Electric trucks for steel plant

KALMAR HAS signed an agreement to supply Finnish steel producer Outokumpu with three Kalmar light electric forklift trucks and one Kalmar medium electric forklift truck. The machines will be deployed at Outokumpu’s integrated stainless steel plant in Tornio, Finland.


Outokumpu fleet and condition monitoring services manager Rami Salo, says: “Replacing diesel forklift trucks with electric machines will help us take a big step towards our emission-reduction targets at Tornio. Our organisations share a firm commitment to building a more sustainable future for material handling.”