GREENVILLE, NC, May 13, 2008–Yale Materials Handling Corporation, a market leader in lift trucks, honors its 16 top performing dealers with the 14th Annual Dealer of Excellence Awards. Each year the goals are raised and each year Yale’s dealers step up to the challenge.
“Yale is dedicated to providing top-quality products and superior levels of service to our customers, and we are pleased to honor these dealers who represent the best this industry has to offer,” said Don Chance, president, Yale Materials Handling Corporation. “These exceptional people work every day to deliver quality and excellence, while setting the standard that our industry and customers demand.”
Yale’s dealer network, the most comprehensive network of lift truck dealers in the world, participates each year in the Challenge of Excellence program. The top performing members are named Dealers of Excellence, achieving ambitious goals for customer satisfaction, dealer performance, general management, truck sales, short-term rental, aftermarket sales, and parts and service operations.
Dealers of Excellence offer customers the benefits of a highly motivated and customer-oriented distribution network spread across the country. Yale’s dealers pride themselves on customer service and exceeding customer expectations. Yale knows that it is their people that make this happen; employees that are dedicated to outstanding service and adding value to their clients businesses every day.
| DEALERS OF EXCELLENCE |
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| Alta Lift Truck Services, Inc. |
Steven Greenawalt |
| Berry Material Handling |
Joe Wilson |
| Black Equipment Company, Inc. |
Ken Bonnell |
| E.D. Farrell Company, Inc. |
Edward Otis |
| Eastern Lift Truck Co., Inc. |
Mike Pruitt |
| Hilo Yale Industrial Trucks |
Steve LoPiccolo |
| Key Material Handling Equipment Co., Inc. |
Robert Kehley |
| Medley Material Handling Company |
Mark Medley |
| National Lift Truck Service, Inc. |
Robert Siano |
| Northland Industrial Truck Co., Inc. |
Steve O’Leary |
| Riekes Equipment Company |
Duncan Murphy |
| Yale Industrial Trucks - Central California |
Michael Fitzgerald |
| Yale Lift Trucks of Florida & Georgia |
Sandy MacKinnon |
| Yale Industrial Trucks Pittsburgh, Inc. |
Christopher Burns |
| Yale Materials Handling Dougherty Equipment (NC - SC) |
Michael Dougherty |
| Yale Materials Handling - Green Bay, Inc. |
Gary Fairchild |
Yale Names 2007 Dealers of Excellence
Yale also recognized its Dealers of Merit and Dealers of Value in the 2007 Challenge of Excellence.
DEALERS OF MERIT |
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| Briggs Equipment (North Texas) |
Mike Winemiller |
| H & E Equipment Services (Utah & Nevada) |
Jeff Fry |
| Insley-McEntee Equipment Company |
Philip Robinson |
| Yale Kentuckiana, Inc. |
Ken MacDonald |
| Ohio Materials Handling, Inc. |
James Orenga |
| Tynan Equipment Co. . |
Mike Tynan |
| Yale Materials Handling – Torrance |
Steve Gallagher |
DEALERS OF VALUE |
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| Barclay Brand Ferdon |
Skip Russo |
| Briggs Equipment (South-East) |
Mike Winemiller |
| Bublitz Machinery Company |
Jeff Bublitz |
| Hy-Tek Material Handling, Inc. |
Samuel Grooms |
| KMH Systems, Inc. |
John Guenin |
| Materials Handling Products Corp. |
Scott Minich |
| Yale Carolinas, Inc. |
Joseph Wheeler |
| Yale/Chase Materials Handling Inc. |
Roger Ketelsleger |
| Yale Equipment & Services, Inc. |
Clifford Anglewicz |
| Yale Industrial Trucks Montreal & Ontario Limited |
Jim McFadyen |
| Yale Industrial Trucks – Minnesota, Inc. |
Gary Fairchild |
| Yale Materials Handling Gammon, Inc. |
Greg Gammon |
About Yale Materials Handling Corporation
Yale Materials Handling Corporation markets a full line of energy efficient materials 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. All Yale® trucks are manufactured in plants meeting ISO 14000 environmental standards. Company engineers are researching and investing in new technologies to help make lift trucks more energy efficient. Yale is a market leader in the development of electric trucks designed to duplicate the performance of ICE trucks. Yale is also a market leader in the introduction of regenerative technology on electric trucks to help conserve energy.
Yale offers comprehensive Fleet Management services, as well as Yale® service, parts, financing and training. Yale® trucks are manufactured in ISO 9001:2000 registered facilities and range in capacity from 2,000 to 36,000 pounds. For more information, or to find the authorized Yale® lift truck dealer nearest you, call 1-800-233-YALE or visit www.yale.com..
Contact: Erin Bijas, 609-452-8500 or ebijas@princetonpartners.com
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