In 1982 the Japanese companies already controlled 10% of the American market for forklift trucks. The growth of Hyster lasted into the 80s, up to the moment when the big Japanese car manufacturers such as Toyota and Mitsubishi, Nissan and Komatsu made their entrance into the market for forklift trucks. In 1952 Hyster opens an office Nijmegen, which served as the start for its international growth. In the 50s Hyster aimed for the production of smaller and more manoeuverable forklift trucks for use indoors. Around this time Hyster, behind Yale and Clark, was the third biggest forklift truck manufacturer in the United States and Canada. At the end of 1944 there were plans to generate international growth. In the early years, Caterpillar was one of Hyster’s most prominent customers that allowed Hyster to build special lifting cranes by contract. Later, other models would follow known under the names: Cranemobile (1940), Handy Andy (1941) en Jumbo (1941). In 1943 Hyster build its first forklift truck, a carrier equipped with forks. The name Hyster is a degeneration of the cry „Hoist her” that was used by the workers when a fallen try was to be hoisted up. Initially Hyster was active as a producer of cranes for the wood-industry. The company that is founded in 1929 in Portland, Oregon as Willamette Ersted Co, would later become famous under the name Hyster Co.
0 kommentar(er)
