MHEDA is proud to recognize its members who have been identified by their manufacturers and suppliers as Top Distributors. MHEDA distributors are routinely ranked among the best in the world. The affinity programs, education, networking opportunities, publications and more that the association offers are valuable resources for material handling distributors. With MHEDA’s resources at their disposal, these already great distributors have become even better! The 2012 award winners are listed below. (This list reflects the manufacturer lists we received as of press time.) Congratulations to the honorees!
Clark Material Handling Company
Dealer of the Year
Fraza Forklifts (Detroit, MI)
Dealers of Excellence
Naumann/Hobbs Material Handling – Phoenix, AZ
Holt of California – Sacramento, CA
TruPar America – Bentleyville, PA
Burke Handling Systems, Inc. – Jackson, MS
Dealers of Distinction
J.H. Ryder Machinery Ltd. – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Louisiana Lift & Equipment, Inc. – Shreveport, LA
Cervus Equipment Corporation – Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Sooner Lift, Inc. – Oklahoma City, OK
Homestead Materials Handling Co. – Roanoke, VA
Dealers of Merit
Material Handling, Inc. – Dalton, GA
W.E. Johnson Equipment Company – Miami, FL
OZMAQ S.A. DE C.V. – San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Delta Materials Handling, Inc. – Memphis, TN
CEPAMOSA – Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico
Apex Material Handling Corporation – Chicago, IL
Forklifts of Minnesota, Inc. – Minneapolis, MN
MidCo Material Handling – Seattle, WA
Capital Equipment & Handling, Inc. – Hartland, WI
Valley Industrial Trucks, Inc. – Youngstown, OH
New Dealer of the Year
All Lift Service Co Inc – Willoughby, OH
Hyster Company
Arnold Machinery Company – Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
Equipco Division Phillips Corp. (Bridgeville, PA)
Hilo Materials Handling Group (New York, NY)
Johnson Lift (City of Industry, CA)
LiftOne (Charlotte, NC)
McCall Handling Co. (Baltimore, MD)
MH Equipment Co. – Iowa (Des Moines, IA)
Northland Industrial Truck Co. – Connecticut (Wallingford, CT)
Papé Material Handling, Inc – Central Washington (Wenatchee, WA)
Papé Material Handling, Inc – Eugene (Eugene, OR)
Papé Material Handling, Inc – Portlant (Portland, OR)
Papé Material Handling, Inc – Spokane (Spokane, WA)
Wajax Equipment – East (Mississauga, ON, Canada)
Wajax Equipment – West (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America (MCFA)
“Quest for Excellence” Dealers of the Year
Adobe Equipment (Houston, TX)
Altorfer, Inc. (Davenport, IA)
Capitol Lift Truck, Inc. (Oklahoma City, OK)
Darr Equipment Company (Southlake, TX)
Equipment Depot Ohio, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH)
Fallsway Equipment Co. (Akron, OH)
G & W Equipment, Inc. (Charlotte, NC)
Gregory Poole Equipment Company (Raleigh, NC)
Hewitt Equipment Ltd. (Pointe Claire, QC, Canada)
Holt of California (W. Sacramento, CA)
Industrias Juan F. Secco, SA (Argentina)
Miami Industrial Trucks, Inc. (Dayton, OH)
Morrison Industrial Equipment (Grand Rapids, MI)
Quinn Lift, Inc. (Selma, CA)
Toromont Lift (Winnipeg, MB, Canada)
Towlift, Inc. (Cleveland, OH)
TRACSA S.A.P.I de C.V. (Mexico)
UNIMAQ SA (Peru)
Wholesale Equipment of Fresno (Fresno, CA)
Wiese USA – Central Division (St. Louis, MO)
Wiese USA – East Division (Indianapolis, IN)
Wiese USA – South Division (Memphis, TN)
Wisconsin Lift Truck Corp. (Brookfield, WI)
Wyoming Machinery Company (Casper, WY)
Nissan Forklift Corporation by UniCarriers
President’s Award Winner
J.M. Equipment Co. (Manteca, CA)
Steel King Industries
Top Ten Excalibur Dealers
Baker Brothers Installations Inc. (Marietta, GA)
Cisco Eagle Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Craft Equipment Co. (Tampa, FL)
Crown Lift Of Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids, MI)
Crown Lift Of Pompano Beach (Pompano Beach, FL)
Lift Solutions Inc. (Omaha, NE)
Riekes Material Handling Co. (Waukee, IA)
Twinlode Corp. (South Bend, IN)
Wisconsin Lift Truck Corp. (Brookfield, WI)
Wynright Corp. (Elk Grove, IL)
Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc.
Allied Toyotalift, Knoxville, Tenn.
Atlas Toyota Material Handling, Schiller Park, Ill.
Brodie Toyota-Lift, Lawrence, Mass.
Conger Toyotalift, Green Bay, Wis.
Hull Toyota Lift, Elkhart, Ind.
JIT Toyota-Lift, Frewsburg, N.Y.
JRC Toyota-Lift now a branch of Toyota Material Handling Ohio, Worthington, Ohio
Lift, Inc., Mountville, Pa.
Madland Toyota-Lift, Inc., Bakersfield, Calif.
ProLift Industrial Equipment, Louisville, Ky.
Shoppa’s Material Handling, Ltd., Fort Worth, Texas
SwiftLift, Inc., Victor, N.Y.
Toyota Forklifts of Atlanta, Scottdale, Ga.
Toyota Lift of South Texas, San Antonio, Texas
ToyotaLift of Houston, Houston, Texas
YALE MATERIALS HANDLING CORPORATION
Dealers of Excellence
Alta Equipment Company (Wixom, MI)
Berry Material Handling (Wichita, KS)
Black Equipment Company (Evansville, IN)
Burns Industrial Equipment (Monroeville, PA)
Dougherty Equipment Company – South Division (Charleston, SC)
Eastern Lift Truck (Maple Shade, NJ)
Fairchild Equipment Inc. (Green Bay, WI)
Fitzgerald Equipment (Rockford, IL)
Harding Forklift Services (Surrey, BC, Canada)
Hilo Yale Industrial Trucks (Hauppauge, NY)
Inslee-McEntee Equipment Company (Rochester, NY)
Key Material Handling Equipment Company (Brooklyn, NY)
MacKinnon Equipment and Services (Tampa, FL)
Medley Material Handling Company (Oklahoma City, OK)
Northland Industrial Truck (Wilmington, MA)
Ohio Materials Handling (Macedonia, OH)
Pacific Material Handling Solutions (Hayward, CA)
Riekes Equipment Company (Omaha, NE)
Tynan Equipment Co. (Lafayette, IN)
Yale Carolinas, Inc. (Charlotte, NC)
Yale/Chase Equipment and Services Inc. (City of Industry, CA)
Yale Kentuckiana (Louisville, KY)
YES Equipment & Services (Itasca, IL)