Modern Materials Handling - Design Plans & Ideas

Industrial Trucks

NORTH AMERICA - PROFILE

THE NISSAN INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT DIVISION of Nissan Motor Company Limited began manufacturing forklifts in Japan in 1957, and has been selling forklifts in the United States since 1965. In 1988, Nissan Industrial Equipment purchased Barrett Industrial Trucks, a manufacturer of industrial equipment in the Chicago, Illinois area since 1914. This purchase made Nissan the first Japanese company in North America to manufacture and distribute all five classes of industrial trucks. The first Nissan forklifts were assembled in Marengo, Illinois in May of 1988. From that small beginning thirteen years ago, Nissan has seen sales and production grow to over 15 times that first year’s production number. In 1993, the consolidation of operations was completed in Marengo and a new corporation was formed, Nissan Forklift Corporation, North America, manufacturing the Nissan Forklift and Barrett Industrial Truck brands for distribution to the North American market, and export to other global markets.

Nissan Forklift Corporation employs 530 full time employees in their 400,000 sq. ft. facility. The Nissan facility in Marengo is the largest of three Nissan forklift production facilities in the world. Nissan’s forklift operations have consistently posted operating profit for the company. Its Industrial Machinery Division employs 1,730 people in Japan, Europe, and the United States, and approximately 30,000 units were sold last year in more than 60 countries worldwide. Nissan Forklift Corporation, North America is a full line supplier of engine powered forklifts, electric sit-down and stand-up riders, narrow aisle reach trucks, electric pallet trucks, electric tow tractors, electric walkie stackers, and manual pallet trucks in the Nissan and Barrett Industrial Truck brands. Both products are sold and serviced through a North American dealer network with more than 140 locations.