Lansing Bagnall

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Lansing Bagnall was a British forklift truck manufacturing company.

[edit] History

The company was bought out of bankruptcy in 1943 by Emmanuel Kaye and John R Sharp. At that time the company made industrial tractors. Later the company went on to produce forklift trucks. In 1976 Lansing Bagnall acquired the successful private forklift truck manufactturer Henley Forklift.

Lansing Bagnall was acquired by Linde AG in 1989 and now operates under the Linde Lansing brand name. In September 2006 Linde announced their intention to float or sell the materials handling business that includes Linde Lansing.

[edit] References

• The Papers of Lansing Bagnall Limited. Retrieved on 2006-07-02.

• Linde: Heavy Truck Division: Press Releases: Merthyr Gets a Lift from Linde. Retrieved on 2006-07-02.