SANY Robotics debuted its full electric forklift lineup at LogiMAT 2026 in Stuttgart and left with purchase agreements from more than ten European distributors totalling over 600 units — including a new three-wheel lithium counterbalance forklift launched for the European market (‘Narrow-Aisle Sprinter’, ‘Cold Storage Specialist’).

The forklift business matters to truck watchers for what it proves about SANY’s European machine: the group can localise products, sign distributors, and convert at major trade fairs — the same capabilities its eTrucks division needs at IAA in September. SANY’s European infrastructure (Putzmeister’s German sites, the Alltrucks service agreement, now a warehouse-logistics product line) is assembling into something broader than a truck launch: a multi-line European operation with shared service economics.

For fleets, the truck-relevant read is credibility by adjacency: a manufacturer earning repeat orders in the most price-sensitive equipment segment (forklifts, where TCO scrutiny is brutal) is demonstrating the cost-quality position it claims for trucks. The e263’s missing ingredient stays the same — a published price — but the company’s European competence keeps accumulating evidence around it.