Company History (HYSTER-Yale Materials Handling Inc.)

HYSTER-Yale Materials Handling Group, Inc. established in 1929 by Ernest G. Swigert in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Group, Inc., is a leading global designer, engineer, manufacturer, seller and servicer of a comprehensive line of electric, warehousing and internal combustion engine lift trucks and aftermarket parts marketed globally primarily under the Hyster® and Yale® brand names, mainly to independent Hyster® and Yale® retail dealerships.

HYSTER-Yale Materials Handling Group, Inc. owned forklift factories in U.S.A., Northern Ireland, The Netherlands. Italy, Japan and China. Including parts depots in The Netherlands, U.S.A., Australia, Japan, and Brazil.

Product motto:

HYSTER – “STRONG PARTNERS. TOUGH TRUCKS.”