Toyota Material Handling Europe acquires 100% ownership of Swiss Subsidiary

Toyota Material Handling Europe is acquiring the full ownership of its Switzerland based subsidiary from Emil Frey Group as from today.

Our commitment to supporting the logistics of vital supplies

In the current Covid-19 pandemic Toyota Material Handling will adapt to the evolving health crisis. As such, Toyota Material Handling Europe and all its entities are following the Corona virus development with utmost care. Our priorities are clear: the health and safety of our employees, as well as our customers and suppliers, coming first. Second is to do everything we can to uphold our service to our customers and partners. Thus, our policy is not only to protect our own and our customers’ personnel, but also to maintain our role as part of the supply chain for essential supplies (especially in food retail and health care) whilst adhering to local regulations.

Toyota Material Handling Europe achieves EcoVadis Platinum – ranking in top 1%

Every year, Toyota Material Handling Europe undergoes an assessment by EcoVadis, which focuses on the topics Environment, Labour & Human Rights, Sustainable Procurement and Ethics. The past few years, Toyota has received Gold, but this year the Platinum award has been granted. This is the highest possible score, ranking Toyota Material Handling alongside the top 1% of companies in the ‘general-purpose machinery’ sector.

Part time lay-off of white-collar workers in Sweden

As of April 1st, white collars at Toyota Material Handling Europe's all Swedish subsidiaries will go under part time technical unemployment. This involves about 1,400 people in total, of which the majority works in Mjölby.

The new BT Levio LWI160 with unique modular Lithium-ion design from Toyota

The new BT Levio LWI160 powered pallet truck from Toyota Material Handling is the first ever pedestrian-operated truck that has been designed around a modular lithium-ion battery concept, making the truck very compact, light and energy-efficient, setting new standards in the industry.