Type Manufacturing Founder Eugene Clark Number of employees 150 | Net income 20.00 M (2008) Founded 1917 Parent organization Young-An Hat Company | |
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Key people Dennis Lawrence -President and CEOBo Maslanyk -National Sales Director Products Material handling trucks and supplies Website Clark Material Handling Company Profiles | ||
Clark Material Handling Company (or CMHC) is a manufacturer of forklift trucks based in Lexington, Kentucky. The company has a production plant in Changwon, South Korea. Clark currently (2012) offers some 24 different models. According to the company, there are some 600,000 Clark forklift trucks currently in operation around the world. Clark is credited with having invented the world's first truck with a hydraulic lifting mechanism in 1920, the Truclift, the forerunner to modern forklift trucks.
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The company started as a manufacturer of transmissions and axles for the automobile industry. Since 2003, Clark has been owned by the Young An Hat Company of Korea.
Clark material handling company
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The Clark company has factories in Changwon (South Korea), Quingdao (China) and another one in Lexington, Kentucky.