Iraq had placed a large order for locks with the firm, to be used in their house building programme. Geoffrey Smith (left) is seen giving final instructions to two of the drivers setting off for Baghdad.

The company was selling a new series of electric rider lift trucks.

The photograph shows Debbie Gates, Dean Pugh, Kim Pugh, Malcolm Dyas and Mick Ryder. Caterpillar, Yale and Lansing are mentioned.

The fork lift trucks were used to break a world record – the building of an eight-ton pyramid of empty soft drinks cans in Manchester – to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Vimto.

A new range of Yale fork lift trucks were taken on a tour of Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Austria and Spain. Photograph shows Chris Goode (second right) shaking hands with Eric Rabey, with Bob Bruce (extreme left) and Dave Gillespie

A substantial part of the factory was reopened to cope with an increasing demand worldwide. The photograph shows Brian Harris (left) and Philip Bellamy with the Mayor and Mayoress of Wolverhampton, Councillor Phil and Mrs Lillian Richards.

Award of British Standards quality assurance certificate of approval from Lloyds Register Quality Assurance and a large contract with British Telecom. From left, Tony Turfrey of the Business Services Unit of Sandwell College, Keith Yale, Tony Misiolek, Gi