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Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

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2023 ANNUAL REPORT 
About The Company

Selected Financial Highlights 

Letter To Our Stockholders 

Form 10-K

OPTIMAL  
SOLUTIONS

Transforming the way the world moves 
materials from Port to Home

CUSTOMER
CARE

Created by dhanisfrom the Noun ProjectCONTENTS
2 

 Selected Financial  
Highlights

4 

 Letter to  
Stockholders

17 

  Corporate  
Responsibility

19 

  Form 10-K

98 

  Hyster-Yale  
Leadership

Inside Back Cover  
 Corporate  
Information 

ABOUT  
THE COVER
Hyster-Yale’s success revolves around our promise to 

deliver optimal solutions to meet the specific materials 
handling needs of our customers at the lowest cost of 

ownership through our portfolio of exceptional brands. 

Hyster-Yale also promises to provide exceptional customer  
care by never letting the customer down and by creating  
increasing value from initial engagement through the  
product lifecycle and on to the next ownership experience.

See the inside back cover for further information about cover photos.

Hyster-Yale’s vision is to transform  
the way the world moves materials from 
Port to Home

 
 
ABOUT  
THE COMPANY
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is a globally 

integrated company offering a full line of lift trucks and solutions, including 
attachments and hydrogen fuel cell power products, aimed at meeting the specific 

materials handling needs of its customers. 

MISSION AND CORE STRATEGIES
The Company’s mission is to provide customers with a more customizable product, at 
the right price, that better meets their needs, and to provide these optimal solutions with 
exceptional customer care. The Company is working to accomplish these objectives  
through its core strategies:

• Provide the lowest cost of ownership while enhancing productivity for customers
• Be the leader in the delivery of industry- and customer-focused solutions
• Be the leader in independent distribution
• Be the leader in the attachments business
• Be a leader in fuel cells and their applications

The Company provides value creation through a synergistic portfolio of brands.

LIFT TRUCKS: HYSTER®, YALE®, MAXIMAL®, SUMITOMO NACCO
The Company’s operating subsidiary, Hyster-Yale Group, Inc., designs, engineers, 
manufactures, sells and services a comprehensive line of lift trucks, attachments and 
aftermarket parts marketed globally primarily under the Hyster® and Yale® brand names, 
mainly to independent, exclusive Hyster® and Yale® retail dealerships. The Company owns 
a 90% majority interest in Hyster-Yale Maximal Forklift (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd., a Chinese 
manufacturer of low-intensity and standard lift trucks and specialized materials handling 
equipment. Hyster-Yale Maximal also designs and produces specialized products in the 

port equipment and rough terrain forklift 
markets. In addition, Hyster-Yale Group 
has a joint venture in Japan (Sumitomo 
NACCO). The Company manufactures lift 
trucks and component parts in the United 
States, Northern Ireland, China, Mexico, 
the Netherlands, Brazil, the Philippines, 
Italy, Japan and Vietnam. 

Lift truck unit volume drives the Company’s 
economic engine, and its worldwide 
distribution strength drives volume, 
economies of scale and installed truck 
population. Higher volumes will help to 
generate cash and the resources to grow 
the Company’s worldwide footprint and 
strengthen its solutions set, which will 
drive market share growth. Hyster-Yale 
had an estimated installed population base 
of over one million lift trucks in operation 
in more than 900 industries worldwide at 
the end of 2023. This population, in turn, 
generates high-margin aftermarket parts 
and ancillary services revenue for both 
Hyster-Yale and its dealers. 

ATTACHMENTS: BOLZONI®, 
AURAMO® , MEYER®
Bolzoni S.p.A. is a leading worldwide 
producer of attachments, forks and lift 
tables marketed under the Bolzoni®, 
Auramo® and Meyer® brand names. Bolzoni 
also produces components for lift truck 
manufacturers. Bolzoni products are 
manufactured in the United States, Italy, 
China, Germany and Finland. Through  
the design, production and distribution  
of a wide range of attachments, Bolzoni  
has a strong presence in the niche market 
of lift truck attachments and industrial 
materials handling.

HYDROGEN POWER: NUVERA®  
FUEL CELLS
The Company’s hydrogen power business, 
Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC, is an alternative-
power, technology company focused on  
the design, manufacture and sale of 
hydrogen fuel cell stacks and engines. 
Nuvera supplies fuel cell engines to Hyster-
Yale Group for integrated lift truck engines. 
It also supplies fuel cell stacks and engines 
to external customers, integrators and 
partners who use them to develop clean-
energy power solutions. 

SELECTED FINANCIAL  
HIGHLIGHTS

2

2023 

Operating Statement Data:
Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Operating profit (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net income (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Noncontrolling interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Net income (loss) attributable to stockholders . . . .
Basic earnings (loss) per share
  attributable to stockholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diluted earnings (loss) per share
  attributable to stockholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

$  4,118.3
 208.7 
$ 
 128.1
$ 
(2.2)
 125.9

$ 

$ 

$ 

7.35

 7.24

Balance Sheet Data at December 31:
Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Long-term debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Working capital(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
Working capital as a percentage of sales(3). . . . . . . . 

78.8
$  
$  2,079.1
$   241.3
$   389.9
$  783.0
19.0%

Year Ended December 31
2021(1) 
(In millions, except per share, percentage and employee data)

2022 

2020 

2019

$  3,548.3
$ 
$ 

(39.1) 
(71.6)
(2.5)
(74.1)

$  3,075.7
(152.3)
$ 
(183.2)
$ 
10.2
(173.0)

$ 

$  2,812.1
49.9
$  
38.5
$  
 (1.4)
37.1

$  

$  3,291.8
53.9
$  
36.6
$  
 (0.8)
35.8

$  

(4.38)

$ 

(10.29)

(4.38)

$ 

(10.29)

$  

$  

2.21

2.21

$  

$  

2.15

2.14

$ 

$ 

$ 

59.0
$  
$   2,026.2
267.0
$  
204.4
$  
715.7
$ 
20.2%

65.5
$  
$   1,970.1
261.7
$  
357.1
$  
697.0
$ 
22.7%

151.4
$  
$   1,859.5
206.1
$  
616.9
$  
493.4
$ 
17.5%

64.6
$  
$   1,847.2
204.7
$  
544.3
$  
611.1
$ 
18.6%

Cash Flow Data:
Provided by (used for) operating activities . . . . . . .
Used for investing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cash flow before financing activities(4) . . . . . . . . .

$  150.7
$ 
(34.5)
$   116.2

$ 
$ 
$  

40.6
(35.4)
5.2

Provided by (used for) financing activities . . . . . . . .

$ 

(100.5)

$ 

(10.9)

$ 
$ 
$ 

$ 

(253.5)
(24.5)
(278.0)

$  
$ 
$ 

166.9
(43.7)
123.2

$  
$ 
$ 

76.7
(42.0)
34.7

193.6

$ 

(40.6)

$ 

(51.6)

Per Share Data:
Cash dividends  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Market value at December 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stockholders’ equity at December 31 . . . . . . . . . . . .

$  1.2975
$   62.19
 22.69
$ 

$  1.2900
25.31
$  
 12.07
$ 

$  1.2850
41.10
$  
 21.22
$ 

$  1.2700
$  
59.55
 36.71
$ 

$  1.2625
58.96
$  
 32.66
$ 

Other: 
Actual shares outstanding at December 31 . . . . . .
Basic weighted average shares outstanding . . . . . .
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding . . . .
Total employees at December 31(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  17.186
  17.137
  17.385
8,600

16.939
16.901
16.901
8,200

16.827
16.818
16.818
8,100

16.805
16.775
16.799
7,600

16.667
16.645
16.726
7,900

(1)  During 2021, Hyster-Yale recognized $26.1 million of non-cash adjustments to inventory and property, plant and equipment at Nuvera, a non-cash goodwill impairment 
charge of $55.6 million, which includes $11.7 million for the noncontrolling interest share and resulted in a $43.9 million net impact on the net loss, and a $58.6 million  
non-cash charge for additional valuation allowances primarily on certain U.S. and U.K. deferred tax assets. 

(2) Working capital is equal to accounts receivable, net plus inventories, net less accounts payable.
(3) Working capital as a percentage of sales is equal to working capital divided by the sum of the previous four quarters’ revenues. 
(4) Cash flow before financing activities is equal to net cash provided by (used for) operating activities less net cash used for investing activities.
(5) Excludes temporary employees.

HYSTER-YALE MATERIALS HANDLING • 2023 ANNUAL REPORT 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Calculation of Return on Total
  Capital Employed 

Average stockholders’ equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Average debt  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Average cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Average capital employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Net income (loss) attributable to 
  stockholders, as reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Plus: Interest expense, net, as reported . . . . . . . .
Less: Income taxes on interest expense, 
  net of tax*** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Actual return on capital employed = 
  actual net income (loss) before interest 
  expense, net, after tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Actual return on capital employed 
  percentage(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Actual return on equity percentage(7) . . . . . . . .

Year Ended December 31
2022**
2023* 

(In millions, except percentage data)

Consolidated

Consolidated

$ 

$ 

$ 

288.9 
532.2
(69.3)
751.8 

125.9 
34.7 

(8.7)

$ 

$ 

$ 

241.9 
535.2
(66.8)
710.3 

(74.1) 
27.3 

(6.8)

$ 

151.9 

$ 

(53.6) 

20.2%

43.6%

(7.5)%

(30.6)%

(6)  Return on capital employed is provided solely as a supplemental disclosure with respect to income 

generation because management believes it provides useful information with respect to earnings in a 
form that is comparable to the Company’s cost of capital employed, which includes both equity and debt 
securities, net of cash.

(7) Return on equity is defined as net income divided by average stockholders’ equity.

* ** 2023 Average stockholders’ equity, debt and cash are calculated using 12/31/22 and each of 2023’s 

quarter ends.

 *** 2022 Average stockholders’ equity, debt and cash are calculated using 12/31/21 and each of 2022’s 

quarter ends.

*** Tax rate of 25% in both 2023 and 2022 represents the Company’s target U.S. marginal tax rate compared 

with the effective income tax rates of 29.2% and (14.7)% in 2023 and 2022, respectively.

>$4 BILLION 

REVENUES 

>1 MILLON 
LIFT TRUCK  
UNITS WORLDWIDE 

>102,000 
LIFT TRUCK  
SHIPMENTS

>900 

INDUSTRIES SERVED  
WORLDWIDE

8,600
EMPLOYEES

Technicians from LiftOne, an  
exclusive, independent Hyster®  
and Yale® dealer, are shown at  
their facility. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TO OUR
STOCKHOLDERS

4

A great year for Hyster-Yale.  
We are proud of our global team for  
delivering exceptional 2023 results. 

Rajiv K. Prasad 
President and Chief Executive Officer,  
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. and 
Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.
Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.
Executive Chairman,
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. and
Chairman, Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.

Hyster-Yale had an excellent 2023, 

building on positive momentum that 
began in late 2022. We expected a 
strong recovery, and we believe we delivered. 
The Company’s robust performance was 
built on its core capabilities. We shipped 
102,200 lift trucks in 2023 – more than 
any previous year. This led to revenues 
of $4.1 billion, a level not previously 
achieved. From that growth, the Company 
generated net income of $126 million – a 
$200 million increase over 2022. Further, 
the Hyster-Yale team did an excellent 
job in 2023 laying the foundation for 
another strong performance in 2024.

In May, the Company completed its 
planned leadership transition. Rajiv 
Prasad, previously the President of Hyster-
Yale Materials Handling, was appointed 
President and Chief Executive Officer and 
elected to its Board of Directors. He also 
continues as President and Chief Executive 
Officer of Hyster-Yale Group, the Company’s 
operating subsidiary. Al Rankin moved to 
the role of Executive Chairman after serving 
for over 30 years as Chief Executive Officer 
of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling and its 
predecessor parent, NACCO Industries.

The Company had many notable achieve-
ments in 2023. The Lift Truck business: 

•  Shipped its remaining low-margin 2021 
and 2022 backlog units early in the year. 
The combination of shipping higher-
margin backlog units throughout 
most of 2023 and a steadily improving 
price-to-cost ratio led to significantly 
improved product margins, and in turn, 
very strong Lift Truck results. 

•  Generated significantly higher cash 

from operations compared with 2022.

•  Continued to expand its range of 

modular, scalable products.

•  Launched a new brand identity for 
its Yale® products. Yale® Lift Truck 
Technologies reflects Yale’s focus on 
solving the toughest labor, safety and 
productivity challenges in the fast-
paced, fast-growing warehouse segment. 

•  Delivered its first electrified Hyster® 

ReachStacker, powered by Nuvera® Fuel 
Cell engines, to the Port of Valencia, 
Spain.

•  Began testing the first internally 

developed, fully automated trucks in 
materials handling applications at 
Hyster-Yale manufacturing plants. 
•  Signed an agreement with a leading 
technology-service provider to co-
develop further robotics software 
technology for automated lift truck 
solutions.

Nuvera Fuel Cells, the Company’s hydrogen 
fuel cell business, increased demonstrations 
of fuel cell engines in various applications 
and identified several new growth 
opportunities. Most recently, Nuvera 
announced a project with Helinor Energy for 
maritime zero-emission energy solutions.

OUR VISION AND CORE 
STRATEGIES
Hyster-Yale is a globally integrated company 
made up of three highly interrelated, but 
independently managed businesses: Lift 
Truck, Bolzoni and Nuvera Fuel Cells. Each 
business is managed separately, with its own 
chief executive officer and leadership team 
that meet individually with the Company’s 
Board of Directors. Each company also has 
separate financial statements and tailored 
incentive plans. 

The Company’s vision is to transform the 
way the world moves materials from Port 
to Home. This transformation includes 

Full-year revenues of $4.1 billion; Net income of 
$126 million-a $200 million increase from 2022. 

Bolzoni, the Company’s attachment 
business, continued to streamline its 
operations into a more integrated global 
operating entity. Bolzoni also generated 
higher product margins and reduced 
operating costs as a percent of sales in  
2023 compared with the prior year.

engaging the imagination and creativity 
of the Company’s employees to lessen the 
impact of material movement on people, 
the environment and the economy. The 
vision is supported by a customer-centric 
mission based on delivering two promises: 
(1) thoroughly understanding customer 

HYSTER-YALE MATERIALS HANDLING • 2023 ANNUAL REPORTA rendering of a Yale® Pantograph  
Reach Truck and a Yale® 3-wheel  
stand, both equipped with Yale  
Reliant™ Proximity Detection.

applications and offering optimal solutions 
that will improve productivity at the 
lowest cost of ownership, and (2) providing 
exceptional customer care by never letting 
the customer down and by creating 
increased value from initial engagement 
through the product lifecycle and on to the 
next ownership experience. 

Hyster-Yale participates in attractive global 
markets that support solid long-term 
growth potential. Success in these markets 
revolves around delivering the customer-
centric solutions which are at the core of 
Hyster-Yale’s mission. To meet specific 
customers’ materials handling needs, the 
Company, through its subsidiaries, offers 
a full line of high-quality, application-

tailored lift trucks and solutions, including 
attachments and hydrogen fuel cell powered 
products, as well as telematics, automation 
and other technology-driven services. 

The Company is focused on ensuring 
it has the right products and the 
necessary infrastructure to fully serve its 
customers. In addition, it operates using 
a differentiated business model that is 
built around deploying limited capital 
efficiently to generate high returns. As a 
result, Hyster-Yale makes investments in its 
areas of expertise, while minimizing capital 
deployed by partnering with exclusive, 
independent dealers and “center of gravity” 
suppliers, as well as through joint ventures 
with financial partners.

Hyster-Yale’s success 
revolves around 
delivering customer-
centric solutions.

The Company believes this approach can 
generate a 7% operating profit margin, 
which should in turn support a targeted 
Return on Total Capital Employed (ROTCE) 
of greater than 20%. In 2023, the Company 
met its capital return objective, reporting 
a ROTCE of 20.2%. 2023’s consolidated 

Left to right
Yale® Lift Truck Technologies, a new brand identity, was introduced in 2023 to reflect the Company’s focus on technology-enabled lift trucks and customer-
driven design philosophy to deliver solutions for the labor, safety and productivity challenges in today’s fast-paced, fast-growing warehouse segment. •  
A Bolzoni Auramo® Bale Clamp on a Hyster® 4.5-tonne Fortens truck is shown moving recycled corrugated materials in Weeze, Germany. • The Nuvera® 
45kW engine in use in a bus in China. The engine has met local certification requirements.

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operating profit margin improved to 5.1%. 
Further progress, however, will be needed to 
achieve and sustain the targeted level across 
the business cycle.

Hyster-Yale is confident that its structure 
will allow it to deliver on its two promises 
since each business has built strong 
competitive advantages that will allow it  
to fully participate in the relevant markets. 
Once each business engages customers,  
the customer’s needs can be translated  
into a value proposition that can deliver  
the individual customer’s desired results 
and experience.

In general, the Company’s core lift 
truck market grows at a rate just above 
GDP levels. After a period of significant 
expansion in 2021 and 2022, this market 
pulled back in 2023. Other global trends 
provide opportunities for the Company’s 
three businesses to expand even more 
rapidly. These trends, largely concentrated 
around productivity, employee safety, labor 
shortages, electrification, information as a 
service and low-cost competition, provide 
Hyster-Yale with opportunities to adapt and 
grow. The Company has five core strategic 
initiatives focused on addressing these 
trends. These strategies are designed to 

Hyster-Yale’s five core strategic initiatives 
interact to create a unique and sustainable 
competitive advantage.

FINANCIAL 
TARGETS
>20% 
ROTCE

7% 

OPERATING PROFIT  
MARGIN

15% 

WORKING CAPITAL  
AS A PERCENTAGE  
OF SALES

interact and create unique and sustainable 
competitive advantage over time. 

The Company’s five strategies are to: 
(1)  Provide the lowest cost of ownership 
while enhancing productivity for 
customers, 

(2)  Be the leader in the delivery of industry- 

and customer-focused solutions, 

(3) Be the leader in independent distribution,
(4)  Be the leader in the attachments 

business, and 

(5)  Be a leader in fuel cells and their 

applications. 

Collectively, execution of these strategies 
is projected to increase market share and 
generate profitable growth, resulting in 
higher volume and operating margins at  
the Lift Truck and Bolzoni businesses  
and increased bookings and shipments  
at Nuvera.

Each business has key projects to execute 
these strategies and, as a result, achieve 
the Company’s growth objectives. Many of 
these projects are interrelated and all focus 
on revenue and profit growth, increased 
cash generation and accretive capital 
deployment. Succeeding in one should 
foster success in others, with each building 
on the others to provide sustainable 
competitive advantage over time. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Shown here: The first hydrogen fuel cell- 
powered Hyster® ReachStacker operating at the 
Port of Valencia, Spain, powered by two Nuvera® 
45kW E-Series fuel cell engines. Hyster electric 
container handlers are designed to lift laden 
containers with a similar performance to their 
diesel counterparts, a capability that has the 
potential to help transform ports to zero-emission 
operations, supporting sustainability goals.

OUR CORE BUSINESS

LIFT TRUCKS

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  A Hyster® H40-70UT internal combustion, 

pneumatic tire truck equipped with standard 
forks.

  The rendering showcases Yale Reliant™, a suite 
of operator assistance technologies designed 
to help support lift truck safety best practices. 
The technology automatically adjusts truck 
performance such as travel speed or hydraulic 
functions based on truck stability, facility 
rules and proximity to obstacles, people and 
other trucks. Clockwise from left to right: 
A Yale® 3-wheel stand equipped with Yale 
Reliant, a Yale® Very Narrow Aisle Turret 
truck, a Yale® Pantograph Reach Truck 
equipped with Yale Reliant shown in close 
proximity to a Yale® Order Selector also 
equipped with Yale Reliant, a Yale® Moving 
Mast Reach Truck and a Yale® End Rider.

The Company’s core business, Hyster-

Yale Group or the Lift Truck business, 
has an over 100-year history through 
its legacy brands, Hyster® and Yale®. The 
Lift Truck business’ Hyster® brand has 
a strong position in industrial markets 
while the Yale® brand has a strong position 
in the warehouse category. Each brand 
has increasingly focused on applications 
specific to its core market segment. Hyster-
Yale Group also distributes products 
under the Maximal® brand, a low-intensity 
brand manufactured in China, through its 
majority interest in Hyster-Yale Maximal, 
and under the Sumitomo NACCO brand 
through an over 50-year joint venture 
with Sumitomo Heavy Industries in Japan. 
Over this long history, the Company 
has developed an extensive knowledge 
of the global lift truck markets as well 
as deep and lasting relationships with 
a very large number of its customers. 

PRODUCTS/SOLUTIONS 
The Lift Truck business has three core 
strategies. The first two focus on providing 
products that improve customer productivity 
at the lowest total cost of ownership and on 
delivering industry- and customer-focused 
solutions. Over 2024 and 2025, the Company 

plans to concentrate on three key projects 
supporting these strategies:

•  Expanding the lineup of modular, 

scalable counterbalanced lift trucks, 
•  Enhancing warehouse product and 

technology solutions, and 

•  Electrifying industrial internal 

combustion engine (ICE) Class 4 and  
5 counterbalanced truck, including  
Big Truck, applications.

2025, the Company expects to increase 
the modular, scalable models available in 
its counterbalanced lineup, including new 
counterbalanced electric truck platforms. 

These modular, scalable products are 
expected to enhance the Company’s 
business in several ways, including 
reducing supply chain costs, improving 
working capital levels, enhancing unit 
margins and optimizing Hyster-Yale’s 

Our modular, scalable product platform is expected 
to enhance multiple areas of the business.

The Lift Truck business’ current primary 
focus is on expanding its modular, scalable 
platform for counterbalanced lift trucks. 
The Company’s heart-of-the-line, modular, 
scalable 2- to 3.5-ton ICE lift trucks are now 
in production for the EMEA and Americas’ 
markets. Bookings and shipments continue 
to accelerate. A first-half 2024 launch of 
the full 2- to 3-ton internal combustion 
product line is underway for the JAPIC 
and Brazil markets. During 2024 and 

manufacturing footprint. Most importantly, 
these products provide customers with a 
more customized lift truck, at the right 
price, that better meets their needs. 

The second key focus area relates to 
warehouse lift truck products and their 
related technology solutions. The warehouse 
segment represented 54% of the overall 
lift truck industry in 2023 (through 
September 30th) and has attractive growth 
opportunities. The Lift Truck business 

HYSTER-YALE MATERIALS HANDLING • 2023 ANNUAL REPORTYale’s enhanced 
lineup of technology 
products creates a 
strong, differentiating 
value proposition 
for customers in the 
warehouse market.

has packaged a strong set of capabilities 
geared toward warehouse solutions under 
its Yale® Lift Truck Technologies branding. 
This includes an enhanced product lineup, 
combined with emerging technology 
solutions, such as operator assist systems 
(OAS), telemetry and on-truck robotics. 
The Company is making a concerted effort 
to drive industry adoption of these new 
technology solutions by focusing on their 
significant customer benefits. Overall, the 
enhanced lift truck lineup and technology 
products are creating strong, differentiated 
value propositions for warehouse customers. 
The Company has worked diligently to 
create strong technology adoption strategies 
and specialized training for its dealers to 

grow in this market. Management believes 
that the business is positioned to expand 
share by scaling these solutions at above 
market growth rates. 

Hyster-Yale is also focused on broadly 
expanding the electrification of its 
industrial counterbalanced product 
applications using lithium-ion batteries and 
fuel cell engines over time. These projects 
capitalize on the Company’s long history of 
developing electric power trains, including 
with hydrogen fuel cells. While these efforts 
encompass all Class 4 and 5 products, a key 
focus is on hard-to-decarbonize, heavy-
duty Class 5 vehicles, in which battery-
only solutions provide less than optimal 
customer performance. This includes the 
Company’s Big Truck and larger Class 5 
product lines. These electric power options 
offer additional scalability solutions 
for existing ICE platforms, increasing 
the Company’s solutions for customers 
who need or want to decarbonize. These 
products preserve the benefits of ICE 
ergonomics and performance while offering 
the advantages of electric motive power and 
a lower carbon footprint. This combined 
dynamic increases the likely adoption rate 
of these products.

The Company currently has its first 
electrified fuel cell Container Handler 
operating at the Port of Los Angeles in the 

Top to bottom
A Yale® ERC050VGL, fully-integrated 
lithium-ion lift truck is shown loading 
product into a trailer. • Hyster® and Yale® 
brand logos displayed at the Hyster-Yale 
Experience Center in Charlotte, North 
Carolina – a customer-centric facility 
dedicated to showcasing Hyster® and Yale® 
solutions, which also serves as a state-of-
the-art training and meeting facility.

Image above showcases multiple Hyster® A Series and Yale® Series N trucks all built on a modular, scalable platform, which allows lift trucks to be 

easily configured to match unique customer-specific requirements.

Hyster-Yale has 
electrified ICE trucks 
operating at ports in 
Los Angeles, CA and 
Valencia, Spain with  
fuel cell engines.

United States and its first electrified fuel 
cell ReachStacker operating at the Port of 
Valencia in Spain. Both trucks are powered 
by Nuvera® Fuel Cell engines.

terminal tractors. The Company is 
also exploring options for additional 
electrification projects within the European 
Union, the United States and China. 

Hyster-Yale anticipates delivering a new 
electrified fuel cell Terminal Tractor and 
an electrified fuel cell Empty Container 
Handler to a customer in Hamburg, 
Germany in 2024. In addition, in February 
2024, the Lift Truck business signed an 
agreement with APM Terminals to outfit 
its Port of Mobile (Alabama) terminal in 
the United States with a fleet of electric 

MARKET PARTICIPATION
The Lift Truck business sells products 
through two channels: first, by working 
directly with major accounts - large 
customers with centralized purchasing and 
geographically dispersed operations across 
several dealer territories, and second, by 
selling through the Company’s exclusive, 
independent dealer network. 

Shown here: The first hydrogen-powered top-pick laden 
container handler working at Fenix Marine Services in the 
Port of Los Angeles, California. The Hyster® 1150 CH, 52-ton 
electrified truck is powered by two 45kW Nuvera® hydrogen fuel 
cells. It is designed to provide the zero-emission benefits of a 
battery electric option, with enough capacity to keep operations 
moving, thus avoiding the need to stop in the middle of a shift  
to refuel or recharge.

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 Customer Care: Left to right 

Sales person talks to a customer from Superior Fence & Rail about a new product. • Technician from Papé Material Handling, an exclusive, independent 
Hyster® and Yale® dealer, is shown performing diagnostic testing on a lift truck. • A technician from LiftOne is shown inspecting an engine component.

technology solutions provide the customer 
with the right product at the right price, 
while its industry- and customer-focused 
sales process connects customers’ needs to 
the solutions that will solve their toughest 
challenges. 

Hyster-Yale is optimistic about prospects 
for its emerging technologies in both 2024 
and for the years ahead. The Company 
expects to rapidly expand the rollout of its 
OAS solutions, launch the next generation 
of its internally developed robotics platform 
and release several new zero-emission  
Big Trucks. 

Finally, Hyster-Yale will be managing 
an enhanced customer care program by 
leveraging the combined strength of itself 
and its dealers. Through a highly connected 
systems and process approach, the two 
should be able to jointly better deliver on  
its promised customer experience. 

The Burns Equipment headquarters, 
located near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 
Burns Equipment is the Hyster® and 
Yale® dealer covering territories in Ohio, 
Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Our enhanced customer care program gives  
Hyster-Yale and its dealers the ability to  
deliver the promised experience in operational 
results for customers.

chain will help the Company better meet 
the needs of the global market by providing 
customers with time-efficient delivery of 
Big Trucks that meet a broader variety of 
customer applications. 

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
The Company believes that its innovative 
product and solution offerings and 
its distinct sales structure provide a 
differentiated competitive advantage over 
its competitors. Its scalable products and 

The Company works diligently to develop 
business with major accounts and will 
continue to increase direct engagement with 
these customers. In 2023, the Company’s 
major account business grew to 19% of lift 
truck unit sales, up from 17% in 2022. The 
Lift Truck business is investing in additional 
resources to expand these programs across 
all regions and a broader population of 
potential key accounts. 

The Lift Truck business’ third core 
strategy is to be the leader in independent 
distribution. It continues to work closely 
with its dealer partners to expand the 
scale, capabilities and dual Hyster® and 
Yale® brand representation of the dealer 
network. The Company is also working 
with its dealer partners, through systematic 
collaboration, to maximize its participation 
in all market segments.

To enhance the market participation of 
its Big Truck line, the Lift Truck business 
is expanding global sourcing options for 
container handlers. The Company expects 
its Hyster® RS45 ReachStackers, as well 
as its Empty Container Handlers, to be 
sourced from production locations in both 
Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and Fuyang, 
China during 2024. This dual-source supply 

OUR ATTACHMENTS BUSINESS

BOLZONI

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  The Veracitor® VX series lift truck is designed 
for medium- to heavy-duty applications. Here 
a GC050VX is equipped with a Bolzoni bale 
clamp.



 A Hyster® Fortens, 3.5-tonne capacity lift 

truck with a multi-pallet handler attachment 
shown working in a warehouse environment. 

Bolzoni’s core strategy is to be the 

leader in the attachments business. 
Bolzoni is leveraging innovation 

to drive growth within a large but 
fragmented and limited lift truck attach-
ment market. The business focuses on 
several core projects to drive growth 
beyond lift truck market growth rates.

PRODUCTS/SOLUTIONS 
In 2024 and 2025, Bolzoni plans to focus 
on cylinder manufacturing innovation, 
attachments for automated guided vehicles 
(AGVs) and extended options for current 
product offerings.

Bolzoni manufactures cylinders for Hyster-
Yale’s Lift Truck business but believes that 
opportunities exist for this business to grow 
through sales to other OEMs in the lift 
truck and other industries. These products 
are currently manufactured in Sulligent, 
Alabama. In addition to Bolzoni’s plan to 
expand cylinder sales, it also expects to 
develop a strategy to reduce production 
costs for this component.  

Interest in automating processes and 
products, including AGVs, continues to 
grow as customers want to manufacture 
and move goods more cost effectively 
and reduce the impact of labor shortages. 

   AGVs - Automated Guided Vehicles, are 
customized, fully-automated, driverless 
vehicles for continuous 24/7 operation, 
capable of transporting pallets, boxes, 
reels and other products throughout 
warehouses and production plants. In 
cooperation with main AGV producers, 
Bolzoni has developed a range of 
attachments equipped with specific 
sensors managed directly by the AGV 
control unit.

Today, there is a limited number of 
attachment makers for these AGVs. To 
address this, Bolzoni has established an 
AGV attachment-focused research and 
development center and is investing in new 
technologies that are expected to help the 
business expand its product offering in 
coming years.

Bolzoni is unique  
in that it provides  
both premium and value 
product options.

Bolzoni plans to introduce a new 
attachment which helps stack individual 
pallets of goods. This product, a complete 
layer picker, will be marketed to the 
U.S., UK and Australia where demand is 
expected to be the greatest. Bolzoni is also 
exploring options to enhance its current 
product offerings. For example, Bolzoni 
currently makes tire clamp attachments 
for small trucks and plans to expand this 
product offering to include significantly 
larger tire applications.

HYSTER-YALE MATERIALS HANDLING • 2023 ANNUAL REPORTA Yale® ERC/P 16 AAF lift 
truck equipped with a tire 
clamp is operating in a tire 
yard in Europe.

MARKET PARTICIPATION
Bolzoni continues to maintain a strong 
market presence in EMEA, with lower 
market coverage in the Americas and JAPIC. 
While the business expects to continue to 
work to maintain its strong EMEA presence 
through customer-focused solutions and 
aftermarket care, it is particularly focused 
on expanding its Americas market presence. 
Increased sales and marketing efforts 
combined with new innovative products, 
such as the planned layer picker attachment 
and solutions for the growing AGV market, 
are expected to help expand its Americas 
market participation. 

Bolzoni is also focused on strengthening its 
ability to serve key attachment industries 
and customers in the JAPIC region. The 
business expects to do so by enhancing 
its coverage and sales using its Silver-Line 
value attachment product portfolio and by 
expanding lift truck fork sales.

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
In a manner similar to the Lift Truck 
business, Bolzoni believes that its industry-
specific sales strategy is a competitive 
advantage. This strategy targets customers 
within the beverage, home appliance, 
paper, automotive and third-party logistics 

industries by providing focused solutions to 
meet specific industry needs. This focus has 
strengthened Bolzoni’s position within these 
industries in recent years and is expected to 
do so increasingly in the future.

Bolzoni’s unique position of having both 
premium and value products also provides 
a distinguishing market advantage. In  
addition, the association with Hyster® and 
Yale® lift trucks provides advantages not  
available to competitors, such as the ability 
to factory-fit attachments to trucks as  
they are manufactured. 

Left to right
A Hyster® Fortens, 4.5-tonne capacity, lift truck equipped with a multi-pallet handler moves a load in a beverage application. • A Yale® ERP16-20VF 4-wheel 
electric, pneumatic tire lift truck equipped with a Bolzoni carton clamp is seen here moving appliances in a warehouse. • A lift truck moving a roll of paper 
utilizing a Bolzoni paper clamp attachment. • A Bolzoni attachment being used in a 3PL (Third-Party Logistics) application.

OUR HYDROGEN FUEL CELL BUSINESS 
NUVERA FUEL CELLS

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  The Hyster® 1150 CH, 52-ton electrified Big Truck, powered by two 45kW Nuvera® hydrogen fuel cells, is seen here refueling during operations at 

the Port of Los Angeles, California.

Nuvera’s core strategy is to be a leader 

in fuel cells and their applications. 
Nuvera remains focused on placing 

45kW and 60kW fuel cell production 
engines into a limited number of niche,  
heavy-duty vehicle applications where  
batteries alone cannot meet the market’s  
needs. These applications are expected to 
have significant, nearer-term fuel cell  
adoption potential.

PRODUCTS/SOLUTIONS 
Nuvera has several projects with various 
third parties to test Nuvera® engines in 

targeted applications, including tests 
already taking place in the Port of Los 
Angeles and the Port of Valencia. Nuvera is 
also working on a project centered around 
terminal tractors. These vehicles, powered 
by Nuvera® engines, are expected to be 
ready for testing in a German port in 2024. 
These projects are being executed jointly 
with the Company’s Lift Truck business.

Separately, Nuvera is creating additional  
options for its 45kW and 60kW engines. 
The business plans to introduce a freeze 
option for engine production in 2024. This 

allows the engine to start-up and function 
in sub-zero temperatures, which increases 
the engine’s durability and applicability for 
certain industries. Nuvera also expects to 
have additional products in test bus applica-
tions in China and India in the near term.

Nuvera is developing a new, larger 
125kW fuel cell engine for heavier-duty 
applications. This engine is expected to 
be in customer tests by the end of 2024 
and available for sale in 2025. These larger 
engines are crucial for participation in 
other large heavy-duty markets. The 

Left to right
In January 2024, Nuvera announced a project with Helinor Energy for maritime zero-emission energy solutions. The new, larger 125kW fuel cell engine  
that Nuvera is developing for heavier-duty applications is expected to be used in this project. • A prototype car shown on a track in the United Kingdom  
is powered by a Nuvera 60kW fuel cell engine. • A hydrogen-fueled bus powered by a Nuvera® Fuel Cell engine is seen operating in India.

HYSTER-YALE MATERIALS HANDLING • 2023 ANNUAL REPORTbusiness recently announced an agreement 
with Helinor Energy for the use of this 
engine in a maritime application. 

Nuvera is also focused on producing and 
selling modular fuel cells for stationary 
and mobile generator applications. It 
expects to introduce these products jointly 
with partners over the next two years. 

Nuvera continues to look for opportunities 
to expand its product capabilities and 
applications. Funds received from the U.S. 
Department of Defense and the European 
Union for certain government-sponsored 
projects assist this effort. It also expects 
to receive additional funds from other 
government-funded green energy initiatives 
in 2024 and in future years.

MARKET PARTICIPATION
Nuvera continues to expand its business 
and has enhanced its presence in Europe 
and China. Most recently, Nuvera 
established a customer support location in 
Nijmegen, the Netherlands. This location 
was selected due to its proximity to the Lift 
Truck business’s center of electrification 
excellence, as well as to a growing number 
of Nuvera customers in Northern Europe. 
Nuvera also is working closely with Hyster-
Yale to create a larger presence in India. 

In addition to its European and Chinese 
teams, Nuvera has established a dedicated 
business development team in North 
America. This increased presence allows 
Nuvera to keep pace with North America’s 
growing heavy-duty application market and 
provides avenues for penetrating the global 
marine and power generation markets.

A Hyster® Terminal Tractor 
powered by Nuvera® Fuel 
Cell engines

In the near future, Nuvera expects to 
expand its market participation as its 
customer base and customers grow. Many 
current customer engagements are in the 
test phase and are expected to scale to larger 
demonstrations and then to full production 
fleets. Nuvera is working closely with these 
customers to manage this process. 

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
The Company believes Nuvera has unique 
competitive advantages. The latest Nuvera 
stack technology provides a higher level 
of fuel efficiency than previous stacks but 
still uses Nuvera’s proprietary high-energy 
density technology. This enables the unit 
to run longer than the prior versions using 
the same size fuel tank, and provides a 
lower total cost of ownership for the end 
user. Nuvera’s engine technology is also 
scalable. The same engine design is used 
for the 45kW, 60kW and 125kW engines, 

with only the stack size being adjusted. 
This uniformity allows Nuvera to tailor 
its fuel cell engine portfolio for different 
applications. 

To give it the agility to quickly respond to its 
customers’ needs, Nuvera created dedicated 
global operating and advisory teams. These 
teams support the customer throughout the 
entire engagement process. 

Nuvera is positioning 
itself to have  
best-in-class fuel 
efficiency, durability  
and scalability.

Left to right 
Nuvera Fuel Cells in collaboration with the Lift Truck business’s Hyster® brand is developing hydrogen-powered Big Trucks for port environments. • A power 
generator operating at the Nuvera Fuel Cell large-scale, automated, durability test facility in Osio, Italy. The module can simultaneously test up to eight fuel cell 
engines. • A Power Pack with twin Nuvera® E60kW engines is charging the battery of a crane at a marine construction test project in the Netherlands.

LOOKING 

FORWARD

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Hyster-Yale made significant progress in executing its strategies in 2023. Additional 

improvement is anticipated in 2024, which is expected to result in market share 
gains especially in the warehouse product segment. Overall, the Company’s 2024 
consolidated operating profit is expected to increase, with net income comparable to strong 
2023 results. While the Company currently expects a stronger 2024 first half, it is working 
to mitigate the potential effect of possible tariff increases and selected potential market 
shifts in the second half of the year.

The Company is committed to achieving its long-term financial goals, including reaching 
its 7% operating profit margin target and maintaining a ROTCE of greater than 20%. 
The Company expects to make continued progress in 2024 on these goals. At each of the 
Company’s businesses, investments in people, products and manufacturing and supply 

Hyster-Yale is fully committed  
to achieving its 7% operating profit  
margin target and maintaining its  
ROTCE of greater than 20%.

chain projects support efforts to increase 
sales volumes and lower financial break-
even points to better absorb business 
cyclicality. As these investments mature, 
they are expected to help Hyster-Yale 
sustain its performance over the full 
business cycle. 

Lift Trucks: The Lift Truck business 
had an exceptional year, with a full-year 
operating profit margin of 5.9%. Continued 
execution on the Company’s strategic 

initiatives is expected to drive margins toward its 7% goal. In 2024, Lift Truck revenues 
and operating profit are expected to increase compared with 2023. Strong operating profit 
levels in first-half 2024 are likely to ease in the second half of the year largely due to the 
anticipated expiration of tariff exemptions and the mix effect from increased warehouse 
product shipments.

Bolzoni: Bolzoni has significant long-term upside sales and profit potential with its 
new product and industry-support plans, particularly in the Americas market. In 2024, 
Bolzoni anticipates a modest revenue increase over 2023 as core attachment volumes 
increase and legacy product sales to the Lift Truck business begin to phase out. Operating 
profit is expected to improve year-over-year as higher product margins and anticipated 
manufacturing efficiency improvements should more than offset higher material and 
operating costs. Bolzoni’s operating profit margin was 4.1% in 2023 and is expected to 
improve toward the 7% goal over the next several years. 

Nuvera: Nuvera has a clear path forward. It is focused on increasing customer product 
demonstrations and bookings in 2024 while also expanding its global presence. Orders 
from current customers are booked and are expected to increase sales volumes in 2024 
compared with 2023. Nuvera expects the benefits from these higher sales to be offset by 
increased product development costs, leading to comparable year-over-year operating 
results. The expected increase in engine demonstration volumes should significantly 
enhance the foundation for fuel cell engine technology adoption and improved financial 
returns in future years.

HYSTER-YALE MATERIALS HANDLING • 2023 ANNUAL REPORTLIQUIDITY AND CASH FLOW
Hyster-Yale is committed to enhancing 
its cash flows over time. Working capital 
efficiency is central to these efforts. The 
Company recently established a goal for 
working capital levels to be at or below 
15% of sales. Achieving this level would 
significantly boost cash flows. Today, the 
Company’s inventory remains elevated and 
above pre-pandemic levels but is slowly 
declining from its peak in mid-2023. Efforts 
to maximize the use of on-hand inventory 
are expected to significantly reduce excess 
inventory levels in 2024. In addition to its 
working capital focus, the Company plans 
to leverage its fixed assets more efficiently 
by increasing output levels and optimizing 
its global manufacturing footprint. As 
a result of these actions, the Company 
expects improved cash conversion rates 
in 2024 compared with 2023. This will 
generate increased cash flow. 

The Company reduced its financial leverage 
in 2023. The debt-to-total capital ratio 
dropped 1,600 basis points across the year, 
from 71% at year-end 2022 to 55% at year-

Hyster-Yale has two strong and mature businesses 
with outsized opportunities and a dynamic green 
energy business with demonstrated technologies.

end 2023. The Company intends to reduce 
leverage further in 2024, while investing in 
its strategic growth and efficiency initiatives. 

VALUATION
Hyster-Yale’s overarching objectives is 
to create long-term shareholder value. 
Management is optimistic about the 
Company’s future and believes that 
Hyster-Yale offers a compelling, long-term 
investment opportunity. It is an innovative 
and disciplined company with a long-term 
focus on consistently strengthening its 
core lift truck and attachment businesses 
within a dynamic, global materials 
handling industry. This market offers high 
barriers to entry, solid profit generation 
opportunities for innovative new products 
and technologies and the potential for 
strong operating cash generation.

The Company also has an emerging technol-
ogy business focused on fuel cell stacks and 
engines that it believes provides significant 
long-term growth opportunities. Nuvera’s 
next-generation technologies are backed by 
substantial patent protections. This business 
is building for the future with a clear focus 
on increasing near-term revenues. 

Hyster-Yale has two strong and mature 
businesses with outsized opportunities in 
their markets, and a dynamic green energy 
business with demonstrated technologies 
and a growing customer base. This 
potential, combined with innovation and 
disciplined execution, is expected to drive 
strong business outcomes and increasing 
shareholder returns. As part of the 
Company’s commitment to stockholders, 
it expects to continue its long-standing 
practice of paying quarterly dividends.

CORPORATE 

RESPONSIBILITY
While we are focused on strategic projects and financial results, we 

embrace a strong corporate responsibility ethic. Hyster-Yale believes 
that the long-term interests of its stockholders are best served by 
addressing economic, social, environmental and health and safety needs 
throughout the organization, at our customers and in the communities 
in which we operate. The Company has established specific, cost-effective 
corporate projects through its 2026 Aspirations Program that are expected 
to reduce its impact on the environment and conserve natural resources. 
All of this is carried out in the context of leadership in electrifying lift 
trucks, especially using fuel cell products, which have the potential for zero 
emissions. Hyster-Yale’s Corporate Responsibility report is available on the 
Company’s website (hyster-yale.com). That report outlines the Company’s 
commitment to promoting a responsible culture throughout the business and 
its product value chain as it moves toward its 2026 Aspirations Program. 

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NAME CHANGE
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling was spun off from NACCO Industries as an independent 
public company in 2012. At that time, the Company sold lift trucks and the related parts 
and services. Since then, the Company has evolved into three distinct, but interrelated 
businesses, with lift trucks at its core. It is important for the Company’s name and 
operating structure to reflect who the Company is and what it does today. In this context, 
management has made the decision to change the Company’s name to Hyster-Yale, Inc. The 
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. name will move to the core Lift Truck business, better 
aligning it with its foundational materials handling activities. As a result, the Company’s 
three segments, including Bolzoni and Nuvera, will operate under the umbrella of Hyster-
Yale, Inc., allowing each to have a unique identity linked to its respective brands and 
solutions. The name change is expected to take effect in late May 2024.

•

In conclusion, we would like to recognize our global team for delivering exceptional 2023 
results. The Company made substantial progress on its strategic initiatives and long-term 
financial goals in 2023. As we head into 2024, demand for our products and solutions 
remains healthy and in line with pre-
pandemic norms. We have sound long-
term core strategies, solidly backed by key 
projects. Those projects have a clear path 
to completion and are being executed in 
a disciplined manner. Collectively, we 
believe that our projects are leading us to 
sustainable competitive advantage, which 

We have a strong and growing 
path forward.

we expect to lead to revenue and profit growth, as well as increased cash generation. We 
believe that this approach, combined with our low capital intensity business model, supports 
a 7% operating profit margin and a ROTCE of greater than 20%.

The team has done an outstanding job moving the business forward and laying the 
foundation for sustainable and significant profitability and cash generation over the long 
term. We believe that we have the right team and business structure to:

• execute our key strategic programs, 
• deliver strong 2024 performance, 
• achieve our long-term financial goals, and
• provide differentiated total shareholder returns over time. 

Importantly, we have welcomed Colleen Batcheler to our board of directors in 2023. Colleen 
brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and fresh perspectives from her long legal career, 
including as general counsel of two public companies. We are privileged to have her as a 
director.

We would also like to thank our customers, dealers, suppliers, lenders, Board of Directors 
and stockholders for their continued support. We are looking forward to a strong 2024 and 
even better results in the years beyond. 

Rajiv K. Prasad

Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.

This annual report to stockholders contains forward-looking statements. For a discussion of the factors that may 
cause the Company’s actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements, please see page 28 in the 
attached Form 10-K.

HYSTER-YALE MATERIALS HANDLING • 2023 ANNUAL REPORTHYSTER-YALE  
LEADERSHIP

DIRECTORS & OFFICERS of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

DIRECTORS:
Colleen R. Batcheler 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel 
and Secretary of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
James B. Bemowski 
Retired Senior Advisor of Doosan  
Corporation
J.C. Butler, Jr. 
President and Chief Executive Officer,  
NACCO Industries, Inc.® and NACCO  
Natural Resources Corporation®
Carolyn Corvi 
Retired Vice President and General Manager  
–Airplane Programs of The Boeing Company
Edward T. Eliopoulos 
Retired Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
John P. Jumper 
Retired Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Dennis W. LaBarre 
Retired Partner, Jones Day

H. Vincent Poor 
Michael Henry Strater University Professor  
of Electrical Engineering at Princeton  
University
Rajiv K. Prasad 
President and Chief Executive Officer of 
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. and 
Hyster-Yale Group
Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. 
Executive Chairman of Hyster-Yale Materials 
Handling, Inc.
Non-Executive Chairman of NACCO  
Industries, Inc.
Non-Executive Chairman of Hamilton Beach 
Brands Holding Company
Claiborne R. Rankin 
Manager of NCAF Management, LLC, the 
managing member of North Coast Angel 
Fund, LLC
Britton T. Taplin 
Self-employed (personal investments)
David B.H. Williams 
President and Partner,  
Williams, Bax & Saltzman, P.C.

OFFICERS:
Alfred M. Rankin, Jr. 
Executive Chairman
Rajiv K. Prasad 
President and Chief Executive Officer
Gregory J. Breier 
Vice President, Chief Tax Officer
Dena R. McKee 
Vice President, Controller and  
Chief Accounting Officer
Scott A. Minder 
Senior Vice President,  
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Anthony J. Salgado 
Chief Operating Officer, 
Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.
Suzanne S. Taylor 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel  
and Secretary

LEADERSHIP of Hyster-Yale Group, Bolzoni & Nuvera Fuel Cells

NUVERA:
Lucien M. J. Robroek 
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ralph Clague 
Chief Development Officer
Neil Gillen 
Chief Operations Officer
Kedar Murthy 
Chief Commercial Officer
Darwin Scussel 
Chief Financial Officer

HYSTER-YALE GROUP:
Rajiv K. Prasad 
President and Chief Executive Officer
Anthony J. Salgado 
Chief Operating Officer
Stephen J. Karas 
Senior Vice President, President APIC
Stewart D. Murdoch 
Senior Vice President and Managing  
Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Charles F. Pascarelli 
Senior Vice President, President, Americas
David M. LeBlanc 
President, Global Technology  
Solutions Division
Michele Corini 
Vice President, Global Operations
Tracy S. Hixson 
Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Brian A. Jennings 
Vice President, Associate General Counsel - 
Americas, CBDC, APIC

Gopichand Somayajula 
Senior Vice President, Global Product  
Development
Jon C. Taylor 
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

BOLZONI:
Roberto Scotti 
President and Chief Executive Officer
Marco Rossi 
Chief Operating Officer 
Marco Bisagni 
Chief Financial Officer
Vincenzo Gatto 
President, APIC
Jon Riley 
President, Americas
Emanuele Scotti 
President, EMEA

CORPORATE  
INFORMATION

ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders  
of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.  
will be held on May 8, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. at 
the corporate office located at: 
5875 Landerbrook Drive  
Cleveland, Ohio 44124

FORM 10-K
Additional copies of the Company’s  
Form 10-K filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission are available free 
of charge through Hyster-Yale’s website 
(hyster-yale.com) or by request to Investor 
Relations.

INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT
Investor questions may be addressed to: 
Investor Relations 
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. 
5875 Landerbrook Drive, Suite 300 
Cleveland, Ohio 44124 
(440) 449-9589

STOCK TRANSFER AGENT  
AND REGISTRAR
Stockholder Correspondence: 
Computershare Investor Services 
P.O. Box 43078 
Providence, RI 02940-3078

Overnight Correspondence: 
Computershare Investor Services 
150 Royall Street, Suite 101 
Canton, MA 02021

(877) 373-6374 (U.S., Canada and  
Puerto Rico) 
(781) 575-2879 (International)

LEGAL COUNSEL
Jones Day 
North Point 
901 Lakeside Avenue 
Cleveland, Ohio 44114

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC  
ACCOUNTING FIRM
Ernst & Young LLP 
1001 Lakeside Avenue, Suite 1800 
Cleveland, Ohio 44114

COVER PHOTOS Information

STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING
The New York Stock Exchange 
Symbol: HY

COMPANY WEBSITE
Additional information about Hyster-Yale 
Materials Handling may be found on the 
corporate website, hyster-yale.com. The 
Company considers this website to be 
one of the primary sources of information 
for investors and other interested parties.

BRAND WEBSITES:
Hyster Global: hyster.com
Yale Global: yale.com
Nuvera Fuel Cells: nuvera.com
Bolzoni: bolzonigroup.com
Hyster-Yale Maximal: maxforklift.com
Sumitomo-NACCO: 
sumitomonacco.com.jp

 Left to right
Nuvera provides fuel cell, zero-emission solutions. The Nuvera® fuel cell 60kW engine was created for heavy-duty  
applications. • Bolzoni provides attachments to enhance productivity. Here, a Hyster S120FT Fortis® performs operations  
in a paper factory using a Bolzoni® paper roll attachment. • Yale® Robotic Tow Tractor with JTEC cart operating in a 
warehouse. • Hyster-Yale employees meeting to discuss the Company’s enhanced customer care program. • Sales person talks 
to a customer from Superior Fence & Rail about a new product. • A technician working on a Yale® lift truck.

5875 Landerbrook Drive, Suite 300  
Cleveland, Ohio 44124  |  hyster-yale.com

An Equal Opportunity Employer