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Paving The Road To Success
Gregory Poole Equipment Company finds rejuvenation in its entrepreneurial roots.
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80 Years In The Family: The Lilly Company
Material handling equipment distribution company The Lilly Company describes its evolution from a provider of conveyor and engineered systems to a provider of lift trucks. -
A Mix Of History, Legacy And Innovation
Riekes Equipment Company is led by President Duncan Murphy and is a leading Yale forklift dealership in Nebraska. -
A.J. Jersey Poised For The Future
A profile of A.J. Jersey Inc., a distributor of lift trucks and other material handling equipment to serve distribution and the supply chain. -
Advancing On Trust And Faith
MHEDA President Chuck Frank leads AHS, a material handling systems integrator. -
Anniversary Scrapbook
Distributors celebrate milestone anniverasries. -
Atlantic Handling Systems
Atlantic Handling Systems is building its storage and handling and engineered systems business, selling pallet rack, shelving, conveyor and other material handling products. -
Atlas Equipment Company
Atlas Equipment Company, a distributor of material handling equipment including mezzanines, pallet rack, decking, shelving, focuses on ergonomics and customer service. -
Balint/Ryder Handling Equipment Profiting From Service
A unique forklift service-first model gives Balint/Ryder Handling Equipment, a distribution firm for lift trucks, motive power batteries, loading dock equipment and other material handling accessories, a leg up. -
Bastian Material Handling Corporation
Bastian Material Handling Corporation expands from storage rack and casters to become a complete material handling equipment dealer of conveyors, engineered systems and sortation equipment. -
Briggs Equipment
Briggs Equipment, a full service distributor of forklifts and material handling equipment, relies on equipment rental business to drive growth. -
Carolina Handling, LLC Exceeding Customer Expectations
Lift truck distribution company Carolina Handling generates sales by focusing on training and all forms of material handling equipment. -
Charging Forward
Motive power batteries and chargers for forklift batteries are the primary focus at Advanced Battery Technologies. -
Cisco-Eagle: Leading The Pack
Cisco-Eagle is one of the country’s leading storage and handling and systems integration firms, led by CEO and MHEDA Director Steve Strifler. -
Consistency Is Key At Southern Acquisitions
Southern Acquisitions develops processes and metrics to help management succeed. -
Conveyor Solutions, Inc.
Conveyor Solutions is a leading distribution company for material handling equipment. -
Crossing Over
Material Handling Distributor Cross Bros. Co. describes its systems integration company. -
Customer Confidence Is Priority For Scott Lift Truck Corporation
Paul Swakow turned Scott Lift Truck around from a fledgling forklift dealer to one of the most respected material handling distributors in the country. -
Customer First, Employee Second, Dealership Third
Three-tiered approach has Toyota-Lift of Los Angeles thriving under veteran leadership. -
Equipco
Material handling equipment distribution company Equipco focuses on lift trucks, fork lifts, storage and handling, storage rack, mezzanines and related material handling equipment. -
Equipment, Inc.
Material handling equipment distribution company Equipment, Inc. describes success selling forklifts, narrow aisle lift trucks and related equipment. -
Family Ideals Spark Professional Materials Handling
By focusing on narrow aisle and very narrow aisle lift trucks, material handling equipment distribution company Professional Materials Handling makes its mark in the supply chain. -
Fred Hill and Son Company Turns 110 Years Young
Storage and handling distribution specialist Fred Hill and Son Company focuses on sales of casters, conveyor, pallet rack, shelving, decking and related material handling equipment. -
Happy Anniversary!
Distributors and suppliers in the material handling equipment industry celebrate important milestone anniversaries in 2009. -
Hy-Tek Material Handling: A Tradition of Excellence
Material handling equipment distribution company Hy-Tek Material Handling discusses its success in the lift truck and conveyor businesses -
Ideas In Motion
Conveyor and engineered systems specialist FloStor Engineering talks about its success in the material handling equipment distribution industry. -
Johnson Lift/Hyster
Lift truck distribution specialist Johnson Lift/Hyster focuses on sales of forklifts and related material handling equipment to survive in a hotly competitive Southern California fork lift market. -
M & G Materials Handling: The Next Generation
Yale lift truck distributor M & G Materials Handling, a third-generation company, sells forklifts and related material handling equipment. -
Maybury Material Handling
Maybury Material Handling, a purveyor of a wide array of material handling equipment, including mezzanines, engineered systems, conveyor, storage rack, shelving and other storage and handling accessories, thrives in the distribution industry. -
MH Equipment Company
Lift truck and forklift distribution company MH Equipment talks about growing a material handling equipment business in a difficult market. -
MHEDA President Takes A New View Of Customer Service
Formerly Advanced Handling Systems, TriFactor used employee feedback to design its material handling headquarters in Lakeland, Florida. -
Mid-Florida Forklift Weathers The Storms
Material handling equipment distribution firm Mid-Florida Forklift discusses the value of a diverse line of allied products such as pallet rack, shelving, decking and forklifts. -
Minnesota Supply Company: 80 Years of Midwest Service
Minnesota Supply Company is a material handling company that specializes in the sales and service of forklifts and industrial trucks. -
Modern Group Sets The Bar High
Modern Group was founded in 1946 as Rapids Handling Equipment, a material handling equipment dealer that specializes in conveyor and forklift sales. -
Morrison Industrial Equipment Company
Morrison Industrial Equipment company is a family-owned material handling company and a dealer of Caterpillar forklifts. -
Morrison Industrial Equipment Company Builds On Its Legacy
Morrison Industrial Equipment Company is a distributor of lift trucks, pallet rack and shelving, overhead doors and material handling equipment. -
Nelson Equipment Company, Inc.
Nelson Equipment Company is a material handling distributor that sells forklifts and engineering systems in Shreveport, Louisiana. -
Paving The Road To Success
Gregory Poole Equipment Company finds rejuvenation in its entrepreneurial roots. -
Peach State Integrated Technologies Inc.
Peach State Integrated Technologies was founded by James Bowes and is focused primarily on integrated systems and conveyor systems. -
Riekes Material Handling Company
Riekes Material Handling Company refocused its marketing strategy to eliminate forklift sales and focus on general lines and packaging equipment. -
Southeast Industrial Equipment, Inc.
Southeast Industrial Equipment is a forklift distributor in Charlotte, NC, that has a succession planning program to ensure the future of the family business. -
Success In Action
Bode Equipment Company, a distributor of storage & handling equipment, works its strategic and succession plans. -
The Bailey Company
The Bailey Company, a dealer of forklifts, conveyor and sortation equipment, has been in the distribution business more than 50 years. -
The Performance People
Naumann/Hobbs Material Handling puts the customer first in everything that they do. -
Thompson & Johnson Faces The Future Head On
Thompson & Johnson Equipment Company is a distributor of lift trucks, narrow aisle forklifts, motive power batteries and general material handling equipment. -
Tri-Lift NC, Inc.
Tri-Lift NC relies on the stability of its material handling rental market to sustain steady growth and profitability in the material handling industry. -
Tyler Supply Company
Tyler Supply Company is a material handling distributor built on relationships between principals, customers, the community and suppliers. -
VBS Inc. Material Handling Equipment
VBS Inc. Material Handling Equipment has been in the material handling business for 80 years, 60 as a dealer of Hyster forklifts. -
Visionary Principals Lead PeakLogix On New Track
Rob Rechenbach and Bob Giberson started New Dominion Equipment Company, which soon changed its name to PeakLogix. -
Werres Corporation
Storage & handling distributor Werres Corporation has been fulfilling its mission since 1930. -
“Power” Companies
Material handling equipment distribution companies Powerfleet, Lift Power, Power Machinery Center and Dunn/Powers Caster Corporation sell forklifts, engineered systems, storage and handling, casters, and conveyor equipment.
Executive Profiles
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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Howard Bernstein
Howard Bernstein has been around the material handling industry for so long that you may thing you know all there is to know about him. But you’d be wrong. Here are 5 things you never knew. -
A Commitment To Service
Chad Hines is a service manager at Quality Lift Trucks. -
A Day In The Life
The life of a material handling sales manager is a fast-paced and complicated one. R.H. Brown Co.’s Scott Larsen knows this first hand as he is currently leading his company’s sales efforts into the next millennium. By Scott Larsen. -
A Day In The Life Of A Parts Manager
Carolina Handling Parts Manager Brian Miller describes a typical day managing parts for forklifts, lift truck, shelving units and other material handling equipment. -
A Day In The Life Of A Sales Manager
Carolina Material Handling Services Sales Manager Kevin Miller describes a typical day in the field selling forklifts, lift trucks and related material handling equipment. -
A Day In The Life Of A Service Manager
Associated Material Handling Service Manager John Brown describes a typical day in forklift and material handling equipment repair. -
A Little Bit Of Everything
Brian Harrington, IT/marketing manager for Conveyer & Caster-Equipment for Industry, explains how he is involved with many areas of the company. -
A Passion For Leadership And Learning
American Warehouse Systems Director Mark Juelich shares his passion for pallet rack, shelving and general material handling equipment sales. -
A Perfect Fit
Conveyor Handling Company Sales Engineer Todd Carroll mixes conveyor technical expertise with material handling equipment sales skills to sell engineered systems to customers. -
At Work: Fabricator/Assembler
Dan Lucas assembles End of Arm Tools for robotic solutions at Bastian Material Handling. -
At Your Service
Project Manager Matt Witte talks about his job in material handling equipment distribution and life in the conveyor and engineered systems business. -
Be All That You Can Be, Join the Material Handling Industry
As a forklift technician, Oram Material Handling Systems’ James Johnson is an expert in the servicing of material handling equipment. -
Blueprint for Effective Leadership
Proper engineered system design comes from carefully planning the design, acquiring all the correct components, and putting them together in the right way to provide a complete solution for your customer. By Christine Voyles. -
Continuing Education
ESS Group Branch Manager Danny Ross, a young material handling distributor professional, continues his industry education. -
Full Steam Ahead
Warehouse Equipment & Supply Sales Manager Adam Hutson is on the fast track up the ladder in storage and handling. -
Gold Medal Peformer Josh Smith
Josh Smith, account manager for Wholesale Pallet Rack Products, tells what qualities made him a gold medal performer in 2008. -
Gold Medal Performer Andrew Vickery
Andrew Vickery, project manager for AHS Inc., tells what qualities made him a gold medal performer in 2008. -
Gold Medal Performer Marty Mauser
Marty Mauser, Sales Representative for Arnold Machinery Co., tells what qualities made him a gold medal performer in 2008. -
Gold Medal Performer Max Bielat
Max Bielat, parts manager for Eastern Lift Truck, tells what qualities made him a gold medal performer in 2008. -
It’s All About Attitude
Starting as a salesperson during a recession wasn’t easy, but Jeremy Breed is making things happen at Sunbelt Industrial Trucks. -
Just Say Yes
Chad Fairchild describes the simple concept that has become one of the driving principles behind the four-man rental operation he heads up at Yale Materials Handling-Green Bay Inc. -
Keeping Up The Fight
Ever since graduating from the University of North Carolina – Charlotte, Brian Hester of Advanced Equipment Company has dedicated his career to the material handling industry. -
Leading The Material Handling Revolution
Brothers Mark and Stephen Andres grow into their careers as young material handling professionals at Toyota Material Handling Northern California. -
Leading Your Way to Greater Sales
Adam Hutson explains how applying some key concepts of leadership- listening, modeling, motivating, educating and being sincere, can pay big dividends throughout your company. -
Lifting People Through Leadership
Josh Downs talks about providing opportunities to employees to lift them higher and help them move forward toward their goals- which will also help the company move ahead. -
Management Isn’t Just a Title Change
Mike Olson, operations manager for Badger Toyotalift, offers tips for thos who find themselves in a new management position. -
Managing Roles
Stroage Solutions’ Eric McDonald, vice president of national accounts, talks about the challenges of getting to where he is today. -
Meet 2008 President Phelan
2008 MHEDA President Jack Phelan sits down for an interview with his son, JJ. -
Meet A Young Leader: April 2009
“It is your duty to find the silver lining and let everybody who works for you know that it’s there,” says Mark Juelich, exceutive director of American Warehouse Systems. -
Meet A Young Leader: August 2009
Young Leader Chris Galvan plays a major role in expanding the Miner Corporation’s market share in Arizona. -
Meet A Young Leader: May 2009
Matt Olsen, operations manager at Pengate Handling Systems, talks about the day-to-day operations of his position. -
MEET DAVE!
Steve Andres, VP of Toyota Material Handling Northern California, sits down with 2005 MHEDA President Dave Griffith, CEO of Modern Group Ltd. The two talk about the industry, its future, and what’s in it for a new generation of leaders. -
Meet John Maybury
A profile of 2006 MHEDA President John Maybury, president of Maybury Material Handling in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. -
MEET LIZ
MHEDA Executive Director Liz Richards talks to Scott Lift Truck’s Andrew Long about the reasons for staying involved in an association of like-minded professionals. -
Merging Marketing And Multimedia
Eric Brunkow of Bastian Material Handling keeps the system integrator’s online multimedia and video operations on the cutting edge of technology. -
MHEDA’s Edgers Are The Industry’s Rising Stars
Profiles of 20 “Edgers,” young material handling professionals focused on engineered systems, lift trucks, storage and handling and other types of material handling equipment distribution. -
MHEDA’s New President On The Industry, Young People And Entrepreneurship
A profile of 2007 MHEDA President John Cosgrove, president of Atlantic Handling Systems in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. -
Not Your Typical IT Guy
Riekes Equipment Company Information Systems Manager Todd Gillespie makes his mark in the field of material handling equipment distribution. -
One Department At A Time
Jay Williford shares how he advanced from the customer service department to president of Atlantic Coast Toyotalift. -
Positively Charged
Quality Forklift Sales & Service Process Manager Jennifer Link explains how she trains employees at her lift truck and material handling equipment distribution company. -
Powering Ahead
Scott Power is a lift truck sales manager at Power Machinery Center. -
Racked And Wired
Jason Kasanezky is a pallet rack salesman and Web developer at A&K Equipment Company. -
Seeing It Through
Matt Thibodeau, of Skarnes Inc., is involved in every step of the sales and installation process from start to finish. By Matt Thibodeau. -
Setting The Pace
Market Service Manager Kristin Carey at Wisconsin Lift Truck. -
Shifting Gears
Brian Schepman, assistant CFO at Hy-Tek Material Handling, explains how his company weathered the recession. -
Starting Strong
Young Leader Matt McKinney from Santana Equipment Trading describes his role in material handling sales. -
Supporting The Effort
Brent Watkins, product support coordinator at Springer Equipment Company, explains how his work behind the scenes contributes to the company’s success. -
Switching Sides
Warehouse Specialist Patrick Newsome has a long history with Carolina Tractor, the parent company of LiftOne (Charlotte, NC). His father has been with the company for 30+ years and he has been there for eight years. -
The Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. Awards Two MHEDA Honor Scholarships
Profiles of the two students awarded with the Material handling Education Foundation scholarships for 2009. -
The Next Generation
Bode Equipment Company Vice President Scott Fawcett uses his experience with scissor lifts and other material handling equipment to achieve success. -
Winning Combination
J.J. Phelan talks about life in the conveyor and engineered systems business and in material handling equipment distribution.
At Work
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At Work: Fabricator/Assembler
Dan Lucas assembles End of Arm Tools for robotic solutions at Bastian Material Handling. -
At Work: Fleet Service Manager
As a fleet service manager at Modern Group, I get to do it all—I have a hand in everything the material handling industry does, from marketing and selling trucks and providing service to involvement with the financial, engineering, aftermarket and allied equipment ends of the business. -
At Work: Senior Project Engineer
Senior Project Engineer Calvin Baker keeps several projects going at one time. -
Building A Brand
Corporate Marketing Manager Shari Altergott appreciates the creative environment that marketing affords.









