Leading global forklift truck and warehouse equipment manufacturer, Linde Material Handling (UK), is launching its annual Ultimate Operator Challenge 2011.

The Challenge is a celebration of the skill and precision of the customer workforce, the Ultimate Operator Challenge aims to promote best practice among FLT operators and encourage new levels of professional safety and efficiency.

Competitors can apply to enter the challenge by contacting their local Linde National Network Company (NNC). The heats will take place at local Linde NNC’s throughout the year with heat winners competing at the 19th November final at Linde Jewsbury’s to win a place at the annual international forklift truck competition in Aschaffenburg, Germany.

Commenting on this year’s Challenge, Linde Head of Marketing, Phil Pearson said: “The Linde Ultimate Operator Challenge is an annual competition unlike most others. The aim is not specifically to identify one operator with supreme knowledge and skill but rather to encourage every truck operator to keep developing their standards of safety and performance. As a showcase of the very best our industry has to offer, we are confident that we shall again enjoy a significant number of our customers taking up the challenge to become the ultimate operator 2011.”