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HighJump Software is acquiring Global Beverage Group Inc., which supplies software for the direct-store delivery of consumer packaged goods. ... Toyota Material Handling USA says its $5 billion sales revenue in 2005 made it the world's largest lift truck supplier for the fourth consecutive year. ... Liquidity Services Inc. has acquired the wholesale business of California-based STR Inc., a liquidator of store-returned merchandise. The company plans to leverage the Internet for the disposition of returns. ... Nissan Forklift has received Foreign Trade Zone status for its factory near the Rockford International Airport in Illinois. This will allow Nissan Forklift to streamline the customs process, as well as reduce or eliminate duties and tariffs on many of the parts that it imports and completed machines Nissan exports. ... INTTRA, a company that provides e-commerce solutions to ocean carriers and their customers, has opened an office in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. ... LXE has announced that its MX7 and MX3X handheld computers have been certified for Cisco Compatible Extensions Version 3. Psion Teklogix says that its 7537 handheld has received that same Cisco certification. ... Dallas-based third-party service provider Greatwide Logistics Services has acquired Gallop Logistics Corp., a privately held freight brokerage company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Gallop provides temperature-controlled truckload and LTL service for food producers, distributors and retailers. ... QAD Inc., an enterprise software specialist, has acquired Precision Software Ltd., a supplier of transportation management software based in Dublin, Ireland.