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FROM THE EDITOR
Spring has finally arrived,
spring has finally arrived…or at least we’re
trying to convince ourselves that spring is here.
Will the REAL spring ever arrive? We have had
a few days with 60 and 70 degrees, but then the
following days the weather drops down to 35. Spring
is like a yo-yo this year.
 With
this not-so-spring-like weather, what could be
better than to read our articles about our show
participation, technical product information,
and our regular “fun” articles.
Happy reading, and let’s
hope that the warm weather is really not that
far away!
Signed,
Luc Turcotte
Editor
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| Blickle’s
specialty casters
 Last
month, I wrote an article about special Blickle
wheels and rollers for forklifts and pallet
trucks, and this month, I thought I’d
continue my introduction of another Blickle
specialty caster.
This spring-loaded caster
(as shown above) is manufactured specifically
for electric pallet trucks. The casters are
assembled onto each side of the pallet truck
in order to provide stability and a smooth ride.
Each spring provides the
caster with a high shock absorption rate, thus
allowing the electric pallet truck to travel
at a high speed without affecting the unit’s
maximum operating efficiency.
Call us today with
your questions on Blickle spring-loaded casters.
Patrice
Desjardins |
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The
Fridge
While at the NA06
show, I took a couple of minutes from being
“on guard” at the booth to walk
a couple of aisles over and see Mr. William
Perry, aka The Fridge. Yes, The Fridge is the
official spokesperson for a company called Big
Ass Fans. He was signing autographs and having
pictures taken with him. Here’s one with
me!
I thought I’d include
some of his statistics for those of you who
are football fans.
Date of Birth: December
16, 1962
Place of Birth: Aiken, South Carolina
Height and weight: 6'2”; 320 lbs. +
Position: DE/DT/FB
1985: First round NFL draft pick by Chicago
Bears
1985-1986: Super Bowl XX winner (in his rookie
year!)
1985-1993: Played for the Chicago Bears
1993-1994: Played for the Philadelphia Eagles
1995: Retired from the NFL
 Also,
if you’re planning on going to Chicago
for Promat, make sure you stop by the Big Ass
Fans booth and you too can get an autograph,
baseball cap, and picture!
Nancy
Allen
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| People
over 30 should be… dead?
 In
pursuit of conveying my thoughtful e-mails to
you, here’s one about why people over 30
should be “dead”.
This one landed in my inbox
about two years ago, and it has been on this “father’s
mind” of mine ever since. I’ve had
to shorten it a bit for the purpose of this newsletter.
“According to today’s
regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were
kids in the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s
and early 70’s, probably shouldn’t
have survived. Why? Well, to begin, our baby cribs
were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
As children, we would ride
in cars with no airbags. Riding in the back of
a pickup truck on a warm day was always a treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from
a bottle.
 We
ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda
pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight
because we were always outside playing. We shared
our bottle, and no one would actually die from
this. We would leave home in the morning and play
all day, as long as we were back when the street
lights came on. We did not have Playstations,
X-Box or Nintendo 64, no 99 channel on cable,
surround sound, personal cell phones, computers
or internet chat rooms.
 We
had friends and we went outside to find them.
We played dodge ball and sometimes that ball would
really hurt. We fell out of trees, got cut and
broke bones or teeth, and there were no lawsuits
from these accidents, and they were accidents.
No one was to blame but us. We had fights and
punched each other and got black and blue and
learned to get over it.
 Little
league had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn’t had to deal with disappointment.
We made up games with sticks and tennis balls.
We rode bikes and walked to a friend’s home
and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just
walked in to talk to them. Parents could trust
the neighbors for keeping an eye on us.
This generation has produced
some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers
and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been
an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had
freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
and we learned to deal with it all.
Please pass this on to others
who have had the luck to grow up as kids before
lawyers and government regulated our lives, for
our own good!”
Unknown source.
Don’t hesitate
to send me your comments.
Frederic
Lagace |
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Setup and design of The Leader.Com by Karine
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Another
good show!
Well, we’re back from the NA06 show
in Cleveland, and we’re very happy with
the stir that we created with our new Blickle
casters, especially the LSD STH500 dual caster.
Do you know how many times we heard “Now
THAT’S a caster!”? We even had
a serious inquiry about this caster for an
upcoming project. Cool!
Mr. Blickle and Mr. Eisele from Blickle Germany
spent 2 days with us, and I think it was quite
interesting for them to see the differences
in the North American and European material
handling markets.
Frederic, Mr Eisele, Nancy
and Mr Blickle
Now we have leads, leads, and more leads
to follow up on, and we’re already starting
to think about our next show: Promat in January
2007 in Chicago. Hope to see you there!
Nancy
Allen
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Blickle at the "Manutention Equipements
& Systèmes" exhibition
This year, as for the
past 6 years, Blickle’s French subsidiary,
Blickle France, participated at the Manutention
Equipement & Systèmes exhibition
in Paris from the 7th to the 10th of March.
Blickle France, established
in 1972 and located in the Alsace region, is
the largest subsidiary of the Blickle group.
Comprised of 10 sales representatives, Blickle
France has regional warehouses in Toulouse and
Paris. Their main inventory ships out of Colmar,
which permits them to supply any of the 7,000
reference products within 24 hours to anywhere
in France. Quality and service are the keys
to their success.
The Blickle France booth.
This year, the “Salon
de Manutention” celebrated its 54th anniversary,
and more than 500 exhibitors took part in this
show. Some of the exhibitors are part of Blickle’s
customer-base: Jungheinrich, Still Saxby, LOC,
OM Pimespo, Rocla, and Crown.
The
Blickle booth was quite popular with visits
from technicians from the automotive industry,
such as Peugeot and Renault, as well as representatives
of large distribution groups. In all, more than
400 visitors stopped in.
Jörg
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| Let’s
talk more hockey!
Real hockey fever has
arrived now that the playoffs have started…
Go Habs Go!
This past February, during
the annual International Pee Wee (11-12 year
olds) Hockey Tournament held in Quebec City,
my son Alexis played an exhibition game against
a team from Germany. This German team was represented
by a team from Baden-Wurttemberg, which is a
state located in the southwestern part of Germany,
and coincidentally, Rosenfeld is in Baden-Wurttemberg!
(As you may already know, Rosenfeld is where
Blickle is situated).
Although Alexis’s
team lost, it was a great experience for both
teams, as well as an enriching cultural exchange
by youngsters who share the same passion for
the sport.
Gilles Drouin |
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