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
中國叉車網按：
     保加利亞巴爾干叉車集團公司（Balkancar）曾經是世界上最大的叉車制造商之一。在蘇聯時代，該公司是華沙條約的重要工業(yè)車輛制造商。后來經營不善倒閉，巴爾干叉車集團在2002年宣布破產，債務超過9000萬美元。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。，
     中國叉車網全體同仁，向這位曾經為全球搬運行業(yè)作出杰出貢獻的Moncho Behar先生表示敬意！
    當然，中國叉車網依然在《進口叉車》欄目保留該公司之產品和介紹。
　　巴爾干叉車集團在九十年代曾經和中國天津一家公司成立合資公司，銷售巴爾干叉車，后來撤資。