Forklift dealer Yale Carolinas is expanding its footprint in Chattanooga, nearly doubling its space and ramping up plans to add to its work force by about 25 percent.
“We’ve been able to continue to grow” despite the sluggish economy, said Deron Huling, the company’s general sales manager in Chattanooga. “You may find that unusual. We’ve had zero layoffs.”
Yale Carolinas is shifting from its longtime North Creek Road location to Bonnyshire Industrial Park off Bonny Oaks Drive near the Volkswagen auto assembly plant.
The Charlotte, N.C.-based company is leasing about 17,000 square feet and doubling its office and showroom space.
Jeff Jennings of NAI Charter Real Estate Co., who represented Yale Carolinas in the building lease, said he has had a lot of interest in sites on the Bonny Oaks Drive corridor and between Interstate-75 and Highway 153.