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UniCarriers Americas acquires Nissan Industrial Engine Mfg.

UniCarriers Americas Corp. (UCA), Marengo, Ill., a manufacturer of material handling equipment, has acquired all outstanding shares of Nissan Industrial Engine Mfg. Inc. (NIEM). NIEM originally was jointly owned by Nissan Kohki Co. and Nissan Forklift Corp. North America, now UCA.

NIEM has been renamed Global Components Technologies Americas Inc. (GCTA) and now is a wholly owned subsidiary of UCA.

GCTA supplies engines for several forklift models produced by UCA, as well as companies throughout the Americas. This transaction is one of several phases of UCA’s overall strategy to transfer the Nissan industrial engine business into the UniCarriers family.