Top 20 lift truck suppliers 2023
August 16, 2023
It was another solid growth year for most of the Top 20 manufacturers of lift trucks. The pandemic was clearly the trigger for some pent-up demand in 2021, but continued growth in 2022 speaks to the value OEMs bring to the table not just with trucks, but with technologies and automation to improve operational performance.
Toyota Industries Corporation to acquire viastore
May 19, 2022
The deal for viastore, which offers intralogistics automation solutions, is expected to close in the third quarter, with viastore coming under the wing of Toyota Advanced Logistics Group (TALG).
Third Wave Automation and Ouster partner to automate material handling
March 3, 2022
Ouster to supply over 5,000 digital lidar sensors to autonomous lift truck platform provider Third Wave through 2025.
Toyota Industries Corporation launches global autonomous vehicle software development company
April 20, 2021
Main focus of new company, T-Hive, will be to provide a control system encompassing all AVs within TICO, such as automated guided forklifts (AGFs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).
