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Toyota honored with Indiana Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence

IRVINE, Calif. – (October 19, 2009) – Toyota, the number one selling lift truck supplier in the United States, is pleased to announce that the Columbus, Ind., manufacturing plant, Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg., Inc. (TIEM), was awarded the Indiana Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence. The honor was bestowed to Toyota for its leadership identifying opportunities to reduce energy consumption, improve performance and minimize costs.

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Aichi expands dealer base

IRVINE, Calif. - (Oct. 15, 2009) – Toyota Material Handling U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU) today announced the expansion of its Aichi dealer base. With 15 existing Toyota Aichi dealers distributing high-quality Aichi Aerial Work Platform (AWP) products, the addition of 11 more dealers brings the total number to 26. Aichi, a Toyota Industries Company, carries a product line of scissor lifts, crawler and wheeled-boom lifts all designed specifically to meet a wide range of indoor and outdoor needs.

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Toyota Industries Corporation To Launch World’S First Internal Combustion Hybrid Lift Truck

IRVINE, Calif., (June 4, 2009) - Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) has announced it will launch the world’s first1 internal combustion hybrid lift truck. Sales of the Toyota diesel hybrid lift trucks will begin in the Japanese market this December.

Drawing on the Toyota Group’s leadership and innovation in hybrid technology, the ground-breaking ‘GENEO-HYBRID’ 8,000 lb. counterbalanced lift truck combines a 2.5-liter diesel engine, electric motor and nickel-metal hydride battery to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by 50%.

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Toyota Industries Corporation Named by Fortune Magazine as One of the World's Most Admired Companies for the Fourth Consecutive Year

IRVINE, Calif., (May 4, 2009) - FORTUNE magazine has named Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) to its top 50 list of the "World’s Most Admired Companies" for the fourth consecutive year.

TICO, which is comprised of four key business units - automobiles, materials handling equipment, textile machinery and logistics solutions - earned the No. 1 spot in the motor vehicle parts industry ranking. Toyota Industries is ranked as the 46th most admired company in the world overall.

TOYOTA is the world’s leading supplier of lift trucks. The majority of lift trucks sold in the United States by TICO’s subsidiary, Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU) are manufactured at the Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing (TIEM) Columbus, Ind., plant.

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Toyota Contributes 57,000 Trees Through Arbor Day Foundation Partnership

Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU), announced today that through its support of the Arbor Day Foundation, 57,000 trees will be planted in national forests and local parks damaged by fire or other natural causes by the end of 2009. This is the culmination of the company's environmental commitment to donate one tree for every Toyota lift truck sold in 2008 and one tree for every Toyota 8-Series lift truck sold in 2007, along with planting events held with Toyota's dealers and associates.

"Putting an emphasis on the environment always has been an integral part of our corporate philosophy, and planting trees with the help of our customers, dealers and associates is a rewarding way to make a positive impact on our future,” said Brett Wood, president of TMHU. "Through our products, manufacturing processes and community involvement, we have strived to push forward a global environmental charter. Toyota will continue to push the boundaries of developing innovative technologies and products that are not only socially responsible, but also economically viable."

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Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing expands for the 11th time, keeping production and jobs on American soil. So what's their secret?

When it comes to process improvement, it's no secret that Toyota quite literally wrote the book. Yet after a particularly daunting year of layoffs and closures throughout American manufacturing, it's still a bit surprising to hear the word "expansion"—even from Toyota.

This past spring, TIEM (Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing, Inc.) announced its Columbus, IN plant would begin manufacturing the company's line of diesel tow tractors. This would mean the 11th expansion for the 870,000 square foot facility—with an addition of 20,000 square feet coming in to accommodate the tow tractor manufacturing operations, as well as other equipment and production.

According to company leadership, the addition made perfect sense for this particular facility. "Placing the diesel tow tractor production at the Columbus plant allowed us to take advantage of several manufacturing synergies already in place," says president and CEO of Toyota Material Handling, USA (TMHU), Shankar Basu. "The welding of the tow tractor frames and the assembly process are consistent with our lift truck manufacturing processes."

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Toyota debuts Prius-inspired Hybrid Lift Truck

Lift Truck Harnesses IC and Electric Technology of Best-Selling Hybrid Passenger Vehicle

CHICAGO (January 12, 2009) - Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU) will debut its hybrid concept lift truck to North America at ProMat 2009 in Chicago, Ill. The concept lift truck, which utilizes much of the Toyota hybrid technology used in the Toyota Prius, was developed by Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO), in cooperation with Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC). It illustrates the company's proven fuel and emission reducing technology and its application to the material-handling industry.

"Toyota's proven hybrid technology is designed to meet customers' needs for more efficient vehicles that reduce emissions and fuel consumption significantly while delivering the performance of internal combustion (IC) models,” said Brett Wood, president of TMHU. "Toyota's hybrid concept lift truck further demonstrates the company's global charter to develop innovative technologies and products that are environmentally responsible and economically viable."

The Toyota hybrid concept lift truck combines the best of electric and internal combustion technology, taking advantage of the strengths of each power source. It draws upon the engineering of the Toyota Prius, with more than one million units distributed worldwide, and combines an IC engine, electric generator and battery in a design that allows the engine to operate with optimum fuel and emissions efficiency. The lift truck shifts automatically between battery and engine mode, simultaneously recharging the battery during operation.

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'MOVING FORWARD' WITH TOYOTA:

In 2004, Southern States Toyotalift, elected to become the factory authorized Toyota dealer in central and north Florida. We are proud to offer Americas’ and the worlds’ most popular brand of lift trucks. Our decision was based on Toyota’s legendary quality, breadth of product, customer support in parts, service and training and the value they place on their dealer network and end users.

Toyota offers a full line of lift trucks for your applications including cushion, pneumatic, sit-down, narrow aisle and walk behind. The Toyota brand has a reputation for coupling innovative technology with safety and productivity features unequalled by other brands.

Electric warehouse forklift trucks, like all Toyota equipment, offer the latest in engineering and technological advancements to create value and productivity. Southern States Toyotalift will market these products through our own exclusive warehouse products group. Southern States Toyotalift unsurpassed service, teamed with Toyota brand quality products, is a recipe for success.

LETTER FROM PRESIDENT

Florida Lift Systems and Southern States Toyotalift are proud to announce their new Toyota family relationship. Both Florida Lift Systems, consecutive two-year winner of Toyota’s coveted Presidents Award, and Southern States Toyotalift, new to our ownership, are centered around the prestigious Toyota material handling product line. As the dealer principal for both companies, I want to personally assure you of our commitment to performance.

Total customer satisfaction drives everything we do. From our tradition of innovation to our dedication to quality, Florida Lift Systems and Southern States Toyotalift offers top of the line material handling equipment, rentals, service, parts, safety training, racking, warehouse products, dock equipment, batteries and design/engineering services.

Our company philosophy is to help customers achieve a competitive advantage in getting their products to market and improving profits and productivity. We will achieve this by providing you the best equipment solutions and the most knowledgeable, customer service oriented professionals.

We believe that an informed customer will always make the best material handling decisions. This web site will serve as a useful tool by providing important news and information about the material handling industry, and the products and services that we have to offer.

Jeff Fischer
President