Crown Equipment

Developments include qualification of sit-down counterbalanced forklifts to operate with fuel cells and deployment of France’s first fleet of hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts.

Forklift manufacturer will open new facilities in Spain to coordinate business activities and serve as a technical and sales support center for the rapidly expanding customer support network.

The new 120,000-square-foot facility features a state-of-the-art Demonstrated Performance Service Training Center with expanded offerings for service technicians and forklift operators, as well as additional capacity for customer service.

Crown Equipment Corporation announced that its Crown Lift Trucks branch in Dayton, Ohio, achieved zero landfill status.

Lift truck owners want it and are ready to spend money on it—but they’re not sure exactly what it means. These guidelines will help take the mystery out of implementing a comprehensive fleet management program from start to finish.

Preferred Freezer Services’s new facility maximizes throughput while minimizing labor and energy consumption.

Features and technology are enabling lift trucks to operate smarter and safer.

Problems in the back of the house could point to wider fleet maintenance issues.

Crown announced that eight of its facilities have received Lift Truck Operator Awards from the National Safety Council for outstanding safety practices.

As part of a cover feature called, “The United States of Design: 30 Companies That Get It,” Fast Company recognized Crown by stating that the company is “proving forklifts can be as well designed as iPods.”

Crown Equipment released today results of its proprietary Forklift User Survey. The survey, which was conducted in late summer, represents feedback from approximately 600 forklift users involved in the purchase of lifts trucks in the material handling industry on issues ranging from fleet size to technology use.

Crown Equipment, one of the world’s leading forklift manufacturers, recently supplied its Crown C-5 Series pneumatic tire forklift to safely transport the winning 1,370-pound pumpkin during the annual Pumpkinfest in New Bremen, Ohio, where the company is headquartered.

Casebook 2012: Furniture manufacturer rearranges lift truck fleet to boost utilization and remove dead weight.

To date, Crown has qualified more than 20 of its electric forklift models to operate with various fuel cells

Oriental Trading’s unique picking solution handles up to 400,000 items per day.