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(TALLMADGE, Ohio, March 10, 2010) The Work Truck Gate Series consists of six liftgates organized as a group to offer an easier way to identify and spec Waltco liftgates within the Work Truck Classification. At a glance the following Work Truck Gates offer ease of installation, operation and performance as well as a lower cost of operation/maintenance and a higher return on investment.

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(TALLMADGE, Ohio, February 26, 2010) Waltco Lift Corp. recently unveiled its newly designed showroom and parts department within their new distribution center in City of Industry, CA at an open house held for local customers and distributors on February 24-25, 2010.

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(TALLMADGE, Ohio, January 11, 2010) Waltco Lift Corp. has named William Kreutinger to the position of Vice President of Engineering. Kreutinger most recently served as Vice President of Engineering for Ultron Lift Corp. of Buffalo, NY, where he was responsible for all engineering. Kreutinger has spent his entire career in the liftgate industry starting with DEL Liftgates in 1990. Kreutinger is directly responsible for the design and development of the WDV Series of heavy duty railgates that have been marketed and sold in the US and Canada since 2003. This product has evolved in to the bench mark for performance, reliability and lowest possible total life cycle cost of any railgate product offering in the market place.

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(TALLMADGE, Ohio, January 11, 2010) Waltco Lift Corp. has named Robert Tonon to the position of Vice President of Technical Services. Tonon has spent the majority of his career in the liftgate industry, over 20+ years and held positions including VP of Operations, Tech Services and Support, Engineering, Design and Development of liftgate products for DEL Liftgates, Canadian Liftgates, and Ultron Lift Corp. Tonon was directly responsible for the supporting the development of Ultron’s Heavy Duty Railgate product in the US and Canada. This product, now known as the WDV Series of Heavy Duty Railgates, is the preeminent product in the market place now built and marketed by Waltco.

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(TALLMADGE, Ohio, January 11, 2010) Waltco Lift Corp. has named Randy Reid to the position of Product Director, WDV & Premium Products. Prior to joining Waltco, Randy was responsible for the sales, support, and product direction for the heavy-duty railgate that is currently manufactured at Waltco – the WDV Series. He is intimately familiar with the design, operation, and support of this industry-leading liftgate as well as its specific applications in support of various distribution markets.

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(TALLMADGE, Ohio, January 7, 2010) Cargotec has sold its US-based hydraulics cylinders manufacturing business Waltco Hydraulics to Ligon Industries, LLC. The parties have agreed not to disclose the transaction value. Waltco Hydraulics, situated in Ohio, was part of Waltco Lift Corp., belonging to the Tail Lift (Liftgate) division within Industrial and Terminal business area at Cargotec.

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