Forklift Distributors Interview Each Other
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure to sit in on a conversation between David Rizzo, president of A. J. Jersey (South Plainfield, NJ), and Sam Grooms, president of Hy-Tek Material Handling (Columbus, OH). Rizzo is a Crown dealer in central New Jersey and Grooms is a Yale and Hytrol distributor in the Midwest.
The conversation was centered around the Member Profile article for the 2nd Quarter issue of The MHEDA Journal, in which A. J. Jersey will be featured. As part of a new style of article, another member, Grooms in this case, is contributing to the normal profile interview by asking questions. The members provide insight that those of us who don’t do material handling for a living don’t have.
The bulk of this interview will be appearing in the April issue of the magazine, but you can get a preview of the style in the current issue, when new MHEDA President Greg Morrison, vice president of Morrison Industrial Equipment Company (Grand Rapids, MI), was interviewed by Howard Bernstein, chairman of The Atlas Companies (Schiller Park, IL). Bernstein, who has been in the material handling business for more than 50 years, did business with Greg’s grandfather and had a lot of interesting questions for Greg. Watch an audio slideshow about Greg’s company here.
These new features will be in each new issue of the magazine going forward, so don’t miss out! If you’d like to be the subject of the interview or the one asking the questions, let me know!
Tags: forklift, material handling, training
July 12th, 2010 at 2:21 am
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