California Community News provides a range of printing, inserting, packaging and distribution services for several newspaper and media companies including the Los Angeles Times Media Group. At its 325,000-square-foot production facility in Irwindale, California, millions of inserts and papers are printed and packaged each year.

With operations running 24 hours per day, five to six days a week, California Community News needed lift trucks that were efficient, adaptable to handle multiple tasks on the production floor, and dependable enough to hold up to the facility’s demanding schedule. That’s when it turned to Crown and found a solution in Crown’s SC Series forklifts.

The Crown SC Series counterbalance forklift provides California Community News with superior maneuverability. With its on-board Intrinsic Stability System, the SC Series assists the operator with precision handling and control based on steer angle, truck speed, load weight and lift height. Full visibility in all directions also helps operators improve productivity. In fact, California Community News saw a 15 to 20 percent improvement in productivity compared to their previous forklift fleet. With rugged, heavy-duty components, the SC Series offers the power and reliability needed to withstand the unrelenting uptime the company’s production schedule demands.

Crown Equipment is one of the world’s largest material handling companies. Crown’s award-winning line of forklifts maintains a reputation for advanced product design, engineering and technology, and integrated manufacturing processes. Offering a broad range of forklifts, as well as automation and fleet management technologies, Crown seeks to provide customers with forward thinking and innovative products designed to improve performance and lower operating costs. Headquartered in New Bremen, Ohio, with regional headquarters in Australia, China, Germany, and Singapore, Crown operates a global service and distribution network. Additional information about Crown’s ideas for helping its customers advance the productivity of their operations and accomplish more can be found at http://www.crown.com.