USA · founded 1929
Hyster: from logging trucks to port container handlers
Hyster has built lift trucks since the 1920s and today ranges from warehouse forklifts to 52-tonne container handlers and reach stackers.
- Headquarters
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Founded
- 1929
- Parent
- Hyster-Yale Inc.
- Speciality
- Heavy-duty and port equipment
- Official site
- www.hyster.com
Model guides
Hyster machines we cover
Forklifts
Hyster models compared
3 models · click a column to sort
| Hyster H360HD | Forklift | — | — |
| Hyster H50FT | Forklift | — | — |
| Hyster J2.0XNT | Forklift | — | — |
Hyster began in Portland, Oregon, in 1929, building winches and lifting equipment for the logging industry; the name comes from "high-steer". It introduced lift trucks in the 1930s and became one of the leading American forklift brands. Since 1989 Hyster has shared a parent company with Yale.
Lineup
General-purpose IC forklifts like the H50FT, electric counterbalance trucks such as the J2.0XNT, warehouse trucks, and big trucks for ports and heavy industry like the H360HD.
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