# Hoist Liftruck to hire 50 workers for new terminal tractor line in East Chicago

Hoist Liftruck plans to hire 50 workers to build a new terminal tractor line at its East Chicago factory. The company aims to employ up to 500 by 2022.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-08-23
- Where: East Chicago, Indiana, United States
- Jobs: 50
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 5 terminal tractors per day at full capacity
- Products: terminal tractors, forklifts
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Hoist Liftruck](https://endata.com/companies/16276.md)

## Sources

- [nwitimes.com](https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/east-chicagos-hoist-liftruck-hiring-50-more-workers/article_60ea0658-7c83-594c-a068-f5b316a563d1.html), 2017-08-23: "Hoist Liftruck, the industrial forklift maker that relocated from Illinois to East Chicago, plans to hire 50 more workers to build a new tractor."

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