美国Clark公司于1932年向世界市场投放最早的一批叉车以来已有50年的历史了。在这半个世纪里,叉车发展的速度是惊人的,这是因为叉车是当今世界物料搬运的一种主要设备,而物料搬运又是人们在生产活动中最重要的环节之一。由于叉车具有机动灵活,适应性强,效率高等优点而受到人们的普遍重视,叉车已应用于国民经济的每一个部门。据不完全 Clark, the United States, has been in existence for 50 years in the world market in 1932 with the first batch of forklifts. In half a century, the speed of forklift development is staggering, because the forklift is a major equipment for material handling in today’s world, and material handling is one of the most important aspects of people’s production activities. As the forklift has the advantages of maneuverability, strong adaptability and high efficiency, it has been widely valued by people. The forklift has been applied in every sector of the national economy. According to incomplete