toyota material handling u.s.a. inc. type public industry material handling founded 1967 1967 headquarters columbus indiana u.s. area served north america key people jeff rufener president products forklifts lift trucks tow tractors aerial work platforms automated guided vehicles number of employees 168 website toyotaforklift.com toyota material handling u.s.a. inc. tmhu headquartered in columbus indiana is the u.s. distributor of toyota lift trucks and tow tractors . tmhu also is the sole united states distributor for aichi aerial work platforms which include scissor lifts crawler and wheeled boom lifts . tmhu is a subsidiary of toyota industries corporation . toyota has been the number one lift truck supplier in north america since 2002 . one in five forklifts sold in the u.s.a. is a toyota . 1 history edit in 1967 toyota established its first forklift dealership and sold its first forklift in the u.s. over the years toyota has continued to evolve its lift truck product line . in 1990 toyota started producing lift trucks in columbus indiana at toyota industrial equipment manufacturing tiem . 2 toyota 5 series toyota 6 series toyota 7 series toyota 8 series year 1956 toyota s first lift truck model the model la 1 ton lift truck is introduced in japan . 1967 toyota sells its first lift truck in the united states . 1990 toyota begins lift truck production at toyota industrial equipment manufacturing tiem in columbus indiana . 2000 toyota is the first u.s. lift truck manufacturer to offer ac powered technology . 2002 toyota becomes the 1 selling lift truck company in america . 1 2008 toyota material handling u.s.a. inc. becomes the sole u.s.distributor of aichi scissor lifts wheeled and crawler boom lifts . 3 2010 toyota industrial equipment manufacturing wins top plant in the u.s. 4 the majority of toyota lift trucks sold in the u.s. are manufactured at toyota industrial equipment manufacturing tiem in columbus indiana . 5 toyota dealer network edit there are a total of 70 dealers and 220 toyota lift truck dealership locations in the u.s.a. and canada . the toyota dealer network offer new and used lift trucks toyota genuine parts starlift all make parts rentals service and training . 6 references edit a b crist information & research www.toyotaforklift.com about us company profile corporate brochure.pdf pdf . www.toyota construction.com news 080108 . aspx . plant engineering magazine . www.toyotaforklift.com about us company profile corporate brochure.pdf pdf . www.toyotaforklift.com partsservice dealerlocator.aspx . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title toyota material handling u.s.a. inc. & oldid 740082416 categories forklift truck manufacturerscompanies based in indiana1967 establishments in indianaamerican companies established in 1967 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 september 2016 at 23 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view