Mike Brumleve

Forklift distributor Cardinal Carryor Inc of Louisville, Kentucky is establishing a unit to exclusively market Clark Material Handling Co equipment in the Indianapolis market. Clark and Cardinal Carryor completed the arrangement on 9 September.

The additional Clark territory is "an enormous opportunity for us to expand our capabilities already in southern Indiana and central Kentucky, and it gives us a continuous territory from the Tennessee (state) line to north of Indianapolis," Mike Brumleve, president of Cardinal Carryor, tells Forkliftaction.com News.

The addition "more than doubles our geographic territory", notes Brad Baker, Cardinal Carryor vice president, treasurer and operations manager.

The new unit, tentatively called Cardinal Carryor of Central Indiana, should open its doors in November with service and rental capabilities along with sales of attachments, chargers and new and used forklifts, according to Brumleve.

"Cardinal Carryor has faithfully represented Clark in Louisville and, as one of our oldest dealers, has earned the right to represent Clark in this traditionally strong (Indianapolis) territory," says Scott Johnson, director of dealer services with Lexington, Kentucky-based Clark. "We believe Mike Brumleve and his team of professionals will have an immediate impact on the Indianapolis market."

Cardinal Carryor employs 90 staff, including 38 forklift field service technicians, and occupies a Louisville facility with 30,000 square feet (2,700 sqm). In addition to Clark, the firm distributes and services equipment for the Crown, Bendi/Drexel, V Mariotti, Doosan, Hoist and Sellick brands.

Cardinal Carryor began distributing woodworking machinery and scrap containers in 1947, added forklifts in 1953 and became an authorised Clark forklift dealer in the Kentucky-southern Indiana marketplace in 1962.

Cardinal Carryor added forklift-related operations in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 2005 and leased a new facility there in July 2008.
A sister company, Louisville-based Cardinal Integrated Systems, has operated in the Indianapolis market since 1983 as a supplier and installer of warehouse planning and material handling systems and allied equipment.