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Taylor Machine Works Inc. Taylor Machine Works Inc. has been an Associate member since SFPA created its Associate Member category in 1970. For eight decades, the company – fondly known as “Big Red” – has designed and manufactured materials-handling equipment for the forest products industry.
W.A. Taylor Sr. founded the machine shop in Louisville,
Miss., in 1927. The shop’s development
Taylor remains a family-owned
and operated company. W.A. “Bill” Taylor, Jr. succeeded his father W.A. “Alec”
Taylor Sr. as president in 1968 and continued to serve as chairman of the
The Taylor product line includes 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. For more information, visit www.taylorbigred.com. |
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of the “Logger’s Dream,” a log skidder
that facilitated timber harvesting by small crews, soon established Taylor’s
reputation as a manufacturer of materials-handling equipment. Today, the company
operates from a 450,000 square-foot facility and is best known for its “Big Red”
forklift trucks, which are marketed by 50 dealers with more than 100 locations
in the United States and Canada and direct sales representatives in the
Southeastern United States.
board
of directors until his death in November 2007. W. A. “Lex” Taylor III assumed
the presidency in 1987. Lex is the third generation of the Taylor family to lead
the company. His brother, Robert D. Taylor Sr., vice-president of operations and
sister, Teresa Taylor Ktsanes, general manager of corporate public relations and
show promotions, are also actively involved in management and administration of
the company.