ONE of Hereford's leading materials handling equipment distributors has become the local dealer for Kalmar industrial lift trucks.

HFT Forklifts can now offer a choice of trucks from less than one tonne lift up to 28 tonnes.

Company spokesman Jamie Crawford said they had built a highly successful business over the past 20 years.

"We could not risk our reputation or that of our current suppliers, and needed to find a company with an established reputation for quality," he said.

"The new Kalmar range has that reputation and means that we can now provide equipment for almost any lifting task."

The company has a fleet of 26 mobile engineers, and responds round the clock.