The founder of what was once the largest per capita forklift manufacturer in the world has died.Moncho Behar, 79, one of Balkancar’s founders, had a heart attack last Saturday.He spent almost two decades in Balkancar’s management before serving two terms as a commercial counsellor in the Bulgarian Embassy in Prague.According to the Sofia News Agency, Behar was committed to foreign trade and diplomacy affairs all his life and, until his last day, was running a commercial venture trading with wine and other goods.His son, Maxim Behar, is the publisher of Sofia News Agency.Balkancar was declared insolvent in September 2002 with debts totalling 400,000 levs (USD99.7 million) after several failed privatisation attempts
中國(guó)叉車網(wǎng)按：
     保加利亞巴爾干叉車集團(tuán)公司（Balkancar）曾經(jīng)是世界上最大的叉車制造商之一。在蘇聯(lián)時(shí)代，該公司是華沙條約的重要工業(yè)車輛制造商。后來(lái)經(jīng)營(yíng)不善倒閉，巴爾干叉車集團(tuán)在2002年宣布破產(chǎn)，債務(wù)超過(guò)9000萬(wàn)美元。Moncho Behar先生是其中之一的創(chuàng)立者，近日因心臟病發(fā)作在保加利亞首都索菲亞去世。，
     中國(guó)叉車網(wǎng)全體同仁，向這位曾經(jīng)為全球搬運(yùn)行業(yè)作出杰出貢獻(xiàn)的Moncho Behar先生表示敬意！
    當(dāng)然，中國(guó)叉車網(wǎng)依然在《進(jìn)口叉車》欄目保留該公司之產(chǎn)品和介紹。
　　巴爾干叉車集團(tuán)在九十年代曾經(jīng)和中國(guó)天津一家公司成立合資公司，銷售巴爾干叉車，后來(lái)撤資。