{"id":100646,"date":"2024-02-28T08:09:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T08:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ep-equipment.com\/?p=100646"},"modified":"2024-02-28T08:13:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T08:13:15","slug":"epequipmentusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ep-equipment.com\/en-us\/blog\/2024\/02\/28\/epequipmentusa\/","title":{"rendered":"EP Equipment \u2013 The Innovation Company \u2013 Now launching the EP brand in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">EP Equipment is known across the world as the primary driver of innovation in the material handling industry over the last 10 years. No other lift truck manufacturer has created more groundbreaking products that changed the market.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two of the major contributions of change from EP Equipment are:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The development of the \u201centry level\u201d powered pallet truck category which drove transformational change in the market as companies upgraded from manual pallet trucks to electric pallet trucks lowering injuries and dramatically improving productivity and employee morale<\/li>\n<li>The world\u2019s first, \u201cpurpose built\u201d, lithium ion forklifts enabling companies to more rapidly convert their fleets from traditional IC forklifts to electric vehicles that are more productive in operations and better for the environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">EP Equipment is a company that wants to change the industry. Again and again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">We focus on products that simply work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">We do not want to add complexity where it is not needed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">We want trucks that are simple to service, easy to diagnose and robust.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>What is the background of EP Equipment in North America<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">EP Group has a long and proud history in North America as the owner of Big Lift which markets the Big Joe brand of material handling equipment.\u00a0 Big Joe was founded in 1951 and is well regarded as a pioneer of the Class III \u201cwalk behind\u201d lift truck market segment.\u00a0 \u00a0The Big Joe channel will continue to focus on innovative niche products and \u201cin between\u201d handling applications while EP Equipment has now launched the EP brand to focus on being the market leader of converting consumers from LP gas and diesel forklifts to electric forklifts through bringing industry changing products including \u201cpurpose built\u201d lithium ion forklifts to the market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">EP Equipment North America will be run by Jason Bratton and his leadership team and supported by the experience and knowledge of over one hundred and fifty North American based team members that possess deep expertise in serving the needs of North American material handling consumers.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>What is the goal of EP Equipment in North America?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Simply put, the goal is to change the market and be the industry leader in electrification of forklifts.\u00a0 We are here to partner with local lift truck distributors and end users to lead the change from LP gas and diesel forklifts to lithium ion machines, keeping all the advantages of IC trucks, but giving it the latest, state of the art Lithium Ion technology.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact EP Equipment<\/h2>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>sales@epforklifts.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">EP Equipment<br \/>\n4395 Diplomacy Rd,<br \/>\nFort Worth,<br \/>\nTX 76155,<br \/>\nUnited States<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EP Equipment is known across the world as the primary driver of innovation in the material handling industry over the last 10 years. 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