Doosan Forklift

Doosan Forklift Training Kitchener - Doosan Infracore Company Ltd. is an intercontinental company consisting of Diesel Engines, Defense Industry products, Industrial Vehicles, Construction Technologies and Machine Instruments and Mechanization Systems.

Their United States affiliate, Doosan Infracore America Corporation, located in Suwanee, Georgia houses a 170,000 square foot manufacturing facility, home to a Compact Equipment and Construction division. Cleveland, Ohio houses the Lift Truck division, and West Caldwell, New Jersey has a Machine Tool department. The U.S. headquarters in Georgia facilitates a first rate parts operation capable of supplying an excess of 25,000 line items to support Lift Truck, Compact Equipment, Machine Tool and Construction consumer desires.

With a association consisting of over 90 autonomous sellers, the forklift group supplies quality materials handling equipment to the comprehensive North American marketplace. Doosan Infracore America Lift Truck dealers successfully operate in over 220 service and sales places all through Canada and the U.S. The forklift product line remarkably comprises of 63 distinctive machines consisting of 82 various battery and engine configurations of Electric-powered and Internal Combustion forklifts. Capacities of these numerous vehicle versions range from 3,000 to 33,000 lbs. All vehicles are manufactured in an ISO 9001 certified facility.

Doosan Infracore America is the fastest growing lift truck business in the North American market, thanks to their stability in retaining a high degree of consumer service excellence and optimum product functioning to all Doosan Infracore Forklift users. The U.S. forklift division situated in Cleveland has a skilled team knowledgeable in Sales, Purchasing, Advertising, Logistical and Technical Support.

Start-up of the forklift industry

At first the home-based forklift marketplace in Korea was an open import enterprise. Korea Machinery Co. Ltd. started in 1960, to import fully assembled lift trucks as part of a home-based equipment expansion venture. Product sales of these products were originally targeted to state-run firms, large scale corporations, and the military. This eventually led to a merger with Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd. In 1976, the Forklift Division begun business operations throughout Korea to service and sell this heavy equipment. By 1978, a forklift manufacturing plant was successfully completed. Continuous technical training grew to become the new focus for improving quality and product development.

Forklift Export Expansion

Home-based forklift business for Daewoo started in 1967 and grew to an astounding 90% market share in Korea. By the 1980's, Daewoo's superior technological advancements combined with sales success placed them in a situation of substantial growth of their lift truck operations.

Caterpillar Industrial Inc. of the U.S. in 1981, proposed a cooperative venture project to help them in the very competitive North American materials handling industry. This project proved highly successful for Daewoo and their lift truck product sales expanded greatly. In 1984, the company finished development of a new facility to help in producing high end value-added products for export. In 1993, the corporation had a international sales system and started exporting models they had established through in-house expertise, as an sovereign brand. Certifications were then acquired from CE of Europe, UL of the United States and ISO 14001 and ISO 9001, securing growth opportunities into overseas markets.

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