Terex Forklift

Terex Forklift Forklift Training - Terex Forklifts takes immense pleasure in producing quality equipment that helps improve their customers' efficiency while standing by their mission to offer a cost effective yet reliable product line. Through several divestures and acquisitions intended to expand the product offering, Terex has recently expanded dramatically. They have improved their geographic coverage to make it possible for them to present quality standards and value for their broad consumer base.

Terex has remained a competitive player in the materials handling and industrialized equipment sector. They are working towards building a franchise under the brand name Terex by incorporating all of their preceding brand names for many of the products used in conjunction business the brand Terex. Presently, Terex products are principally marketed under the Terex name. Some of the following historic brand names and transitional names include: ATC, Amida, American Truck Company, American, Advance, Bartell, Benford, Bendini, Bid-Well, CMI, CMI-Cifali, CMI Johnson-Ross, Cedarapids, Canica, Comedil, Demag, ELJay, Franna, Fermac, Finlay, Fuchs, Genie, Hi-Ranger, Jaques, Load King, Morrison, O&K, Peiner, PPM, Powerscreen, Pegson, Reedrill, Schaeff, Simplicity, Standard Havens, Tatra, TerexLift, Telelect and Unit Rig.

Terex has shown steady evolution, acquiring PPM Cranes, in 1995 while divesting Clark Material Handling in 1995. In 1997 Terex acquires Telelect and Simon-RO. BPI Handlers in Baraga, Michigan is also acquired this same year.

Terex quickly grew their mining and Crane business with the acquisition of O&K mining, TerexLift, Gru Comedil, American Crane and Peiner. A Light Building business soon followed in 1999 when Terex acquired Amida, Bartell and Benford. They soon became a leader within the crushing and screening market by buying Cedarapids, Powerscreen, BL Pegson, Re-Tech, and Finlay. Franna, Kooi and Princeton crane companies were also added to Terex in 1999.

By acquiring Fermac, a dedicated maker of tractor loader backhoes, in the year 2000, Terex stretched into the Compact Equipment marketplace. Their Light Construction operations continued to expand business with the acquisition of Coleman Engineering. This same year, Terex divested Moffett, Kooi and Princeton.

Terex added to its Roadbuilding division in 2001, business with the acquisitions of Bid-well, Load King, CMI, Jaques and Atlas.

A few of the purchases that took place in 2002 helped allow Terex to develop into a leader in their respective categories. Advance Mixer helped drive Terex into the concrete mixing market, while Demag helped Terex Cranes become a leader in the crane market. Buying German manufacturers Fuchs and Schaeff placed Terex in a top position in the Compact Equipment class. Genie became a primary producer of Aerial Work Platforms. This busy year was completed operations with the purchases of EPAC and Pacific Utility, which supplied company-owned distribution for Terex Utilities.

A company called Tatra was acquired in 2003. This company produced heavy duty vehicles for military and off-road commercial purposes. Acquiring Combatel and Commercial Body the same year enabled Terex to continue to expand its company-owned Terex Utilities supply.

In the year 2004, Terex purchased a manufacturer of surface drilling equipment used in mining, construction and utility industries, called Reedrill. Also in the same year, Noble CE (formerly referred to as Terex Mexico) was acquired by Terex. They produce high capacity surface mining vehicles and also fabricate several components for other Terex companies.

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