Toyota Material Handling, USA, Inc.

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.toyotaforklift.com
Employees: 150

The people at Toyota Material Handling, USA (TMHU) don't mind when you say "stick a fork in it." The company, a part of Japan-based Toyota, is the US distributor for forklifts bearing the Toyota name. In addition to its electric, gasoline, and liquefied propane gas (LPG) forklifts, TMHU also distributes electric and manual pallet trucks, electric order pickers, maintenance and repair parts, and related accessories (backup alarms, lights, and mirrors). The majority of TMHU's products are assembled at its Indiana-based Toyota Industrial Equipment facility.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending March, 2007:
Sales: $30.4M

Officers:
Chairman: Tatsuo Matsuura
President and CEO: Shankar Basu
VP, Finance, Information Technology and Distribution : Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing

Competitors:
CLARK Material
Columbus McKinnon
Nissan North America