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KION Forklift

forkliftcommercialby KION Group

KION Group industrial trucks and supply chain automation including forklifts and AGVs.

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Manufacturer
KION Group
Form factor
forklift
Maturity
commercial
Lifecycle
active
Website
kiongroup.com ↗

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Key facts

Installed base (company-stated, 2025)

More than 2.0 million KION forklift trucks and warehouse equipment were in use at the end of 2025.

Brands (company-stated)

Industrial-truck brands include Linde, STILL, Baoli, Fenwick and OM; STILL also offers automated guided vehicles.

Automation acquisitions (company-stated)

KION acquired Belgian Egemin Automation and North American Retrotech; Agidens dates the Egemin sale to KION to May 2015.

Employees (company-stated, 2025)

More than 42,000 employees in the 2025 financial year.

OM load capacities (company-stated)

OM internal-combustion forklifts span 1.5 to 16 tons; OM electric forklifts span 1.5 to 3.5 tons.

Data & sources

Web sources

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Pricing

No verified price is on record for KION Forklift. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

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Recent activity

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Safety record

No incidents on record for KION Forklift.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (2)

  1. https://www.kiongroup.com/en/About-us/
  2. https://www.agidens.com/news/agidens-is-the-new-name-for-former-egemin-divisions/

Common questions

What is KION Forklift?
KION Group industrial trucks and supply chain automation including forklifts and AGVs.
How much does KION Forklift cost?
KION Forklift's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for KION Forklift from KION Group. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is KION Forklift actually deployed in the real world?
KION Forklift is recorded at the commercial stage, but DEPLOY has no deployment verified at a named site yet; vendor deployment claims are not independently confirmed here. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.
Who makes KION Forklift?
KION Forklift is made by KION Group, based in Frankfurt, Germany, founded in 2006.
Can you buy KION Forklift?
KION Forklift is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
What are alternatives to KION Forklift?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable forklift robots to KION Forklift include Autonomous Pallet Jack, Balyo MV, TWA Reach, Big Joe Forklift.
How does KION Forklift compare to Autonomous Pallet Jack?
KION Forklift and Autonomous Pallet Jack (Vecna Robotics · 2 deployments) are both forklift robots on the DEPLOY registry. KION Forklift has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is KION Forklift a top forklift?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, KION Forklift ranks in roughly the top 44% of forklift models tracked by the registry.
What is KION Forklift's maturity stage?
KION Forklift is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
Where is KION Forklift deployed?
No verified deployments of KION Forklift are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is KION Forklift safe?
KION Forklift has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: forklift

Sources by quality tier

2
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The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for KION Forklift.