Forklift manufacturers

Which companies make forklifts

Here are the top forklift brands in the world and information about the forklift manufacturers than make them. It includes quick facts about their origins and current owners.

Click through each one to learn more about the company behind each brand.

Allis Chalmers

Allis Chalmers is a discontinued brand of forklift truck formerly built by the Allis Chalmers Company. To access the Allis-Chalmers forklift manuals: Click here.

CAT

Learn about how CAT forklifts came to be made with Mitsubishi technology. Learn more about CAT Lift Trucks.

Clark Material Handling Company

Clark was started in the U.S. and is now owned by a Korean company. Read more about Clark

Crown

This company, which once made coal furnaces and TV antennas, is now the fourth largest forklift manufacturer in the world. Learn about Crown

Doosan

To come.

Hyundai

This company, famous for its cars, also make forklifts. More info to come.

Hyster Company

Hyster was created in Oregon where it built trucks that moved logs. It is now owned by NACCO and is a sister brand to Yale. Read more about Hyster

Jungheinrich

To come.

Kalmar

To come.

Komatsu

Learn about Komatsu and its forklifts here

Linde

Linde is a French founded forklift company.

Lull

Lull is a discontinued brand of class 7 forklift – also called a telehandler – owned by JLG.

Manitou

Learn about the Manitou Group and its history and types of forklifts it makes – click here

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi is a Japanese-owned company that builds its own brand of forklift and owns or partners with several other brands. See CAT Lift Trucks.

TCM

To come.

Toyota

Besides making its own brand of forklift, Toyota Materials Handling also owns the Raymond brand and markets Raymond-made electric forklifts as Toyota lift trucks.

Yale

Yale Material Handling Corporation is owned by NACCO and is a sister brand to Hyster. Learn more about Yale