If your company is considering a manufacturing or distribution presence in China, consider the lessons learned by pioneers who have braved that Far Eastern frontier. Some are in the lift truck business. Lift trucks are the workhorses of industry, so it seems logical that their manufacturers would be among the first to feel the pull of China.
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A panel of American lift truck pioneers that planted their stakes in Chinese soil detailed their experience to a gathering of OEMs at the fall meeting of the Industrial Truck Association. The occasi