Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas

Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc.
Company type	Private
Industry	Manufacturing & Distribution
Founded	1992
Headquarters	Houston, Texas, United States
Products	Machinery
Website	http://www.mcfa.com/

Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc. ("MCFA"), headquartered in Houston, Texas is a manufacturer and distributor of material handling equipment and parts under the Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks, Cat Lift Trucks, and Jungheinrich brand names. MCFA also owns the rights to Towmotor brand name, and manufactures under it. MCFA is ISO 9001-2000 certified and has obtained compliance certification from the California Air Resources Board (CARB). MCFA provides a full line of forklifts with complete sales and product support through more than 400 dealer locations throughout the United States, Canada and Latin America.

The company's 860,000 sq ft (80,000 m²). facility in Houston is located on 42 acres (170,000 m²) of land and employs 1,200 workers, capable of producing over 25,000 forklifts per annum.

MCFA is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and one of the worldwide MCF group of companies:

MCFE (Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift Europe) based in Almere, Netherlands
MLAP (Mitsubishi Logisnext Asia Pacific) based in Singapore

Each group, with the exception of MLAP, is responsible for design engineering, manufacturing and marketing the product lines and handling parts distribution in their respective regions.

History

MCFA was formed through a joint venture in 1992 between two major companies, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Caterpillar Industrial Inc. (CII). Jungheinrich Forklifts joined this partnership on January 1, 2010 through a manufacturing and distribution agreement with MCFA.

Products

Internal Combustion Cushion Tire Lift Trucks
Internal Combustion Pneumatic Tire Lift Trucks
Electric Counterbalanced Forklifts
Electric Narrow Aisle Forklift Trucks
Electric and Manual Walkie Forklifts

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