Global Component Technology Corporation (hereinafter GCT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of UniCarriers Corporation, which is a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Forklift,
Engine & Turbocharger Holdings, Ltd. (M-FET). GCT has been developing, producing, and selling
industrial machinery engines since its time as the Industrial Machinery Division of Nissan Motor
Co., Ltd. One of their main products is the K type, a 2.0-liter class, spark-ignited, in-line
four-cylinder engine mainly for forklift trucks and gas heat pumps (GHP). This paper presents the
features of the K type engine.
