As Japan entered a period of rapid economic growth in the 1960s, lift trucks rapidly spread as an effective means of streamlining loading and unloading operations, and logistics systems based on loading and unloading by lift trucks were widely adopted. Toyota actively developed products in anticipation of customer needs including Japan's first small-sized special vehicle that can be operated with an ordinary driver's license and various attachments. Today, the product lineup ranges from 0.5-ton to 43-ton capacity vehicles. In 1986, Toyota entered the logistics systems business, and sales in business areas other than lift trucks have increased steadily.