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TCM tackles 'all handling needs'

TCM's forklifts offer advanced solutions for all materials handling requirements, says its Gulf distributor Boodai Trading.

01 December 2002

TCM of Japan, established in the middle of last century, is ranked among the top 10 manufacturers of forklift trucks in the world, says Boodai Trading, TCM's distributor for the Gulf.

"In its mission of providing integrated logistics solutions, TCM is committed to fully leveraging its corporate capabilities and offering products that make its name synonymous with total customer satisfaction," says a spokesman for Boodai Trading.

"It is accomplishing these goals by seamlessly integrating production and distribution functions, systemising related logistical process and pioneering ways to synergise user-friendly hardware and software configurations, all with a view to creating cutting-edge logistics systems that provide unsurpassed levels of performance," the spokesman says.

TCM's light-class forklift trucks, with load capacities ranging from 1,000 kg to 3,000 kg, offer advanced solutions for modern materials handling requirements. The TCM range includes high-power gasoline/LPG engine-driven models, high-power environmentally clean diesel engine-driven models, standard fuel-efficient environmentally-clean diesel engine-driven models, and standard low operating speed/high-torque gasoline/LPG engine-driven models with load capacities ranging from 1,000 kg to 42,000 kg.

When TCM introduced the Acroba I/C series on the market, it featured world industry firsts such as the ability to move sideways in an instant and pivot 360 degrees," he says. "It also featured more comfortable operation, sufficient battery power, quicker shifts during mode changes and reduced physical fatigue."

The main features of TCM forklifts include:

Safety: particular attention is paid to safety of operators and the compliance with major international standards as well as environment;

Low vibration and noise;

Ergonomically-located controls and instruments;

Reduced steering effort and tilt steering wheel;

Environmentally-friendly powerful engines;

Industry-leading compliance with exhaust emission regulations and reduced harmful emissions; and

Global manufacturing and support network.

All models are available with a wide range of optional configurations and attachments to meet various applications. TCM also offers battery-powered electric forklifts, both counterbalanced, clean reach series and with cold storage specifications.

With offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the UAE, in Kuwait, Muscat (Oman), Doha (Qatar) and Saudi Arabia (Arab Equipment Establishment), Boodai - which boasts a significant share of the material handling market in the region - says it is able to provide the right equipment to its customers for various applications.

The range of equipment which can be supplied by Boodai Trading Company in the region include cranes, excavators, wheel loaders, hydraulic breakers, forklift trucks, concrete pumps, transit mixers, compressors, generators, batching plants and oilfield supplies from reputed and well established international manufacturers.

"The company has fully-equipped workshops at all the offices with mobile teams of experienced service technicians ready to attend to service jobs at customers' sites," the spokesman says. "An adequate inventory of spare parts is maintained to keep customers' machines running on site."