in the US Hyster is not the big dog they once were- many Yale dealers have bought out or merged with or have taken over Hyster dealerships, e.g. Barlow World who bought out Wren Brothers once a top level Hyster dealer in their day in the US was taken over by Briggs Equipment.
Not a Hyster or Yale or Toyota or Linde fan - - just retired, hung up my spurs in Oct. of 2007. was well known in the US as a person of integrity and respected for 41 years - from coast to coast - north to south plus all of Mexico and Japan. (Mitsubishi and Komatsu).