Who We Are

CESAB is an acronym for "Carrellificio Emiliano S.p.A. Bologna", which actually means "Emilian forklift company in Bologna". [Emilia Romagna is an Italian region, whose capital city is Bologna]

In 1953 Mario Marabini secured the first authorised dealer agreement with CESAB of Bologna. Today brothers Nerio and Maurizio Marabini still manage the CESAB dealership and have seen the company grow strongly over the last 60 years. With more than 40 employees based at the 3000 square metre Orio al Serio, Bergamo site, Marabini are now certified I SO 9001 and operate with a loyal customer base.

In 1958 Joris Van Dijck started as the CESAB dealer for Belgium and Luxemburg, based in Morkhoven a suburb from Herentals in the Antwerp region.
In 1995 they established their new offices in 'Herentals-Klein Gent' an area of 6,000 square meters and next to one of the main highways in Belgium.

CESAB Material Handling GmbH was formed in 1982 and is now part of the CESAB Material Handling Europe organisation. With its head office in Eberstadt and an extensive dealer network, CESAB Material Handling GmbH distributes its expanding product range to customers within Germany. This helps customers to have the best of both worlds: high quality products backed by strong local support and rapid response times.

Pininfarina S.p.A. is a leading Italian design house based in Cambiano, Italy. Founded in 1930 by automobile designer and builder Battista "Pinin" Farina, Pininfarina has been employed by a wide variety of high-end automobile manufacturers. It also has designed trams in France and Greece, high-speed trains in Holland, and trolleys in the USA and since the 1980s Pininfarina has been consulted on industrial design projects with clients including CESAB for the Blitz range of forklifts.

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CESAB Material Handling France was formed in 1997 and is now part of CESAB Material Handling Europe organisation. With its head office in Paris and an extensive dealer network, CESAB Material Handling France distributes its expanding product range to customers within France. This helps customers to have the best of both worlds; high quality products backed by strong local support and rapid response times.

CESAB Material Handling Europe was formed in 2009 and is part of the Toyota Material Handling Group. With its corporate head office in Bologna, CESAB Material Handling Europe distributes its expanding product range to customers in 23 countries through a network of exclusive independent dealers. This helps customers to have the best of both worlds: high quality products backed by strong local support and rapid response times. 

A new range of powerful and efficient material handling equipment was launched by CESAB at CEMAT, Hannover. Ergonomically designed reach trucks, cold store cabins and heavy duty powered stacker and pallet trucks are just some of the new models CESAB brought to the European market in 2011.

From design and manufacture to excellent serviceability, ergonomics and visibility, the CESAB 48 volt B300 and B400 ranges reflect the strengths and experience of both CESAB design and engineering and TPS (Toyota Production System) used in manufacturing. 

Aligning with CESAB's B-series family of electric counterbalanced forklifts, the B600 features CESAB's Intelligent Mast Design technology (IMD) with the latest advances in productivity and safety features.

The 4-wheel AC electric forklift B600 range has been designed to achieve the highest levels of workplace productivity, with nine models offering load capacity from the 2 tonnes of the new compact B620 model to the high capacity 5.0 tonne B650.

CESAB Material Handling Europe organisation opened an office in Barcelona with the objective of developing and supporting an extensive dealer network.

After a long and successful career, CESAB Europe announces that the "Compasso d'Oro" rewarded and Pininfarina designed hydrostatic Drago Series was replaced by the hydrostatic version of the well-known and proven M300, the CESAB M300H. Hydrostatic trucks are not new for Cesab as their history goes back to the early 90's when the first version of the Drago model was introduced. Production started in July 2018 in the Ancenis (France) factory and the M300H model is available in capacities from 1500 to 3500 kg both in Diesel and LPG.

From retail to wholesale, manufacturing to distribution, the CESAB P200 and S200 ranges offer a flexible solution for all operations managed by people on foot.

Both ranges now offer the option of reduced speed when forks are lowered and a low noise hydraulic option, ideal for retail environments, as well as optional speed reduction for travelling around corners.

CESAB Material Handling Europe reveals that starting April 2020, the company will offer fully integrated Lithium-ion batteries across their Warehouse range. The batteries are assembled in-house following the high quality TPS manufacturing standards.

CESAB offers Li-ion solution throughout its extensive warehouse range. Li-ion batteries for the 48 Volt Counterbalanced Lift trucks will follow soon.

As the first low lifting truck to be built around CESAB's in-house modular Li-ion battery system, the CESAB P216i brings a completely new standard of design to the powered pallet truck market.

CESAB's engineering teams have devised a series of solutions across the CESAB M300 Stage V range that will not only meet Euro V requirements but also deliver even greater business efficiencies, optimise productivity and improve reliability.