TCM Forklifts

TCM offers a wide range of lift trucks to meet all of your material handling needs. TCM lift trucks are ergonomical and designed to comply with all EPA regulations so they leave a minimal environmental footprint.  TCM has been in the forklift business for over 50 years and those years of experience show in the end result, a solid product at a great value.

Tri-Lift can cover all of your Forklift, Aerial Lift and Warehouse Equipment sales and rental needs throughout the Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh markets in North Carolina.

As primary means of industrial goods transportation, forklift trucks play major roles in the material-handling fields of every industry worldwide.

Forklift trucks were first innovated as industrial vehicles in the U.S. as early as the 1930s. Subsequently, during the 1940s after the World War II, the conception of forklifts as a handy and efficient material-handling equipment spread worldwide, and Japan was not an exception.

In 1949, Mr. N. Niwa established TCM (originally founded as Toyo Carrier Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and later renamed Toyo Umpanki Co. before being known as TCM Corporation) for the manufacture of Japan's very first forklift truck.

In ensuing years, TCM forklifts have earned a reputation as a world leader in forklift manufacturing and simultaneously have been introduced into global markets.

Since the 1980s, TCM began to deploy forklift manufacturing sites outside Japan under its globalization program and is currently engaged in forklift manufacture at three foreign factories-in the United States, Europe and China.

TCM, as an outstanding manufacturer backed by more than fifty years of accumulated expertise and technology, makes various models of versatile industrial trucks, widely reputed and used in the world.

TCM offers a full line of lift trucks to fill all your material handling needs. This powerful line-up is your final solution. Enjoy its speed, power and durability enhanced by operator comfort and ease of operation.

A History of Accomplishments

• 1949 - TCM manufactures the first lift truck in Japan
• 1950 - TCM begins to export lift trucks.
• 1960 - TCM enters licensing agreement and joint marketing agreement with Clarke Equipment (Clark lift). The arrangement ends in 1965.
• 1961 - TCM is listed on the big board of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
• 1975 - TCM begins distribution agreement with Mitsui and Company.
• 1979 - TCM begins and markets the first HI VIEW MAST.
• 1988 - TCM manufacturing USA is established in Columbia, South Carolina.
• 1997 - TCM Shiga and Ryugasaki plants receive ISO 9001 certification
• 1997 - is the world's eighth (8th) largest lift truck manufacturer. TCM is larger than Caterpillar, Mitsubishi, Nissan, and Daewoo