Tailor-made for some heavy lifting, The Taylor Group, led by Taylor Machine Works, is a manufacturer of large material handling equipment including gantry cranes, marina trucks, container handlers, log stackers, side loaders, and industrial pneumatics. The Taylor Group company, also known as "Big Red," makes more than 100 models of industrial lift equipment (forklifts) with lift capacities of up to 120,000 pounds. Its other divisions include Sudden Service, Taylor Environmental Products, Taylor Leasing, Taylor Power Systems, Taylor Rail Group, and Temtco Steel. W.A. Taylor Sr. started the Taylor Group company with a "Loggers Dream" in 1927. His family, including CEO William Taylor Jr., owns and runs The Taylor Group.