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This section provides an overview for carriers as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 18 carrier manufacturers and their company rankings. Here are the top-ranked carrier companies as of March, 2026: 1.Gerlinger Carrier, 2.Mortech Manufacturing, 3.Straddle Carrier.
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Carriers are vehicles designed for the transportation of materials, crops, and goods. Their load capacity varies based on their design, ranging from small manually operated models to larger, engine-driven vehicles capable of road travel with a seated driver.
Widely utilized in construction sites, agricultural fields, and livestock farms, carriers enhance work efficiency by reducing the trips required to transport materials between locations. Available in various configurations, carriers can feature tiltable beds for easy unloading of materials like earth and sand, and come in both manual and engine-driven models. Specialized carriers, including those with lift-equipped cargo beds and those made of stainless steel, cater to specific transportation needs, such as compost hauling under harsh conditions.
Carriers operate using either a crawler or wheel drive system:
The design of a carrier's bed significantly influences its load capacity:
Carriers are classified by size into:
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Straddle Carrier is an American manufacturer of industrial straddle carriers established in 1973 as a division of the Great Lakes Power Group. Based in Perry, Ohio, the company produces various straddle carrier models for transporting long, heavy loads under the Yard Bully, Longhorn, and Hyster brands. Its products have applications in the military and defense, oil and gas, shipbuilding, lumber sectors. Straddle Carrier also offers product repair, rebuilding, replacement parts, and rental services.
Trowin Industries, Inc. (TI) is an American manufacturer of industrial work vehicles and related parts that was established in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin in 2003. The company specializes in producing speed and pallet trucks, tow and pushback tractors, material transporters, and concept vehicles built or equipped to customer specifications. It also offers parts and components for repair or maintenance of portfolio vehicles (e.g. axles), as well as used trucks used for demonstration or testing purposes which are sold at a discount. TI chiefly serves clients in the warehouse and logistics, mining, and construction industries.
Gerlinger Carrier is an American manufacturer of industrial material handling equipment that was established in Salem, Oregon in 1918. The company mainly produces customized pallets for different load types (e.g. pipe, foundry castings), straddle carriers for moving loads along narrow paths such as tunnels, and tube bundle roller machines designed for refinery maintenance. It also offers custom design and engineering services for unique customer projects. Gerlinger Carrier primarily serves clients with intensive material handling operations, including refineries, steel mills, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, as well as companies in the petrochemical industry.
Wesco Industrial Products, LLC was founded in 1948 and is based in Philadelphia, PA, as a manufacturer of material handling equipment, appliance trucks, platform trucks, pedal lifts, and lift tables. Wesco designs and manufactures plastic box carts, U-boats, service carts, wood dollies, and, shelf carts, along with machinery movers, and scissor lifts that have applications in Welding, Automobile, Construction, and Transportation industries. They also provide Dock & Shipping equipment including universal strapping trucks, poly strapping systems, strap cutters & easy mount strip doors that have applications in Marine, Electronic appliances manufacturing, Mining, and, Aerospace industries.
Mortech Manufacturing is an American manufacturer of postmortem laboratory equipment that was established in Azusa, California in 1985. The company produces a range of equipment for use in mortuaries, including embalming and autopsy stations, anatomy dissection tables, body boxes, coolers, and body transporters such as gurneys. It also offers related laboratory essentials, such as decontamination sinks and scrub stations. Mortech Manufacturing primarily operates out of an 11,000 square foot manufacturing facility with in-house fabrication capabilities, and sells its products internationally via its network of partner distributors and representatives.
SJF Material Handling Inc., established in 1979 and headquartered in Winsted, Minnesota, is a supplier and distributor of material handling equipment and warehouse storage solutions. Among the products offered by the company are conveyor systems, pallet racks, and mezzanines. These products serve the general purpose of enhancing warehouse efficiency, streamlining material handling processes, and optimizing storage space utilization. The company also holds memberships in industry associations like the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA).
H&K Equipment, established in 1983 and headquartered in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, operates as a distributor of material handling equipment. Its offerings include forklifts, lift trucks, industrial cleaning equipment like floor scrubbers, and warehouse and racking products. Representing manufacturers like Taylor Machine Works and UniCarriers, the company serves diverse industries including retail, manufacturing, and logistics. The company also supplies heavy equipment batteries to power various machinery. H&K Equipment serves the entire mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S. through its sales, service, parts, and rental network.
Heinrich Brothers, Inc. was founded in 2000 by Jim and Ben Heinrich and is headquartered in MacMurray, Pennsylvania. The company is a manufacturer of material handling systems used in the manufacturing, packaging, and warehousing industries. The company’s product lineup includes small components, large machines, and turnkey solutions. Components include boxes, casters, doors, and carts. Machines include conveyor systems pulleys, rollers, and systems along with mezzanines and other structures. The company offers services including layout design, assembly, installation, and repair.
Source Equipment Company, Inc. was established in 1989 and headquartered in Leominster, Massachusetts. Source Equipment Company is a solution provider in warehousing, distribution management, and equipment sourcing. Source Equipment Company’s extensive catalog includes bins, boxes, cabinets carts, casters, chairs, containers, conveyors, cranes, barriers, dollies, doors, dumpers, hoppers, lifting equipment, office furniture, pallets, partitions, platforms, racks, safety equipment, scales, security equipment, trucks, wires, work benches, and other warehouse equipment including access equipment such as stairlifts, wheelchair lifts, ramps and residential elevators.
Novodinámica S.L.U. is a manufacturer of logistics and transportation equipment established in Cadrete, Zaragoza, Spain in the 1980s. The company offers scissor lifts for construction or maintenance operations, hoppers for agricultural materials or ores, and pallet trucks for warehouse or for port authority operations. It also offers related equipment for smaller-scale use, such as manual wheelbarrows and forklift implements. The company’s products are commonly used in Europe’s transportation, logistics, and municipal sectors.
Jiangsu Tonghui Lifting Equipment Co., Ltd. (JTLE) is a manufacturer of cargo handling and port equipment established in July 2015 before its acquisition by Wuxi Jiangnan Mining Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Based in Wuxi City, Jiangsu produces various types of equipment for offshore, marine, and port operations such as bridge, portal, and gantry cranes, ship loaders/unloaders, port hoppers, and container spreaders. JTLE also offers contract manufacturing for clients with unique requirements, as well as additional support services including product installation, maintenance, and repair.
SUPERIOR Manufacturing is an American manufacturer of specialized pipeline equipment that was established in 1983 in Houston, Texas. The company produces a wide range of equipment for the pipe laying operations, including crawler carriers, pipe facing and bending machines, padding machines, mandrels, and line-up clamps. It also offers hydraulic conversion systems for upgrading or calibrating the hydraulic power and control of existing pipelayers. With a subsidiary in Busseto, Italy, SUPERIOR Manufacturing primarily serves clients in the oil and gas, marine, wastewater processing, and mining industries.
Atlantic Equipment is headquartered in Massachusetts with offices across the Atlantic Seaboard. Atlantic Equipment is a distributor with services including rental and repair of construction and industrial equipment. Atlantic Equipment offers construction equipment, roofing equipment including roof power deck equipment, melters, on-deck equipment, hot air welding machines, and portable air compressors, safety equipment including cones, barricades, fall arrest carts, and warning line systems, various drill bits, chisels, and diamond blades, as well as hand tools including hand welders, caulking guns, torches, scissors, grizzly bards, and shingle roof tear-off shovels.
Ranking as of March 2026
Derivation Method| Rank | Company | Click Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerlinger Carrier |
9.8%
|
| 2 | Mortech Manufacturing |
8.8%
|
| 3 | Straddle Carrier |
8.8%
|
| 4 | Wesco Industrial Products, LLC. |
8.8%
|
| 5 | Heinrich Brothers, Inc. |
8.8%
|
| 6 | Novodinamica |
7.8%
|
| 7 | H&K Equipment |
7.8%
|
| 8 | SJF Material Handling Inc. |
7.8%
|
| 9 | Trowin Industries, Inc. |
6.9%
|
| 10 | SUPERIOR Manufacturing |
4.9%
|
Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the carrier page as of March 2026. Click share is defined as the total number of clicks for all companies during the period divided by the number of clicks for each company.Number of Employees
Newly Established Company
Company with a History
*Including some distributors, etc.
*Including some distributors, etc.
| Country | Number of Companies | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|
|
United States of America
|
9 | 64.3% |
|
Japan
|
2 | 14.3% |
|
China
|
2 | 14.3% |
|
Spain
|
1 | 7.1% |
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