Toyota Industries to acquire AB Equipment's materials handling segment from ELF Group

Toyota Industries Corporation has agreed to acquire the materials handling segment of AB Equipment, part of ELF Group, from Anchorage Capital Partners. AB Equipment is a major heavy equipment supplier in New Zealand.

“A Toyota Group subsidiary which makes forklifts, car products and textile machinery has inked a deal to acquire one of New Zealand’s largest suppliers of heavy equipment in the region.”afr.com

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• afr.comAnchorage sells ELF’s forklift unit to ToyotaSarah Thompson, Kanika Sood, Emma Rapaport, Angira BharadwajJul 22, 2026
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