GREENVILLE, NC, March 5, 2010–Yale Materials Handling Corporation, a long-standing leader in the materials handling industry, honored 27 of its dealers through Yale’s Challenge of Excellence Program. Fourteen of its top-performing dealers were awarded the prestigious Dealer of Excellence award. Four dealers were recognized as Dealers of Merit and nine as Dealers of Value. The 2009 Dealers of Excellence were recently recognized in Cleveland marking the 16th year that Yale has honored its dealers for their industry-leading level of performance in all areas of the materials handling business.
“Over the last 16 years, Yale’s Dealer of Excellence Awards Program acknowledges the significant contribution our dealers play in the achievement of our overall goals as a company,” said Don Chance, president of sales for NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. “The dealers are among the very best distributors within the industry. Yale is very proud of their accomplishments and leadership within our Yale Distribution Network and the quality of services they provide our end user customer. They are without question our most valued asset within the business.”
To be recognized under Challenge of Excellence, a dealer must reach elevated goals in customer satisfaction, dealer performance, general management, truck sales, short-term rental, training, aftermarket sales, and parts and service operations.
Recipients of the Dealer of Excellence award include:
| Dealership |
Dealer Principal |
| Berry Material Handling |
Joe Wilson |
| Black Equipment Company, Inc |
Ken Bonnell |
| Dougherty Equipment Company |
Mike Dougherty |
| E.D. Farrell Company, Inc. |
Mike Pruitt |
| Hilo Yale Industrial Trucks |
Steve LoPiccolo |
| Key Material Handling Equipment Co., Inc. |
Bob Kehley |
| Medley Material Handling Company |
Mark Medley |
| Northland Industrial Truck Co., Inc. |
Steve O’Leary |
| Yale Lift Trucks of Florida & Georgia |
Sandy MacKinnon |
| Yale Industrial Trucks Pittsburgh, Inc. |
Chris Burns |
| Yale Materials Handling – Green Bay, Inc. |
Jim Orenga |
| Riekes Equipment Company |
Duncan Murphy |
Recipients of the Dealer of Merit awards include:
| Dealership |
Dealer Principal |
| Alta Lift Truck Services, Inc |
Steve Greenawalt |
| Fitzgerald Equipment Co., Inc. |
Kevin Fitzgerald |
| Insley-McEntee Equipment Company |
Phil Robinson |
| YMH – Torrance, Inc. |
Steve Gallagher |
Recipients of the Dealer of Value award include:
| Dealership |
Dealer Principal |
| Brennan Industrial Truck Company |
Jim Brennan Jr. |
| Briggs Equipment |
Mike Winemiller |
| M & G Materials Handling Co. |
Scott Minich |
| Yale/Chase Equipment and Services, Inc. |
Roger Ketelsleger |
| Yale Carolinas, Inc. |
Joe Wheeler |
| Yale Kentuckiana, Inc. |
Barry Paul |
| Yale Industrial Trucks – Central California |
Mike Fitzgerald |
| Yes Equipment and Services, Inc. |
Cliff Anglewicz |
About Yale Materials Handling Corporation
Yale Materials Handling Corporation markets a full line of material handling lift truck products and services, including electric, gas, LP-gas and diesel powered lift trucks; narrow aisle, very narrow aisle and motorized hand trucks. Yale is an operating division of NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. (www.nmhg.com). NMHG is one of the world's largest lift truck manufacturers. NMHG, employs approximately 5,500 people worldwide, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of NACCO Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NC).
For more information, please contact:
Ryan Fisher
Jackson Marketing Group
864-272-3023
ryan.fisher@jacksonmg.com
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