forklift
Crown recently acquired one of the earliest electric counterbalance forklifts the company produced, originally manufactured in 1968.
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Founded in 1933, Herbert Voigt GmbH & Co. KG is one of Northern Germany’s leading transport and logistics services providers. Via a network of precisely scheduled routes, some 50 vehicles leave the company’s premises each day, transporting general freight of all kinds throughout Europe according to strict delivery timetables. Voigt also manages storage facilities for various industrial, chemical and trade customers.
Crown has included the D4 Armrest as standard for its C-5 Series, FC Series and SC Series sit-down counterbalance forklifts. It is ergonomically designed to help improve operator experience and comfort, ultimately helping boost productivity throughout the entire operation. The armrest recently captured a GOOD DESIGN® Award, further strengthening Crown’s international recognition for excellence in industrial design.
Brothers, Carl H. Dicke and Allen A. Dicke, founded Crown Equipment Corporation in New Bremen, Ohio, USA, in 1945 with an unwavering commitment to customer service. Seventy-five years later, Crown is a widely-recognised, global material handling equipment manufacturer and technology provider with more than 16,100 employees worldwide, serving many of the world’s most recognisable brands and category leaders.
Crown has now gained more than 100 international industrial design awards for its forklifts since 1962. The latest recognitions are the GOOD DESIGNTM Awards for the SC 6000 Series forklift and the PTH Work Assist® System, as well as the iF International Forum Design Award for the WAV 60 Work Assist Vehicle.