North American tour now features two separate events to highlight different lift truck types

(GREENVILLE, N.C., USA: April 3, 2008) Hyster Company introduces this year’s Invitation to Compare (ITC). Building on the success of last year’s events, this year’s ITC features two separate categories: Warehouse Products and Hyster® Fortis lift trucks. With separate events scheduled across North America through November 2008, the ITC lets dealers and customers experience live, side-by-side comparisons of reach trucks from Hyster, Crown™ and Raymond™ during the Warehouse events; and Hyster, Toyota™ and Caterpillar™ during the Fortis truck events.

Hyster Company's Warehouse ITC offers customers a first-hand look at three leading narrow-aisle electric reach trucks, used primarily in warehouse and distribution facilities. Customers can get a sense of how the trucks measure up to each other in terms of speed, energy consumption, ergonomics and overall value.

"At the ITC events, customers see first-hand how the new Hyster reach truck design features provide high efficiency with low lifetime operation costs," says George Marshall, Hyster's director of sales development for warehouse products.

"There is no timeline for the end of ITC II," Marshall adds. "It will be just as relevant six months from now as it is today, and we will continue to offer ITC events as long as there is still demand."

The first ITC Warehouse event will be held at Barloworld Handling in W. Columbia, S.C. on April 3, and the event continues through the fall with stops in cities including Orlando, Fla.; Nashville, Tenn.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Syracuse, N.Y.; and Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The first ITC Fortis Event will be held at Wajax Industries Limited in Lachine, Quebec, Canada on April 10.

"The ITC has demonstrated why our customers chose the Hyster team as their partner in material handling solutions," says Paul Laroia, president, Hyster Company. "Hyster Company's latest product offering was a direct result of listening to our customers' needs. With the best dealer network in the industry, Hyster is the safe choice for customers looking to improve their operations through better productivity and lower cost of ownership."

About Hyster Company

Based in Greenville, North Carolina, Hyster Company is a leading lift truck designer and manufacturer in North America. Hyster Company offers more than 130 models configured for gasoline, LPG, diesel, and electric power, with the widest capacity range in the industry — from 2,500 lbs to 105,000 lbs. Supported by the industry’s largest and most experienced dealer network, Hyster Company builds durable lift trucks that deliver high productivity, low total cost of ownership, easy serviceability, and advanced ergonomic features; accompanied by outstanding parts, service and training support.

Hyster Company employs approximately 7,000 people worldwide as part of NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (www.nmhg.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of NACCO Industries, Inc. (NYSE:NC).

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