{"id":11654,"date":"2017-07-12T03:31:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T03:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=11654"},"modified":"2017-07-12T03:31:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T03:31:57","slug":"mitsubishi-caterpillar-forklift-america-celebrates-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/mitsubishi-caterpillar-forklift-america-celebrates-25-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America celebrates 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcfa.com\/en\/mcfa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc.<\/a>\u00a0(MCFA), a leading manufacturer of forklifts under the Cat lift trucks, Mitsubishi forklift trucks and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jungheinrich.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jungheinrich<\/a>\u00a0brands, is celebrating 25 years of material handling production and distribution.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11656 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/jungheinrich_logo.png\" alt=\"jungheinrich_logo\" width=\"226\" height=\"66\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The company has continued to grow each year, expanding its 40-acre, Houston-based manufacturing facility and lift truck product offerings to support customers throughout North, Central and South America.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMCFA has undergone a remarkable transformation over the last 25 years,\u201d said Ken Barina, president of MCFA. \u201cFrom a small operation of 335 employees to the nearly 1,200 we have today, MCFA has continued to make significant strides in not only the Class IV and V internal combustion forklift market, but also in the electric segment with our innovative Class I, II and III warehouse products.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Founded July 1, 1992, MCFA has undergone an expansion of its Houston-based manufacturing facilities over the last several years to accommodate product growth as well as the industry\u2019s growing demand for electric forklift products. The portfolio of products manufactured at MCFA are distributed and supported by a network of local dealerships.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last quarter of a century, MCFA has made several advances, including:<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf The addition of Jungheinrich-branded warehouse products to MCFA\u2019s existing Cat lift trucks and Mitsubishi forklift trucks product lines \u2013 providing customers with access to all five classes of lift trucks through MCFA\u2019s dealer network.<br \/>\n\u25cf Opening a new electric assembly facility on MCFA\u2019s manufacturing campus, a move that brought a 40% increase in production capability and created new manufacturing jobs in Houston.<br \/>\n\u25cf Localizing the production of several key forklift products, such as the Cat lift trucks and Mitsubishi forklift trucks 6-16 ton internal combustion models to Houston to reduce lead time.<br \/>\n\u25cf The launch of Warehouse Navigation technology in North America, offering customers a semi-automated approach to operating lift trucks within narrow aisles.<br \/>\n\u25cf A joint venture with Jungheinrich AG to form Industrial Components of Texas, LLC (ICOTEX), a new company that will manufacture industrial components. Construction of a dedicated 71,000-square-foot facility is underway in Conroe, Texas, and is scheduled to open in August 2017.<\/p>\n<p>MCFA will celebrate the production of its 450,000th forklift later this year, marking another milestone for the company. Later this month, the company will also begin a second expansion of its electric assembly building, doubling the amount of production space for electric forklift models on MCFA\u2019s Houston campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc.\u00a0(MCFA), a leading manufacturer of forklifts under the Cat lift trucks, Mitsubishi forklift trucks and\u00a0Jungheinrich\u00a0brands, is celebrating 25 years of material handling production and distribution. The company has continued to grow each year, expanding its 40-acre, Houston-based manufacturing facility and lift truck product offerings to support customers throughout North, Central and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[793,1085],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America celebrates 25 years - MachineMarket Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cranemarket.com\/blog\/mitsubishi-caterpillar-forklift-america-celebrates-25-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America celebrates 25 years - MachineMarket Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America Inc.\u00a0(MCFA), a leading manufacturer of forklifts under the Cat lift trucks, Mitsubishi forklift trucks and\u00a0Jungheinrich\u00a0brands, is celebrating 25 years of material handling production and distribution. 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