# KION North America to supply material handling equipment to Volvo Car US factory

KION North America has agreed to provide material handling equipment, including forklifts and reach trucks with lithium-ion batteries, for Volvo Car US Operations Inc.'s new factory in Berkeley County, South Carolina.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-01-01
- Where: Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 120,000 cars per year
- Products: forklifts, reach trucks, very narrow aisle trucks, lithium-ion batteries
- Sectors: [Material Handling](https://endata.com/sectors/material-handling.md)

## Companies

- [KION North America](https://endata.com/companies/16599.md)
- [KION North America](https://endata.com/companies/16599.md) (supplier)
- [Volvo Car US Operations](https://endata.com/companies/16600.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [dcvelocity.com](https://www.dcvelocity.com/articles/33618-kion-north-america-announces-agreement-with-volvo-car-us-operations-inc), 2017-01-12: "KION North America, member of one of the world's largest manufacturers of industrial trucks, today announced an agreement with Volvo Car US Operations Inc."
- [plasticshotline.com](https://plasticshotline.com/news/kion-north-america-announces-agreement-volvo-car-us-operations-inc/), 2017-01-12: "This agreement is monumental."
- [manufacturing.net](https://www.manufacturing.net/operations/press-release/13195316/kion-unveils-first-forklift-at-volvos-first-us-production-facility), 2017-08-25: "Not only is this the fifth Volvo factory that KION Group is supplying equipment to around the world, but this will be the first complete Lithium-ion fleet in automotive manufacturing in North America."

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