Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU), headquartered in Irvine, Calif., is the number one selling lift truck supplier in the United States.1

Reflecting on Toyota’s 40th anniversary, 2007, of establishing its U.S. lift truck operations, Dr. Shankar Basu, president and CEO of TMHU, attributes Toyota’s success to its undeterred commitment to produce the highest quality lift trucks and customer service and support. “We must be able to learn and predict the needs of our customers,” said Dr. Basu. “As a leader, our success also depends on our ability to address our customers’ operational, safety and environmental cost issues.”