Yale Materials Handling Corporation has unveiled the Veracitor VX line of internal combustion engine lift trucks, and a new manufacturing process that adapts a number of the manufacturing techniques used in the automotive industry.

Yale's Berea, Ky. facility was redesigned with new equipment and technology to produce customized lift trucks on an AGV assembly line—reducing the needs for post-production modification.

"Three engines (GM 2.4 L, Mazda 2.2L and 2.0L), four Yale transmissions and three variations of hydraulic controls are available. A pneumatic version of the truck is also coming out by the middle of this year," according to Don Chance, president of Yale.

The first lift truck produced with the new manufacturing process is the Veracitor GC-VX, which is available in three models: Productivity Truck, Value Truck and Base Truck. Capacities range from 4,000 to 7,000 pounds.