Lift Truck Associations and Organizations
There are many national as well as continental associations related to the industrial truck industry. Some of the major organizations are listed as:
- Industrial Truck Association (ITA) (North America)
- Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA) (North America)
- Fédération Européenne de la Manutention - European Federation of Materials Handling (FEM)
- Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) (UK)
- British Industrial Truck Association (BITA)
- Japan Industrial Vehicles Association (JIVA)
- Korean Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association (KOCEMA)
There are many significant contacts among these organizations and they have established joint statistical and engineering programs. One program is the World Industrial Trucks Statistics (WITS) which is published every month to the association memberships. The statistics are separated by area (continent), country and class of machine. While the statistics are generic, and do not count production from most of the smaller manufacturers, the information is significant for its depth. These contacts have brought to a common definition of a Class System which all the major manufacturers adhere to.
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