Terex Forklift

Terex Forklift Forklift Training - Terex Forklifts takes great pleasure in producing quality equipment that helps upgrade their customers' performance while standing by their mission to offer a cost effective yet consistent product line. Through numerous divestures and acquisitions designed to expand the product offering, Terex has a short time ago expanded dramatically. They have enhanced their geographic coverage to make it possible for them to present quality standards and value for their broad customer base.

Terex has remained a competitive player in the materials handling and industrialized equipment sector. They are working towards forming a franchise under the brand name Terex by incorporating all of their preceding brand names for many of the goods used in conjunction operations the brand Terex. Currently, Terex goods are principally marketed under the Terex name. Several of the following historic name brands 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 progress, buying 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 operations 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 purchasing Cedarapids, Powerscreen, BL Pegson, Re-Tech, and Finlay. Franna, Kooi and Princeton crane suppliers were also added to Terex in 1999.

By the year 2000, Terex extended into the Compact Equipment market, buying Fermac who is a manufacturer specializing in tractor loader backhoes. Their Light Construction business 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, operations with the acquisitions of Bid-well, Load King, CMI, Jaques and Atlas.

Several acquisitions in 2002 placed Terex amongst the leaders in their respective categories. Terex became a primary crane business as Demag fills out the Terex Cranes product offerings. Advance Mixer places Terex in the concrete mixing business. Acquiring German makers Fuchs and Schaeff positioned Terex in a top position in the Compact Equipment class. Genie became a principal manufacturer of Aerial Work Platforms. This busy year was completed operations with the purchases of EPAC and Pacific Utility, which supplied company-owned circulation for Terex Utilities.

A company called Tatra was purchased in 2003. This company produced heavy duty vehicles for armed forces and off-road commercial purposes. Buying 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 producer of surface drilling equipment used in mining, construction and utility markets, called Reedrill. Also in the same year, Noble CE (formerly known as Terex Mexico) was purchased by Terex. They produce high capacity surface mining vehicles and also manufacture numerous parts for other Terex businesses.

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