1. Production innovation stage (before and mid-20th century): Clark in the United States designed a standard forklift named Duat in 1924, and then companies such as Hyster, Rudolf, Yale and Towne successively invented and produced electric forklifts, straddle-leg forklifts, and BT-type forklifts With different types of forklifts, the types of forklifts are rapidly expanding.
2. Rapid development stage (mid-late 20th century): During the Second World War, compared with manual loading and unloading, forklifts greatly improved the loading and unloading efficiency of airports, so they were widely used in wars. After the end of the Second World War, with the rapid development of the world automobile industry, the technology and sales of vehicles have developed rapidly, and three major production bases for forklifts have gradually formed in the United States, Germany and Japan.
3. Manufacturing transfer stage (late 20th century-early 21st century): manufacturing industry shifted to developing countries, global forklift manufacturing industry began to shift to developing countries such as China, Chinese forklift manufacturing industry rose rapidly, and began to seize the international market market.
