@Dave S:
An informative way to learn about Eugene B. Clark and the history of the Clark Equipment Company is the "World of Clark Equipment" video that I uploaded to YouTube a couple of years ago. You can view the video(s) by doing a search in YouTube for "World of Clark Equipment".

I created a memorial to Eugene B. Clark on Find A Grave. You can view the memorial by searching Findagrave for: Eugene B. Clark, death 1942, Illinois, USA.

The Falconer family has nothing to do with Clark Equipment Company. They are my Scottish-American ancestors. I have several photo albums on my Flickr photo site; some concern Clark Equipment Company and its products and others concern my family genealogy work. You can review all of my photostream by searching for "joes_place" in Flickr.

Regards,
Joe

old Joseph
I would be pleased to hear more about the history of Clark Equipment Co
Eugene B. Clark, who was he?? was he an engineer brought in on the management or just an employee yard man

are there in the US, any memorial to the man, ie grave stone etc

who is the Falconer family?? how are this family tied into Clark Equipment

regards
Dave

Dave:
Yes, I am.
I have worked for Clark for almost 45 years and will retire on January 2. For hobbies, I also moderate seven Yahoo group pages concerning different Clark vehicles.

-Joe

I worked for clark equip all their employees were transferred to the clarion mech handling group along with pensions they were then bought by harvey plant who are now owned by briggs good luck!

Joseph
thanks
Clark Equipment, starting 1904
search Youtube for "The World of Clark Equipment" [1 to 4 parts]

old Clark photos, search internet for "Old Joseph's photostream"
are you "old Joseph" ????

regards

Dave

Dave:
Some history: Clark Equipment Company sold the Industrial Truck Division (ITD) to Terex in 1992. Around the same time, Clark Equipment discontinued their pension plan. Old timers (like myself), who had been vested for many years, would still get their 1/2 pension when they turned 55 or full pension when they reached 65. Younger employees were cashed out. This was in the U.S.; the pension plan might have been different at other Clark plants. In 1995, Ingersoll-Rand (I-R) acquired Clark Equipment in a hostile takeover. I-R kept what they wanted (Bobcat, Club Car and Blaw-Knox) and sold what they did not (Axles and Transmissions went to Dana). Meanwhile, Clark Material Handling (CMHC)(the former ITD of Clark Equipment) took itself private and got away from its unhappy marriage with Terex. In 1998, during the IMF meltdown, CMHC acquired Samsung Lift Truck, its former joint-venture partner in Korea. In 2000, CMHC was forced to declare bankruptcy and in 2003 was acquired by the Young An Hat Company of Korea.
Regarding Clark Equipement's pension plan, it was administered by I-R from 1995 to 2007. In 2007, I-R sold the Bobcat business to Doosan Infracore and included the Clark pension plan responsibility with the deal. In 2008, my monthly checks from the Clark pension plan changed from I-R to Doosan.
Short take: You will need to contact Doosan in the U.S. to get the necessary information to determine your eligibility.
Good luck.
Joe

Thanks for the reply.

I emailed Doosan in South Korea as a long shot, yesterday I had email from Doosan Infracore North Dakota USA which is home to Bobcat company who are doing the Clark Equipment pensions, good to say my pension is now being looked into and worked out

regards
Dave

Dave, Recomend that you retasin legal council so that you are covered at every base. I do not believe that anyone is out to defraud you or take anything away but, it is better to have an attorney do the work for you.

Best Wishes