Development and manufacture of forklift trucks, warehouse equipment and automated guided vehicles (AGVs)
Logisnext Europe B.V.
Almere (NL) · Järvenpää (FI) · Noáin/Pamplona (ES) · Mölnlycke (SE)New on Amplifa
About Logisnext Europe
Logisnext Europe B.V. is a multi-brand and multi-channel company of Mitsubishi Logisnext Co., Ltd. headquartered in Almere (Netherlands). The group develops, manufactures, distributes and services industrial trucks, including counterbalance forklifts, warehouse equipment such as pallet trucks, stackers, order pickers and reach trucks, as well as automated guided vehicles (AGVs). The value chain includes engineering and design at the European Design Centre in Järvenpää (Finland), series production at the Järvenpää and Noáin (Pamplona, Spain) plants, as well as assembly, automation and after-sales service. With around 1,900 employees, direct sales companies in nine countries and a dealer network, the company supplies markets in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the CIS. Behind Logisnext Europe lie the brand histories of Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks, Caterpillar, Rocla, Nissan, Atlet, TCM and UniCarriers; the company ranks among the leading global manufacturers of industrial trucks and ships over 100,000 trucks annually. In addition to new equipment, it offers fleet management, financial services, maintenance, modernization and spare parts supply from a parts center in Belgium.
- Site
- RC Almere
- Processes
- Automatic welding (automatic welding robots on the production line), Engineering / design & R&D (European Design Centre), Service, maintenance, modernization, spare parts supply (after-sales), Design & development (European Design Centre), Manufacture of forklifts, warehouse equipment and AGVs, AGV automation with FleetController software, 24/7 helpdesk, Maintenance, repair, modernization
- Materials
- Steel, Assembly / series production of industrial trucks, Automatic Welding, AGV systems and FleetController software, European Design Centre (Engineering/R&D)
- Certificates
- Extensive Testing / strict factory quality controls, OEM original parts with parts warranty, ISO 9001 (documented)
- Founded
- 2018
- Employees
- 1900
- Industries
- Material Handling / Intralogistics (general), Paper and Cardboard/Packaging
- 01
Engineering & Design (European Design Centre Järvenpää)
- 02
Sheet metal processing and automatic welding (welding robots)
- 03
Series production of forklifts, warehouse equipment, AGVs
- 04
Pre-delivery quality inspection
- 05
Sales (direct and dealer network)
- 06
Service, maintenance, modernization, spare parts
Products, Processes and Technologies
Steel
Material of the body and frame components that are joined on automatic welding robots on the production line.
Assembly / series production of industrial trucks
Manufacture of counterbalance forklifts, warehouse equipment and AGVs.
Automatic Welding
Automatic welding robots in the production line of the Mölnlycke plant.
AGV systems and FleetController software
Automated roll and pallet handling including a cloud-based data platform for remote maintenance and process optimization.
European Design Centre (Engineering/R&D)
Development of product and solution concepts with customer-oriented research and development.
Locations
Almere
NLHead office / HQ (Logisnext Europe B.V., Hospitaaldreef 29)
Järvenpää
FIManufacturing and development plant / European Design Centre (Logisnext Europe Oy, Jampankatu 2)
Noáin (Pamplona)
ESManufacturing plant (Logisnext Manufacturing Europe S.A., Calle Soto Grande)
Mölnlycke
SEBusiness site / former plant (Logisnext Europe Sweden Center AB)
- Materials
- Steel
- Automatic welding robots
Components and End Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Automatic welding (automatic welding robots on the production line)Joining | – | – | – | – | Steel |
| Engineering / design & R&D (European Design Centre)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Service, maintenance, modernization, spare parts supply (after-sales)Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
1 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatic welding robots | – | – | – | – | Mölnlycke, Sweden |
Additional services
Quality
The products undergo strict quality controls before leaving the plant. A global parts and service network ensures availability, with a parts center in Belgium, 10 years of spare parts stocking and a first-fix rate of 95%.
| Evidence | Almere |
|---|---|
| Extensive Testing / strict factory quality controls | |
| OEM original parts with parts warranty | |
| ISO 9001 (documented) |
History
- 1942
Foundation of the predecessor company Rocla in Finland by the Stigzelius family (initially carriages, stoves and beds)
- 1958
Foundation of Atlet in Sweden; first production facility in Kode near Gothenburg; start of manufacturing
- 1958
Start of Spanish activities as a manufacturer of agricultural machinery
- 1964
Relocation of Swedish production to Kållered
- 1966
Spanish plant joins Motor Ibérica (from 1980 Nissan Motor Ibérica)
- 1972
Relocation of Swedish production to a purpose-built plant in Mölnlycke
- 1989
Start of forklift truck production in Spain
- 1992
Formation of the Mitsubishi Forklift Trucks brand through the MHI/Caterpillar joint venture
- 1995
Foundation of Nissan Forklift España, S.A.
- 2007
Atlet acquired by Nissan
- 2008
100,000th forklift truck from Spanish production
- 2012
UniCarriers Corporation formed from Nissan and TCM forklift businesses (with INCJ and TCM)
- 2013
Mitsubishi Nichiyu Forklift Co., Ltd. founded; UniCarriers production starts in Spain (UniCarriers Manufacturing Spain S.A.)
- 2016
UniCarriers acquired by Mitsubishi Logisnext Co. Ltd. / Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- 2018
Mitsubishi Logisnext Europe B.V. founded as holding company from MCFE Group and UniCarriers Europe Group on 1 April 2018
- 2020
1 April: full integration of MCFE and UCE into Mitsubishi Logisnext Europe; more than 2,100 employees; renaming of the Spanish plant to Mitsubishi Logisnext Europe S.A.
- 2022
Swedish production consolidated to the Järvenpää plant (Finland); move to temporary premises in Mölnlycke
- 2026
30 April: renaming to Logisnext Europe; construction of a new office building in Mölnlycke