Hyster Donates Reach Truck to Portland Art Museum

Words: Dan KamysHyster Donates Reach Truck to Portland Art Museum
NACCO Materials Handling Group Inc. (NMHG), in cooperation with its local dealer, Pap?? Material Handling Inc. – Portland, has donated one of its Hyster electric reach trucks to the Portland Art Museum. Hyster Co. donated the electric reach truck and Pap?? Material Handling, Inc. donated the battery and charging unit. The Hyster electric reach truck will be used in the museum’s storage facility to help move and store the valuable works of art displayed at the museum.
 

“This is a small token of our appreciation that the Portland Art Museum brings to the community of Portland and the people of the Pacific Northwest.” says Jonathan Dawley, president of Hyster Distribution.
 
“Like our friends and partners at the Hyster Co., we too are members of this community and are happy to give back.” says Shirley Pap??. “I am excited to know that it will be Pap?? products that are helping to share these works of art with members of our community.”
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