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The Toyota Prius hybrid vehicle has been a world leader on the roads for more than a decade. Now the new Toyota Geneo engine powered hybrid forklift builds on that Toyota eco-technology to show the way ahead for your industry. The Toyota Geneo* forklift revolutionised the material handling industry in Japan when it was launched in 2009.
Whilst there's been no Australian release date set for the Geneo as yet, you don't need to wait to access advanced Toyota technologies. Selected Toyota forklifts already offer the availability of features such as closed loop emission systems, three-way catalytic converters, and nearly 100 per cent black carbon elimination from diesel exhausts.
Toyota's Winning Formula: Caring for our earth
Toyota's commitment to the environment is evident in the
eco-friendly management systems that are used in our production
facilities (ex. ISO 14001 obtained by Takahama Plant).
This commitment extends to our products:
- We are committed to developing battery-powered forklifts with
the same performance levels as IC models.
- DPF-II (Diesel Particulate Filter) used to reduce emissions from
diesel engines.
- 3-way Catalytic Converter System used to reduce harmful
emissions from diesel engines.
- Vehicles, which run on clean energy such as LPG or CNG
(compressed natural gas), emitting extremely low levels of SOx,
which is a major cause of global warming and acid rain.
- Plus every Toyota forklift is manufactured to be 99%
recyclable.
Environmental Preservation
Toyota Material Handling actively positions environmental
preservation as one of its top priority management issues, and
continuously sets environmental goals, and creates plans to achieve
them.
Toyota has continued improving the level of exhaust emissions from
its engines. Our environmental activities are underpinned by
its Environmental Action Plan and Environmental Management
Systems.
The Toyota Industries Group will continue to set challenging
targets aimed at further reducing the environmental impact of its
business activities, listening carefully to voices of its
stakeholders such as customers, and acting in compliance with the
letter and spirit of laws and regulations.
The Toyota Industries Group will continuously improve its
environmental management, placing environmental activities among
its highest priorities. In particular, the company will give
priority to the following items.
Curb global warming:
Aiming to reduce energy consumption and the output of greenhouse
gases through the entire lifecycle of its products, services, and
production activities
Use resources more
efficiently: Utilizing raw materials, water, and other
resources efficiently while working to reduce, reuse, and recycle
waste products
Reduce environmental risk
factors: Reducing the use and output of harmful chemical
substances of concern while evaluating environmental risk factors
at the planning stage of business activity in order to prevent
pollution
The Toyota Industries Group will aim to foster greater
communication and teamwork within a wide range of partnerships,
including those with customers and suppliers, in order to promote
sustainable management of the environment. In addition, the Toyota
Industries Group will act as an upstanding corporate citizen,
taking an active part in the planning of activities that contribute
to various regional communities as well as to our global
society.
Furthermore, we are committed to comply with standards required by
relevant environmental legislation and regulations.
Toyota's R&D division have made natural resource conservation
and environmental protection corporate-wide commitments. By
employing automobile technologies, cleaner and powerful engines for
industrial equipment have been developed. In addition to lowering
noise, exhaust emissions, vibration and fuel consumption, advanced
filter and converter technology ensures cleaner emissions from
diesel and gasoline engines.
Toyota Forklifts Provide a Better Work Environment
The work environment was a top priority in the design of the
Toyota 8-Series forklift and it shows, with smoke generation being
reduced to an almost undetectable level. The following optional
features have been incorporated: a Diesel Particulate Filter which
eliminates 100% of black smoke, a 3-Way Catalytic Converter which
processes three toxic components of exhaust gases into harmless
materials such as CO2, H20 and N2 promises a healthier work
environment.
Noise levels have been given equal attention with the 8-Series
forklift offering a low-noise package as standard equipment, and
adding numerous covers, anti-vibration mechanisms, and silencers to
provide a forklift that is welcomed wherever it goes into the
workplace.
Toyota has reached an all new level with the release of its Diesel
engine for the new big truck range being the material handling
industries first common rail diesel. Built on the principle
of ECO cubed, the new diesel engine brings together ease and
comfort, economy and ecology with low emission advanced engine
series (LEAVES). This series uses the newly developed J08E-T
common-rail diesel engine. This turbo charged engine provides
superb power while generating low noise, low vibration and
extremely low harmful exhaust emissions.