Exciting times ahead,

Brett Wood, the president and CEO of Toyota Material Handling North America, said the company is already “an industry leader,” building 170 forklifts per day at the Columbus facility. 

“Electric forklifts make up 65% of the North American market and this trend towards electrification in the material handling industry will continue to grow … it’s pretty exciting for us,” he said, adding that many of the company’s electric vehicles are also automated.

“We have customers asking us to automate forklifts because they can’t find forklift drivers,” he continued. “So, pretty exciting news for our industry with the electrification and automation in the future.”