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"Phoenix 1" Rescue Capsule Returned to 2010 Shanghai Expo Chile Pavilion: Jungheinrich Counterbalance Truck Convoyed the Capsule Across Expo Area

SHANGHAI, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- "China Morning News" front page reported that after a journey across half of the globe, the "Phoenix 1" rescue capsule, which played a remarkable role in the Miners' Rescue in Chile, arrived in China last Thursday morning on a standard wooden crate with the words "successful life-saving rescue of 33 miners capsule" written on it. Till now, Chile Pavilion and the Expo Official Logistics Service Provider-Sinotrans had developed a detailed plan for the capsule delivery and installation.


A Jungheinrich Counterbalance Truck EFG320 convoyed the "Phoenix 1" capsule in the Expo warehouse

A Jungheinrich truck played a crucial role in the capsule delivery. The "Phoenix 1" is 4 meters in length and 450 kg in weight. The Jungheinrich Electric Counterbalance Forklift EFG320 has a maximum load of 2 tons and enclosed twin AC motor front wheel drive, as well as 5 individually adjustable working programmes. It is a high performance electric forklift with high residual carrying capacity, just the right choice for this kind of big and irregular size goods delivery.  The excellent Jungheinrich Curve Control technology ensures safer driving and cornering.

Expo visitors will be able to witness this "successful life-saving rescue of 33 miners capsule" at the Chile Pavilion from tomorrow.

Jungheinrich ranks among the world's leading companies in the material handling equipment, warehousing and material flow engineering sectors. The company is a logistics service provider with manufacturing operations, which offers its customers a comprehensive range of forklift trucks, shelving systems, services and consulting covering the entire field of intralogistics. Jungheinrich shares are traded on all German stock exchanges.

Source: Jungheinrich Lift Truck (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
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