Forklift manufacturer Yale Materials Handling honor dealers with Dealers of Excellence award

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. Ed Otis

Eastern Lift Truck Co., 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. Gary Fairchild

Ohio Materials Handling, 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. Ken MacDonald

Material Handling Products, Corp. 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