April 23, 2007 • Taylor Machine Works, Louisville, Miss., will celebrate its 80th anniversary on Friday, April 27. In addition to the anniversary celebration, the day will include the dedication of the company's new Engineering and Operations Center Building. This latest addition to the Taylor facilities provides 13,200 square feet of additional office space on two floors.
One of the most visible activities during Taylor's 80th year is the introduction of a new line of Taylor "Big Red" machines • the TX Series. These 24- and 48-inch load center forklifts combine improvements to provide customers with equipment designed for performance, serviceability, and operational efficiency.
Taylor Machine Works was established in 1927 by W.A. Taylor, Sr., who developed and introduced the Logger's Dream, a log skidder to facilitate timber harvest by small crews. From the Logger's Dream, the Taylor product line expanded to include more than 100 machine models designed to meet the needs of materials handling professionals in the forest products, steel, concrete, intermodal, transportation, marina, and aluminum industries.
