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  2. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling - Wikipedia

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    Yale produced its first forklift truck in the 1920s under the name Yale & Towne Manufacturing. Yale & Towne Manufacturing was purchased in 1985 by the North American Coal Corporation , which later became NACCO Industries, Incorporated. Yale Materials Handling Corporation was combined with Hyster Company, also purchased by NACCO, in 1989 to form ...

  3. Hyster - Wikipedia

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    Hyster logo Hyster H80FT Fortis model One Space Shuttle main engine on a special Hyster forklift. Hyster is an American manufacturing company specializing in forklifts and other materials-handling equipment. Hyster was founded in 1929 as the Willamette-Ersted Company in Portland, Oregon. [1]

  4. Yale (company) - Wikipedia

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    Yale & Towne Manufacturing Co, 1897. In 1868, the business was established in Stamford, Connecticut, by Henry R. Towne and Linus Yale Sr., an inventor renowned for creating the pin tumbler lock. Initially known as Yale Lock Manufacturing Co., the company later adopted the name Yale & Towne, with its base in Newport, New York. [3]

  5. Forklift - Wikipedia

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    A forklift (also called industrial truck, lift truck, jitney, hi-lo, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. The forklift was developed in the early 20th century by various companies, including Clark , which made transmissions , and Yale & Towne ...

  6. Crown Equipment Corporation - Wikipedia

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    A Crown Equipment dealership in Vandalia, Ohio. Crown Equipment Corporation is a privately held American manufacturer of powered industrial forklift trucks based in Ohio. The fifth-largest such manufacturer, Crown had $5.18 billion in worldwide sales revenue for fiscal year 2023. [1]

  7. KION Group - Wikipedia

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    Its principal products are intralogistics, warehouse automation equipment, and industrial (forklift) trucks. [4] Kion Group was founded in 2006 by the demerger of Linde's materials handling equipment operations. [5] It is the world's second-largest manufacturer of forklifts measured by revenues (after Toyota Industries). [6]

  8. Fuel cell forklift - Wikipedia

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    In 2013 there were over 4,000 fuel cell forklifts used in material handling in the United States. [2] As of 2024, approximately 50,000 hydrogen forklifts are in operation worldwide (the bulk of which are in the U.S.), as compared with 1.2 million battery electric forklifts that were purchased in 2021.

  9. List of retronyms - Wikipedia

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    When its successor, the Atari 5200, was released, the VCS was rebranded the Atari 2600, after its part number (CX-2600). Bar soap The common cake of soap used in the tub or shower was familiarly called "soap" or "bath soap"; the term "bar soap" arose with the advent of soaps in liquid and gel form.