Our Focus On Environmental Responsibility

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NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG), a global leader in the development and manufacture of innovative and high performance industrial lift trucks, recognizes environmental sustainability and the highest standards of health and safety in our products, workplace and community as fundamental to its worldwide business operations.

Within the material handling industry, there are numerous opportunities to positively impact our environment. Our industry provides the equipment that enables the optimum flow of goods that is essential to a vibrant economy. To the extent that we can achieve this while improving air quality, reducing energy consumption, reducing waste, increasing recycling, and increasing safety, we contribute positively to environmental sustainability.

At NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. we are first improving efficiency and reducing waste in our own operations. Secondly, we are developing and producing lift trucks that improve efficiency and reduce energy consumption for our customers’ operations.  We have been a leading producer of zero emission trucks for years, and in 2009 we began rolling out a new generation of even more innovative and efficient trucks than ever before and we will continue to roll out the remainder of this electric lift truck line as well as other more environmentally friendly products in 2010. We are collaborating on next generation alternative energy technology to enable a broader group of customers to more easily make the transition from internal combustion engine trucks to zero emission electric trucks. This same technology will ultimately enable the electrification of automobiles, reducing our dependence upon oil. We have developed tools to aid our customers in choosing among alternative power options for their applications, based on cost and emissions impacts. These initiatives aren’t just good for the world -- they deliver more value to our customers, and to our bottom line. Our commitment to environmental sustainability supports our responsibility to our shareholders.

Our journey toward environmental sustainability will be a long one, but we are committed to staying on the path. We are aware that we have much to learn and many improvements to make, so we will continually challenge ourselves toward greater progress and higher goals. We consider this commitment an investment in our future and in the future of this planet we all call home.