesses worldwide

In 2004, Konecranes acquired SMV Lifttrucks and formed what we now know as Konecranes Lift Trucks....

2004 – Welcome Konecranes

After a successful first decade, many of the goals of the revitalized SMV Lifttrucks were...

1998 – The greatest of them all

In 1998, Konecranes’ precursor SMV Lifttrucks received an order for what, at the time, would be the...

How your lift truck can also be a mobile container service and inspection station

Containerization, today’s method of intermodal container shipping, is the backbone of international...

1994 – A new beginning

In 1994, after more than 40 years in business, Konecranes’ precursor SMV was a leading lift truck...

Pressure perfect – The importance of hydraulic system maintenance

When you’re a lift truck operator, you’re feeling the pressure in more ways than one: the safety...

1956 – A new era of containerization

The shipping industry has been around for centuries, and during all those years goods were...

1959 – SMV builds its first lift truck in Småland

Småland in southern Sweden is characterized by its forests and tough stony landscape. In the 1940s,...