Toyota Material Handling North America Opens $100 Million Electric Forklift Factory in Columbus, Indiana

Toyota Material Handling North America officially opened a new $100 million electric forklift manufacturing facility at its Columbus, Indiana campus on August 5, bringing an additional 140 jobs to the site.

295,000 square feet for electric forklifts

The new 295,000-square-foot factory is dedicated to producing electric forklifts for both the Toyota and Raymond brands.

A 1.9 million-square-foot campus

The new factory brings the company’s total Columbus manufacturing footprint to 1.9 million square feet. The campus now employs more than 2,100 people.

Domestically manufactured products

Brett Wood, President and CEO of Toyota Material Handling North America said:

“This new facility strengthens our commitment to serving our customers with high-quality, domestically manufactured products while supporting the communities in which we operate.”