construction equipment manufacturer see clark michigan . clark material handling company type manufacturing headquarters lexington kentucky united states key people dennis lawrence president and ceo bo maslanyk national sales director products material handling trucks and supplies net income 20.00 m 2008 number of employees 150 parent young an hat company website clark material handling company german clark forklift cy100pd clark material handling company or cmhc is a manufacturer of forklift trucks based in lexington kentucky . the company has a production plant in changwon south korea . clark currently 2012 offers some 24 different models . 1 according to the company there are some 600 000 clark forklift trucks currently in operation around the world . 2 clark is credited with having invented the world s first truck with a hydraulic lifting mechanism in 1920 the truclift the forerunner to modern forklift trucks . the company started as a manufacturer of transmissions and axles for the automobile industry . since 2003 clark has been owned by the young an hat company of korea . contents 1 company facts 2 factories 3 see also 4 references 5 external links company facts edit clark material handling company began as a division of clark equipment company in 1919 . 3 in 1953 the factory in m lheim an der ruhr was opened . in 1997 clark built its 1 000 000 millionth forklift . factories edit the clark company has factories in changwon south korea quingdao china and another one in lexington kentucky . see also edit forklift truck cortez motor home references edit clark full line trucks clark company key facts clark history external links edit media related to clark vehicles at wikimedia commons the company website company profile yahoo finance the clark forklift website young an family web site this article about an industrial corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title clark material handling company & oldid 706877948 categories companies based in lexington kentuckyforklift truck manufacturersindustrial company stubshidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidataall stub articles 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 25 february 2016 at 20 21 . 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