Hyster Company Makes Donation to Aid Wildfire Relief

Leading lift truck designer and manufacturer contributes new lift truck to California nonprofit group

(Greenville, N.C., USA: Dec. 20, 2007) Hyster Company (www.hysteramericas.com) recently donated a new lift truck to aid wildfire relief in California. The truck will be used in a warehouse located in Miramar, Calif. The State of California and Adventist Community Services (ACS), a nonprofit volunteer organization, requested donations of material handling equipment for use in the state’s recovery warehouses. The Hyster truck will help fuel Southern California’s recovery from the devastating wildfires that caused over $1 billion in damage, and forced the evacuation of 1 million people in October.

The Hyster lift truck was shipped to a multi-agency warehouse, where it will be used to handle other donations from across the country. Because the majority of the donations are palletized, the lift truck saves both time and effort of volunteers working in the California warehouse. The truck can also move materials that are too large for pallet jacks or other smaller material handling equipment. If you would like to make a donation or learn more about ACS, please contact ctsargent@hotmail.com or visit www.communityservices.org.

Johnson Lift/Hyster, the authorized Hyster dealer for Southern California, has several locations in the areas affected by the wildfires, including Anaheim, City of Industry, El Centro, Oxnard, Riverside and San Diego. For more information on forklift buying, renting or leasing in these areas, please visit www.johnson-lift.com.

About Hyster Company
Based in Greenville, North Carolina, Hyster Company (www.hysteramericas.com) is a leading lift truck designer and manufacturer in North America. Hyster Company offers more than 130 models configured for gasoline, LPG, diesel, and electric power, with the widest capacity range in the industry — from 2,500 lbs to 105,000 lbs. Supported by the industry’s largest and most experienced dealer network, Hyster Company builds durable lift trucks that deliver high productivity, low total cost of ownership, easy serviceability, and advanced ergonomic features; accompanied by outstanding parts, service and training support.

Charlene Sargent, pacific regional disaster response coordinator for Adventist Community Services Disaster Response, says that the Hyster lift truck is a tremendous asset to the facility. “Besides our volunteers and computers, our fork lift is the most valuable thing that we have,” Sargent said. “And because the Hyster truck was donated and not rented, we can use it for future events wherever and whenever it is needed.” 

Hyster Company employs approximately 7,000 people worldwide as part of NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (www.nmhg.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of NACCO Industries, Inc. (NYSE:NC).