Forklifts
Hyster® Product Range
Match the specific needs of your operation by choosing from the most comprehensive range of forklift trucks, container handling and warehouse equipment on the market.
You’ll find Hyster® products suitable for handling all types of palletised or non-palletised loads from 1 to 48 tonnes.
COMPANY PROFILE
POWERFUL. RELIABLE. GLOBAL.
STRONG PARTNERS.TOUGH TRUCKS.™
Bold. This one word sums up the Hyster® brand. When a materials handling application demands dependability...when nothing but the grittiest makes the grade...the answer is Hyster - among the toughest lift trucks on earth. Hyster® products combine innovative design, industrial-strength components, state-of-the-art manufacturing and testing.
Hyster is a leading provider of forklift trucks and one of the best known names in the industry.
Hyster offers a comprehensive range of material handling equipment, from the largest container handlers and reach stackers, to nearly every type and size of industrial forklift truck, to special warehousing equipment.
Expert consultancy and responsive local service are provided through a worldwide network of fork lift truck distribution partners. Together, a complete package of products and solutions helps improve efficiency, drive down costs and stream-line materials flow.
· The Hyster History tracks major events over a period of more than 80 years in the development of a brand which has a presence today in over 130 countries.
· The Hyster name is underpinned by the global strength of Hyster-Yale Group and the backing of its parent company Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.
· Hyster designs, engineers and manufactures products and provides support around the world through consistent Global Operations.
For more than 80 years, conquering the world's most demanding applications
Hyster Timeline
1920'S Hyster Company’s story begins with its two parent companies, Electric Steel Foundry and Willamette Iron & Steel Works, pioneers in the development of special machines and metals to meet the needs of the Northwest logging industry.
1929 Willamette Iron & Steel Corporation and Electric Steel Foundry join forces to form a new company named Willamette Ersted Company.
1934 A straddle carrier with forks is one of the earliest forklift trucks manufactured by the company which, by this time, has been renamed Willamette Hyster Company.
1935 The ‘BT’ with its cable hoist system is one of the first Hyster forklift trucks. It is a pioneer in the heavy duty lift truck field and boasts a lifting capacity of 6,000 pounds.
1940 By experimental use of tractor frames, an advanced type of mobile crane is developed, later named the “Karry Krane”.
1941 As the need for a variety of lift truck sizes becomes more apparent, Willamette-Hyster designs a new 4,000 pound lift truck, known as the “Handy Andy”.
1942 A 15,000 pound lift truck, the “Jumbo” is Willamette-Hyster Company’s first truck to use pneumatic tires and a telescoping mast.
1944 The organisation is renamed “Hyster Company” and an export department is created to provide better service for lift trucks being sold in other parts of the world.
1946 Hyster Company’s first plant devoted exclusively to the mass production of lift trucks opens in Danville, Illinois (USA).
1952 Hyster opens its first plant outside the USA, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The Hyster 40” and the Karry Krane are the first machines to be assembled there.
1959 Hyster moves into a new market with American-built container handlers, later called “Big Trucks”.
1964 Hyster introduces the famous Monotrol® pedal, a unique direction and travel control in one simple pedal.
1966 Hyster opens a new design and development center in Portland, Oregon (USA). Today, this is still the world’s best-equipped and largest lift truck testing facility.
1970 Mass markets are developing and Hyster meets this challenge by developing the XL design philosophy, providing quality at an affordable price.
1981 Hyster opens a new manufacturing plant in Craigavon, Northern Ireland, dedicated initially to manufacturing internal combustion engine (ICE) trucks.
1989 Hyster Company is purchased by NACCO Industries, Inc. a Fortune 1000 company based in Cleveland, Ohio (USA).
1993 The XL philosophy is progressively replaced by the XM generation of product, combining outstanding performance and excellent driver comfort.
1994 NACCO Materials Handling Group (“NMHG”) is established.
1996 With the acquisition of manufacturing plants in Modena and Masate (Italy) a complete warehouse equipment range is developed for Europe, the Middle East & Africa.
1998 A substantial program of investment begins to establish the Nijmegen plant as the Global Centre for Big Truck design, development and manufacturing.
2000 Warehouse product launches and improvements begin focusing on harmonization and standardization of key components such as controllers and tiller arms.
2002 Following a substantial program of investment, Nijmegen becomes the global center for Big Truck design, development and manufacturing.
2004 NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. facilities are awarded ISO 9001:2008 quality accreditation.
2005 Hyster begins to roll out a complete new generation of internal combustion engine (ICE) trucks (FORTIS® and FORTENS®), with a modular design platform and innovative features, providing unprecedented reliability and value to users.
2006 As warehousing and distribution hubs grow world-wide, Hyster introduces the sophisticated VNA truck, featuring its unique quad mast design.
2007 Investment programs focus on product-line development, quality and efficiency in the supply chain and optimisation of NMHG’s world-wide manufacturing capacity.
2008 Hyster introduces a new generation of Electric Counterbalance trucks, which continues the company’s strategy of modular design and innovation offering customers both outstanding performance and significant savings in operational costs.
2009 Hyster celebrates its 80th anniversary and transformation over 8 decades into a leading global manufacturer of materials handling equipment.
2010 By introducing fuel efficient upgrades, Hyster takes an engineering and environmental lead responding to Tier 4i/Stage IIIB emissions legislation affecting the sector.
2011 A brand new Engineering Concept Centre opens in Basingstoke, UK, illustrating the company’s appetite for innovation, design excellence and technology advances to support the development of future product offerings.
2012 The Nijmegen plant in the Netherlands celebrates its 60th Anniversary and surpasses all its previous production records for heavy capacity and container handling trucks.
2012 NMHG and its parent company, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc are spun-off from NACCO Industries, Inc.
2016 NACCO Materials Handling Group changes its name to Hyster-Yale Group.
