Hyster Company is a manufacturing company specializing in forklifts and other materials-handling equipment. Hyster was founded in 1929 as the Willamette-Ersted Company in Portland, Oregon, and changed its name to Hyster Company in 1934 ^[1]. The company was purchased in 1989 by NACCO Industries, Inc. and became a part of NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG) which continues to market products under the Hyster brand name today.

The name "Hyster" allegedly derives from a term commonly used by logging workers in the Pacific Northwest at the end of the 19th century. When a load of lumber was ready to be transported, a logger would yell "Hoist 'er!". According to the Hyster Company web page ^[1], this term became synonymous with Hyster trucks.

Distribution and support for Hyster products is organized around major world regions: North America and Canada; Latin America; Europe the Middle East & Africa; Asia – Pacific.

[edit] External links

• Hyster Global Homepage
• Hyster on Flickr
• Follow Hyster on Twitter

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} ""Hyster Company Website"". http://www.hyster.com. Retrieved 2006-10-12.