Clark (lifting truck)

Clark is a mark of lifting trucks, created by Eugene Clark.

The term is sometimes used as name to indicate a lifting truck.

History of Clark

1903 - Eugene B. Clark founds with a associate the company George B. Rich Manufacturing Company with Chicago. One manufactures there initially tools and moulds, later of the parts of assembly of car such as for example of the steel wheels and the Essieu X.
1917 - Clark launches the Tructractor , a vehicle with three wheels, propelled with the gasoline, intended for the carriage of goods inside the company: the ancestor of the industrial truck was born. At the request of its customers, Clark launches the industrial production of these carriages.
1928 - Clark launches the Tructier , whose architecture precedes already the current lifting truck.
1942 - Clark launches the Carloader , first electric lifting truck able to work a full station.
1952 - the first lifting trucks Clark are built under license in the new factory of Mülheim in the the Ruhr.
1976 - Clark manufactures sound: 500000 E lifting truck
1984 - orders with Microprocesseur employing technology MOSFET notably improve qualities of operation of the electric lifting trucks.
1997 - Clark manufactures its millionth carriage.
1998 - Clark Material Handling reorganizes its production units and invests in Korea. Thanks to a partnership of manufacture in 1985 with Samsung, Clark repurchases the manufacture of this international group.
2001 - Clark launches its thermal new range GEN2 of carriages.
2005 - Clark adopts technology 100% AC on all the range of the electric ones.
Today with a capacity of: 28000 carriages per annum Clark positions with more than 10% of the worldwide market.

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