You’re looking to buy or rent a forklift, whether it’s petrol, LPG, diesel, or electric forklift.
But, the world of forklifts is new to you, and you have no idea which forklift brand is best, or most suited to your needs. To help you make the right choice, we’ve created this short article, listing some of the popular forklift brands on the market, and a brief bit of information on each. If you find the article helpful, please pass it on, to help inform other forklift newbies.
Hyster is the forklift brand to suit all needs, whether you have a big business or a small business, and whether you’re looking for a 2,000-pound lifting capacity or a massive 105,000-pound lifting capacity.
The company puts a lot of focus into designing and manufacturing forklifts according to customers' specific demands. So, if you’re looking for a forklift with a difference, you can’t go wrong with a big yellow one from Hyster.
Hyster fact: Hyster has been designing lifting equipment, including forklifts, for over 90 years.
According to their website, "Combilift is the largest manufacturer of multi-directional forklifts, and an acknowledged leader in long load handling solutions". The website also states that Combilift exports forklifts to over 85 countries, and has more than 60,000 trucks in use worldwide.
Like Hyster, Combilift is another leading and highly innovative forklift brand, that caters for a wide range of different customers, and customer needs. This dedication to the industry has meant they’ve become the world's fastest-growing forklift manufacturer.
Combilift fact: One of Combilift’s founders, Martin McVicar was a work experience student at Moffett Engineering, the company that would go on to become Combilift.
Aisle Master prides itself on designing and manufacturing highly cost-effective lifting solutions, and according to its website, currently has "57,000 units working around the world, in locations as varied as Alaska and Australia".
What helps Aisle-Master to stand out from some other forklift providers, is their dedication to helping improve warehouse and similar industrial storage facilities’ efficiency and capacity, with the help of their outstanding, articulated, narrow aisle reach forklifts.
Aisle-Master fact:The entire Aisle-Masters electric forklift range now has AC technology as standard.
Bendi was started by warehouse equipment designer, Freddy Brown, after he became frustrated with the limitations of VNA (very narrow aisle) lifting equipment, and decided to design a "more flexible option that could be mass-produced, instead of tailored for each warehouse".
Freddy Brown's dedication led to the design of the articulated forklift, which has become an affordable option for all types of businesses looking for a narrow aisle lifting solution, without compromising on quality engineering, lifting capability, or innovation in design.
Bendi fact: Bendi’s founder, Freddy Brown designed the world's first man-up VNA combined order picker/pallet placer.
Apart from those already mentioned, there are plenty of other great forklift brands around, such as:
As a highly successful intralogistics company, Jungheinrich has a range of over 600 varieties of forklifts, including AGVs (automatic guided vehicles), which are designed to communicate with warehouse management systems (WMS), to help vastly improve warehouse efficiency
Clark Forklift has been around for over 90 years and was originally the same company that designed the world's first internal combustion-powered truck. Nowadays, Clark Forklift is a multi-million dollar company, producing some of the trade's most robust and technologically advanced forklifts.
As part of the Toyota Industries Group, Tailift has been producing world-class forklifts since 1973, including a range of some of the most efficient electric forklifts on the market.
For new and used forklifts, forklift servicing, forklift repairs or refurbishment, contact us at Beds & Bucks Forktrucks Ltd. to speak directly to one of our team of forklift experts.
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