│ History

│ Foundation

│ Customer Experience

Introduction

Sroka Advance Vehicles, Inc., an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), provides a wide variety of mobile material handling equipment for industrial and commercial applications. In listening closely to world-wide industry leaders and workers, Sroka Advance Vehicles develops innovative solutions by providing the right tool for the job. Our products are designed and built for standard and special applications such as:

• heavy lifting

• narrow aisle maneuverability

• specialized load positioning integrated with other handling functions

• hazardous operating environments

From standard to complex material handling vehicles, Sroka Advance Vehicles uses its application designed engineering and manufacturing processes to produce products that assist companies in becoming more productive and more cost effective.

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Company History

Founded in 1984, Sroka Advance Vehicles is a business unit of Sroka Industries, Inc. located in Strongsville, Ohio, just south of Cleveland. Historically, Sroka Advance Vehicles' sales were derived primarily from its work as an exclusive subcontractor on a prominent line of electric powered mobile material handling equipment. During this period, the company and its staff established a strategic position in the material handling industry, providing custom features which cannot be economically produced by larger standard lift truck manufacturers.

Recognizing the expanding market demand for quality specialized material handling trucks, Sroka Advance Vehicles began marketing its own line of products in early 1991 and subsequently discontinued its subcontracting relationship in order to focus its efforts exclusively on its own products.

Traditionally, Sroka Advance Vehicles was known for its exclusive niche in the custom material handling industry. Whereas today, Sroka Advance Vehicles offers both a full line of standard and custom-engineered equipment, maintaining its position in the industry.

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Company Foundation

Sroka Advance Vehicles fabricates and manufactures 90% of all parts and components included in the assembly of its vehicles. This is achieved by housing engineering, design, fabrication, and assembly all at the same location. Unlike some of our competitors, we offer full on-site manufacturing and fabrication.

Sroka Advance Vehicles builds vehicles from an engineering prospective, with the customer's cost, productivity, and safety in mind.

While Sroka Advance Vehicles' specialized products are customized in design and application, most of the components and modules used in its equipment are common across many models. In addition to its own in-house parts and service department, the company works closely with its international network of dealers to provide the end-use customer timely field service and quality support.

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Customer Experience

Today, Sroka Advance Vehicles' list of end-use customers includes many prominent Fortune 500 companies, including:

• ABB Power

• Alcoa

• American Electric Power

• American Standard

• Armstrong World Industries

• Ashland Chemical

• Boeing

• Bridgestone - Firestone

• Case - New Holland

• Caterpillar

• Chrysler Corporation

• Cooper Tire

• Coty Cosmetics

• Dana

• Delphi

• Detroit Diesel

• Domino Sugar

• DuPont Chemical

• Eastman Kodak

• Eaton

• Ford Motor Company

• General Cable

• General Dynamics

• General Motors Corporation

• Honda

• Hormel Foods

• Inland Paperboard & Packaging

• International Paper

• John Deere

• Kellogg's

• Kohler Corporation

• Komatsu Dresser

• Lockheed Martin

• Meade Paper

• Merck Laboratories

• Nordstrom

• Northrup Grummen

• Ohio Edison - First Energy

• Oscar Meyer

• Pratt & Whitney

• Reynolds Metals

• Rhode Island National Guard

• Sikorsky Aircraft

• Trane Company

• United States Mint

• U.S. Steel

• Visteon

• Waukesha Engine / Dresser

• West Valley Nuclear

• Westinghouse

• Weyerhaeuser

• Whirlpool

• And Many Others.....