In 1926, Toyota Industries Corporation or TICO was established by Sakichi Toyoda. Since the company's inception, TICO has expanded the scope of its business domains and promoted diversification to include: material handling machines, logistics solutions, electronics, textile equipment and machinery, vehicles, engines, car air-conditioning compressors and automobiles.
About Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A. Inc.
The TMHU has ever since the year 2002, been the supplier for North America's top selling forklift. In addition to the huge variety of high-quality lift trucks marketed under the Toyota brand name, the business has extended their industrial equipment solutions to include tow tractors and Automated Guided Vehicles. TMHU is celebrating its 45th year in industry within North America.
Excellence is the hallmark of the Toyota Production System. It is practiced at each and every Toyota manufacturing facilities like TIEM. In 2011, TIEM was named a North American Best Plant by Industry Weekly magazine. TIEM follows the ISO 14001 standard set by the International Organization for Standardization and is also a member of the National Safety Council. Since it started in the year 1990, TIEM has manufactured more than 400,000 Toyota lift trucks.
Toyota is globally known for being dedicated to excellence in customer service. This commitment has been extended throughout South Carolina and the United States. There are more than 70 authorized Toyota Industrial Equipment dealers and throughout North America there are over 220 dealership locations. Toyota dealers are extremely skilled and capable of providing comprehensive support and customer service. They provide one-stop shopping for both new and used forklifts, rentals, fleet servicing, service and parts and financing.
The company of Toyota has been devoted to offering excellent quality care. They can ship on short notice any replacement part to help minimize any possible downtime. Toyota dealers are pleased to deal with any questions or concerns set forth by their customers and are also a great resource if you are thinking of becoming a potential client and should determine the best kind of machinery for your particular application. The dealerships offer various used, brand new and refurbished machinery in order to offer you the best choices. Renting machines is an ideal way to try before buying. This way you could test the equipment in the environment you will be using it in to determine if it would be suitable and sufficient.
Toyota provides a host of information on their company website. Stop into your local dealership to have any questions answered, see the latest machinery and experience first hand their product line.