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[Comment: Can anyone find out if this company also installed ERP software from SAP last year under Y2K time pressure?]Entire news item follows, hand-typed from USA Today: ************************************************
Bankruptcy for Clark Material Handling USA Today, 19 April 2000 [in State Summaries section, page 11A]
Lexington, Kentucky Clark Material Handling Co. filed for bankruptcy protection and announced plans to close a forklift manufacturing plant that will eliminate 400 jobs. Clark said it has been hobbled by debt, inventory problems and a glitch-ridden e-commerce system. Clark employs about 1400 people worldwide, with about 500 in Lexington.
-- Andre Weltman (72320.1066@compuserve.com), April 20, 2000