Hyster-Yale Materials Handling to move production of Bolzoni attachments to Alabama

Cleveland-based lift truck manufacturer Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Inc. has announced it will move Bolzoni's North America attachment manufacturing into the company's significantly larger Sulligent, Ala., manufacturing facility. As a result, effective Jan. 1, 2019, the Sulligent facility will become a Bolzoni facility, and Bolzoni will assume control of the current manufacturing of products. The Sulligent employees will become Bolzoni employees on this date, reporting to Bolzoni leadership.

The manufacturing of attachments will be progressively introduced in Sulligent starting in Q1 2019, and Bolzoni will phase out production at its Homewood, Ill., facility during 2019. The Homewood manufacturing facility employs approximately 70 people. It is the intention to maintain a Bolzoni distribution center at Homewood or in the Homewood area, housing OEM and aftermarket attachments and forks, in addition to housing an on-site customer support team.