Hyster Co. recently began its 4^th consecutive year of Invitation to Compare events. The events continue to gain popularity with dealers and their customers, and the 2010 ITC events will focus on Hyster trucks and three competitive electric sit-down rider lift trucks.

Hyster ITC events allow customers to experience in-person a side-by-side comparison of electric lift trucks from 4 leading manufacturers — Hyster Company, Caterpillar, Crown and Toyota. Attendees are able to compare the trucks to each other in a number of categories including speed, energy consumption, ergonomics and overall value. On-site engineers perform live evaluations of each product, while members of the audience evaluate each truck based on its productivity, uptime and value characteristics.

The events began the week of March 1 and will run through October, making at least 24 stops in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Texas, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois, as well as stops in Quebec and Ontario, Canada.