NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG) has appointed Northland Industrial Truck Company, Inc. (NITCO) as the Hyster® dealer for Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and parts of Vermont and Massachusetts. In addition, NITCO will remain the Yale® dealer in Maine, New Hampshire and part of Massachusetts.

On January 1, 2010, NITCO completed the purchase of the substantial part of the assets of the previous Hyster® dealer for these market territories, Hyster New England, Inc.

NITCO has been the Yale® dealer in a large part of New England since 1961, having been recognized with the Yale® Dealer of Excellence eight times during the program’s 15-year existence and in seven consecutive years since 2002.

“We are delighted to be able to become a Hyster® dealer and to have had the opportunity of bringing so many of the wonderful employees from Hyster New England into our organization,” said Stephen O’Leary, dealer principal of NITCO. “We look forward to serving Hyster® customers with our absolute commitment to excellence.”

“We are confident that Hyster® customers will come to appreciate the commitment to best in class customer service provided by NITCO,” said Bob Sattler, Vice President of Dealer Business Development for NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. “Their professionalism and passion, combined with their ability to provide material handling solutions of the highest quality will certainly enhance the customer experience. We would like to thank Hyster New England, its ownership and its employees for their 30 years of dedication to the Hyster® brand.”

About NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc.
NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (NMHG) designs, engineers and manufactures materials handling equipment for virtually every market niche, including warehouse trucks, counterbalanced trucks and large capacity cargo and container handling trucks with the widest capacity range in the industry – from 2,000 to 115,000 lbs. Designed and marketed under the brands Hyster® and Yale®, NMHG is one of the world's largest lift truck manufacturers. NMHG is a wholly owned subsidiary of NACCO Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NC). www.nmhg.com