Ukrainian manufacturer of heavy machinery buys first UpRight

A Ukrainian manufacturer of heavy axles and rolling machinery has bought an UpRight AB38 articulated boom.

NKMZ is one of the largest manufacturers of heavy machinery in Europe and the company employs 50000 people The AB38 is intended to be used for assembling a very large rolling machine for a Russian car manufacturer. NKMZ will also use the AB38 for service and maintenance work.

Wim Jansink, UpRight's district manager for Eastern and Central Europe, visited the NKMZ factory to conduct product training on the AB38. He said, "The people at NKMZ have been very impressed by this unit and we are now discussing the possible delivery of some other powered access platforms.

"This is the first aerial lift in the plant - previously they used a self-built telescopic cylinder with a one-man platform mounted on top."
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Mitsubishi Heavy Ind. and Mitsubishi Corp Receive Order for 9 Centrifugal Chillers for District Cooling System

Singapore and Tokyo, Nov 28, 2008 (JCN Newswire via COMTEX) -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), jointly with Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), has received an order for nine centrifugal chillers for a large-scale district cooling system to serve Singapore's New Downtown currently under development at Marina Bay. The nine chillers, with a total cooling capacity of 25,600 refrigeration tons[1] (RT), were ordered by Singapore District Cooling Pte Ltd (SDC), a joint venture between Singapore Power Limited, a local energy utility, and Dalkia, a French energy service company. This is the second centrifugal chiller order placed to MHI by SDC.
The New Downtown at Marina Bay in Singapore's southern sector encompasses an area of approximately 370 hectares adjoining the old downtown. The Marina Bay area is now busy with the construction of a new business and financial district development as well as an integrated resort facility. Previously, in 2002 MHI received an order from SDC for the first district cooling plant incorporating five centrifugal chillers with a total cooling capacity of 10,450 RT. The first plant completed in 2006 has been providing district cooling service to the first-phase commercial development in Marina Bay comprising two skyscrapers of 50 and 29 stories. Of the nine units of 2,844 RT capacity chiller now on order, three units are slated for delivery in spring 2009, which will be installed in the first plant as part of SDC's expansion plan. The remaining six units will be delivered in summer 2009 to be installed in the second district cooling plant which is located in the Singapore's first integrated resort development area, the home to a casino, hotels, shopping and convention facilities.
The centrifugal chillers on order use HFC-134a, a chlorine-free and zero ozone depletion potential (ODP) refrigerant. They achieve the world's highest cooling efficiency: compared to the units delivered to SDC in 2006, the new chillers have boosted energy-saving efficiency by about 5% in COP (coefficient of performance)[2] and 30% in IPLV (integrated part load value) rating[3]. The new units also help in lowering the emission of CO2, a greenhouse gas, by 23% compared with the previous model developed about 10 years ago. MHI believes that in addition to the new chiller's technological advantages, environmental responsiveness and operational economy, the strong track record of reliability demonstrated by the first batch of chillers and timeliness of product delivery, both in Japan and Singapore, are the key factors contributed to the second batch of chiller order from SDC.
The district cooling system for Marina Bay, Singapore will be developed in phases to keep pace with the plan to turn Marina Bay area into the new downtown for Singapore. When fully developed, the district cooling system is expected to have an installed capacity of about 256,000 RT.
In April 2008, MHI established centrifugal chiller division at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Singapore Private, Ltd. (MHISP), targeted at strengthening its marketing and service structure in Singapore and throughout Southeast Asia. The company also intends to continue focusing on attracting orders from SDC in the years ahead.
[1] Refrigeration ton represents the refrigerating capacity for turning 1 ton of zero C water into zero C ice in 24 hours. 1 RT = 3,024 Kcal/hr.
[2] Coefficient of performance (COP) indicates the ratio of a system's useful energy output versus the system's energy input. The higher a system's COP, the higher is its energy-saving efficiency. In the case of refrigeration systems, COP = rated cooling capacity (kW) / electricity consumption (kW).
[3] The integrated part load value (IPLV) rating system was developed by the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) of the U.S. IPLV measures the efficiency of air-conditioners under a variety of conditions: several partial operational load ratios and coolant water temperatures similar to those in actual usage, to reflect seasonal changes in operational conditions. As with COP, the higher the IPLV rating, the higher is the energy-saving efficiency.
About Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi Corporation (TSE: 8058; ADR: MSBHY) is Japan's largest general trading company (sogo shosha) with over 200 bases of operations in approximately 80 countries worldwide. Together with its over 500 group companies, Mitsubishi Corporation employs a multinational workforce approximately 55,000 people. The Group has long been engaged in business with customers around the world in virtually every industry, including energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, food and general merchandise. Mitsubishi Corporation's commitment to social responsibility is embodied in its corporate philosophy and demonstrated through its extensive programme of cultural, environmental and educational projects worldwide. For more information, please visit www.mitsubishicorp.com .
About Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TSE: 7011, 'MHI'), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's leading heavy machinery manufacturers, with consolidated sales of 3,068 billion yen in fiscal 2006 (year ended March 31, 2007). MHI's diverse lineup of products and services encompasses shipbuilding, power plants, chemical plants, environmental equipment, steel structures, industrial and general machinery, aircraft, space rocketry and air-conditioning systems. For more information, please visit the MHI website at http://www.mhi.co.jp
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Heavy Machinery Auction Realizes $420,000 to the Internet — Facilitated by Ableauctions and NAALive

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- Ableauctions.com (AMEX:AAC) announced today that the Stephen Passy Auction held February 25, 2006, sold approximately $420,000 to the Internet. Highlights from the auction include the following sales:

Caterpillar 627B Push Pull Motor Scraper $55,000

1998 CMI/TEREX PRT525 Solid Rubber Tired
Roto-Mill Pavement Profiler $50,000

Caterpillar 325L Hydraulic Excavator $39,000

2004 Broce RJ350 Mobile Broom $32,000

2005 Ashland l180TS 18CY. Ejector Pull Type
Hydraulic Scraper $33,000

Stephen Passy, President and Founder of Stephan Passy & Associates, has over thirty-two years of experience in the auction industry. As Vice President of the Construction and Trucking Division of Max Rouse & Sons, Inc. Stephen was involved in over $3 billion dollars in auction sales around the globe. In 1991 he formed Stephen Passy & Associates which grossed over $60 million dollars. Forke Auctioneers hired him in 1997 and in three years achieved annual gross revenues of $59 million, and the highest net profit single transaction in Forkes' 78-year history. He reactivated Stephen Passy & Associates, Inc. in 1999 and produced gross revenues exceeding $55 million in the first 20 months of business.

After their first auction with NAALive, Ned Burleigh of Stephan Passy Auctions said that "they are pleased with the results of the first auction. The ease of the process from start to finish has been unmatched by any vendor in the past." They look forward to continuing their partnership with NAALive for their auctions scheduled for Albuquerque, New Mexico March 28, 2006, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota April 5, 2006. Stephen Passy Auctions have reduced their Internet service fee from 5% to 2.5%.

For more information visit www.passyauctions.com

About NAALive

NAALive is an Internet-based broadcast service for NAA members who conduct real auctions. Utilizing NAALive's real-time software, auction houses broadcast over the Internet and online bidders participate in live auctions as if they were physically present at the auction. NAALive also enables bidders to review auction catalogs and place absentee bids prior to an event. NAALive is rapidly becoming the standard for live Internet auctions and the premiere Web site for consumer access to the auction industry. This means thousands more potential bidders for your auctions.

About Ableauctions.com

Ableauctions.com Inc. (AMEX:AAC) is a high-tech liquidator and on-line auction facilitator that operates the domains iCollector.com, Naalive.com, Unlimited Closeouts.com and iTrustee.com.

As an on-line auction facilitator, the Company, with the experience of over 3,000 auctions, has developed state-of-the-art technology to broadcast auctions over the Internet (www.ableauctions.com/technology) and currently provides the technology and related services to auction houses, enabling them to broadcast auctions over the Internet. The Company broadcasts business and industrial auctions over the Internet for auctioneers and members of the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) and art, antique and collectible auctions for numerous galleries and auction houses around the world through eBay Live Auctions.

As a liquidator, the Company, through Unlimited Closeouts and iTrustee, purchases overstocks, order cancellations and discontinued products from major manufacturers and importers, then sells the merchandise to major retail chains, other resellers or the public.

For a comprehensive Corporate Update and prior releases, visit www.ableauctions.com. For more information, contact Investor Relations at investorrelations@ableauctions.com

This press release contains forward-looking statements, particularly as related to, among other things, the business plans of the Company, statements relating to goals, plans and projections regarding the Company's financial position and the Company's business strategy. The words or phrases "would be," "will allow," "intends to," "may result," "are expected to," "will continue," "anticipates," "expects," "estimate," "project," "indicate," "could," "potentially," "should," "believe," "considers" or similar expressions are intended to identify "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements fall within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934 and are subject to the safe harbor created by these sections. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, involve known and unknown risks, a reliance on third parties for information, transactions or orders that may be cancelled, and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or developments in our industry, to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results include risks and uncertainties related to the performance of our staff, management, financing, competition, on-line auction business, our ability to implement or manage our expansion strategy, general economic conditions, our ability to license our software to other auction houses, our ability to acquire profitable companies and integrate them into our business successfully and other factors that are detailed in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and on documents we file from time-to-time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements made herein are as of the date of this press release and should not be relied upon as of any subsequent date. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on such statements. The Company does not undertake, and the Company specifically disclaims any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences, developments, unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statement. Actual results may differ materially from the Company's expectations and estimates. The Company does not realize nor book the full revenue of auctions that it facilitates in its financials, only the net auction fees, that can vary from time-to-time, that it realizes. E.&O.E.
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Heavy Machinery Material Handling

Handling of heavy machinery is a task that requires specially designed equipment. Heavy machinery like pneumatic conveyors, milling machines and drill jigs are used in places like farms, docks and construction sites. It is difficult to transport this equipment from one place to another. This is when the powerful material handling machines like tractors, bulldozers, trucks and trailers are used.

The equipment used for handling heavy machinery varies, depending upon the location. Industrial trucks and tractors are used to handle heavy machinery and move material around warehouses, storage yards, factories, or construction sites. A typical industrial truck, often called a forklift, uses a hydraulic lifting mechanism and forks to move large and heavy objects. Industrial tractors are also available to pull trailers loaded with material, goods, or equipment within factories and warehouses or around outdoor storage areas.

Ship loading and unloading equipment, conveyors and hoists are used at docks. Specialized material-handling equipment such as shipping tank unloading equipment is also used in docks, to gauge or sample shipping tanks and test them for leaks.

Other heavy machinery handling equipment includes conveyors and mine cars that are widely used in mines.
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Dillow in Iraq: Heavy machinery protects Marines

With 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines at Battle Position Tripoli, near Al-Qaim

A lot of Marines here don't have much good to say about MRAPs. In fact, perhaps the best you can say about MRAPs is that they help keep Marines alive to complain about them.

"Personally I prefer the Humvee," says Lt. Mike Hussey of 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, a Camp Pendleton-based artillery unit now doing service as a civil affairs unit here. "But then, I haven't been blown up yet."

MRAP – pronounced "em-rap" – is short for "mine-resistant, ambush-protected" vehicle. They're the latest effort by the U.S. military to find an all-purpose vehicle that fits the special needs of this war.

But like every other vehicle that's been used over here, they have their tradeoffs.

Five years ago, in March 2003, the Marine infantrymen I was embedded with rode into this war in "amphibious assault vehicles, " or "amtraks" or simply "tracks." They were 22-ton behemoths designed to carry Marines from ship to shore, but they were pressed into service as land vehicles for the initial march up to Baghdad. But they weren't designed to withstand IEDs or roadside bombs, and soon passed out of use.

When I came back in the spring of 2004 the Marines I was with were using open-back Humvees on patrols. They offered speed and good visibility but no protection against IEDs, so by 2006 they had largely been supplanted by "up-armored" Humvees, which featured heavy armor and thick ballistic glass windows.

But not everyone liked the armored Humvees. Some Marines complained that they presented too much of a "defensive posture" to the enemy, and were hard to see out of.

And as a reporter I had a particular beef with them. Although the new Humvees were air-conditioned, the A/C blower on the right rear seat had to be blocked off to divert cool air to the vehicle's communications and electronics gear. And which seat do you think the reporter always got?

They still have the Humvees, but now MRAPs are the patrol and convoy vehicle of choice. They come in two sizes, four-wheel and six-wheel, and can carry up to six passengers plus driver, assistant driver and gunner. They weigh about 14 tons and get about 6 mpg, and they cost about $500,000 each, about three times as much as a Humvee.

The upside? With their V-shaped hulls and heavy armor, they are can withstand roadside bombs better than almost anything short of a tank. Some reports indicate that they have reduced IED casualties by as much as 90 percent.

The downside is that they're top-heavy and prone to rollovers, and they have the suspension and shock absorption characteristics of a supermarket shopping cart. You have to cinch yourself into your seat like a race car driver or else the slightest bump will send your head crashing into the roof. After one 100-mile ride in one, I needed a chiropractor.

"They do need better suspension," says Cpl. Matthew Habermann of Soldotna, Alaska, with considerable understatement. "But other than that they're a pretty good vehicle."

"It drives like a tractor," says Sgt. Scott Barker of Leonard, Texas. "But it is safer, I'll give it that."

(Habermann and Barker are both members of the 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines – which, incidentally, is the unit "adopted" last fall by the city of Irvine.)

Whether MRAPs will actually be the all-purpose vehicle the military has been looking for is uncertain. Although they work pretty well on the paved roads of western Iraq, the rugged dirt tracks of Afghanistan may be a bigger challenge.

Still, it's clear the MRAPs have accomplished what they set out to do. They are keeping Marines alive – if not particularly comfortable.

CONTACT THE WRITER GordonDillow@gmail.com. You can see more of Dillow's stories and photos from Iraq at www.ocregister.com
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Ableauctions - Heavy Machinery Auctions Realize $2,100,000 in Internet Sales

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Ableauctions.com (AMEX:AAC) announced today that Stephen Passy and Associates' July 12th, 2007 and July 18th, 2007 auctions, broadcast through NAALive.com, realized over $2,100,000 in combined online sales with Internet bidding influence exceeding $3,800,000. Highlights of the auctions included the following Internet sales:

Caterpillar D10T crawler tractor - $865,000

Power curber 5700B super crawler curb & gutter machine - $125,000

Caterpillar 930G wheel loader - $105,000

Caterpillar 930G wheel loader - $100,000

Caterpillar D5N LGP crawler tractor - $80,000
Stephen Passy, President and Founder of Stephen Passy & Associates, has over thirty-two years of experience in the auction industry. As Vice President of the construction and Trucking Division of Max Rouse & Sons, Inc. Stephen was involved in over $3 billion dollars in auction sales around the globe. In 1991 he formed Stephen Passy & Associates which grossed over $60 million dollars. Forke Auctioneers hired him in 1997 and in three years achieved annual gross revenues of $59 million, and the highest net profit single transaction in Forkes' 78-year history. He reactivated Stephen Passy & Associates, Inc. in 1999 and produced gross revenues exceeding $55 million in the first 20 months of business.

About NAALive

NAALive is an Internet-based broadcast service for NAA members who conduct real auctions. Utilizing NAALive's real-time software, auction houses broadcast over the Internet and online bidders participate in live auctions as if they were physically present at the auction. NAALive also enables bidders to review auction catalogs and place absentee bids prior to an event. NAALive is rapidly becoming the standard for live Internet auctions and the premiere Web site for consumer access to the auction industry. This means thousands more potential bidders for your auctions.

About Ableauctions.com

Ableauctions.com Inc. (AMEX:AAC) is a high-tech liquidator and on-line auction facilitator that operates the domains iCollector.com, Naalive.com and Unlimited Closeouts.com.

As an on-line auction facilitator, the Company, with the experience of over 3,000 auctions, has developed state-of-the-art technology to broadcast auctions over the Internet (www.ableauctions.com/technology) and currently provides the technology and related services to auction houses, enabling them to broadcast auctions over the Internet. The Company broadcasts business and industrial auctions over the Internet for auctioneers and members of the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) and art, antique and collectible auctions for numerous galleries and auction houses around the world through eBay Live Auctions.

As a liquidator, the Company, through Unlimited Closeouts, purchases overstocks, order cancellations and discontinued products from major manufacturers and importers, then sells the merchandise to major retail chains, other resellers or the public.

For a comprehensive Corporate Update and prior releases, visit www.ableauctions.com. For more information, contact Investor Relations at investorrelations@ableauctions.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, particularly as related to, among other things, the business plans of the Company, statements relating to goals, plans and projections regarding the Company's financial position and the Company's business strategy. The words or phrases "would be," "will allow," "intends to," "may result," "are expected to," "will continue," "anticipates," "expects," "estimate," "project," "indicate," "could," "potentially," "should," "believe," "considers" or similar expressions are intended to identify "forward-looking statements." Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, involve known and unknown risks, a reliance on third parties for information, transactions or orders that may be cancelled, and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or developments in our industry, to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results include risks and uncertainties related to the performance of our staff, loss of management personnel, an inability to obtain financing as and when we need it, competition from other on-line auction businesses, our ability to implement or manage our expansion strategy, general economic conditions, our ability to license our software to other auction houses, our ability to acquire profitable companies and integrate them into our business successfully and other factors that are detailed in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and on documents we file from time-to-time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements made herein are as of the date of this press release and should not be relied upon as of any subsequent date. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on such statements. The Company does not undertake, and the Company specifically disclaims any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences, developments, unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statement. E.&O.E.
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Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area

Gilbert is home to Minnesota's first designated state recreation area for off-highway vehicles (OHV) and all-terrain vehicles (ATV). This park features more than 1,200 acres of recreation trails, scramble areas, training, hill climbs, rock crawls, special events. This northern Minnesota OHV facility is for use by off-road motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, and 4x4 Jeeps and trucks. This park is open to the public for recreational riding and will also host state and national competitive events.

Some areas offer a view of northern Minnesota from 200-foot-high mountains of ore that stretch more than 20 miles. More than approximately 30 miles of trails are available, along with a six-bay wash area.

Managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN-DNR), the park also features safety training and practice facilities for riders of various skill levels. In this Northern Minnesota Park, OHV trails and areas are signed with the degree of difficulty for users. There will be no charge for admission, but off-road vehicles must be properly registered for off-road use and be equipped with standard safety equipment and a muffler.

Areas for activities and special events include a multi-purpose event area, 4x4 rock crawl and obstacle course, tough-truck competition course, sand and mud drags, hill climbs, motorcycle track, observed trails, snowmobile events, bicycle motocross or mountain bike events and more.

Planning and land acquisition are currently underway for a proposed 3,500 acre addition to the OHV Park located just east of Virginia.
http://www.ironrange.org/recreation/atv-ohv/ohv-park/