# Bennie Equipment acquires Eastern Forklift Trucks

Bennie Equipment Ltd has acquired Eastern Forklift Trucks (EFL), a materials handling equipment company with branches in Bury St Edmunds, Peterborough, and Great Yarmouth. This is Bennie's third acquisition in 2025.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2025-10-17
- Where: East of England, United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Products: forklift trucks, materials handling equipment
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [Bennie Equipment Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/87936.md) (acquirer)
- [Eastern Forklift Trucks](https://endata.com/companies/87937.md) (target)

## Sources

- [bennieequipment.co.uk](https://www.bennieequipment.co.uk/blog/eastern-forklift-trucks-joins-the-bennie-family/), 2025-10-17: "Eastern Forklift Trucks Limited are a highly experienced Materials Handling Equipment (MHE) company, with over 13 years of experience delivering forklift solutions across Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk."
- [translogistics.net](https://translogistics.net/2025/10/eastern-forklift-trucks-joins-bennies-growing-fleet/), 2025-10-20: "Bennie Equipment Ltd has announced its third acquisition of 2025, welcoming Eastern Forklift Trucks (EFL) into the Bennie family of companies."

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