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MHEDA Announces 2019 MVP & MVS Award Winners

January 17, 2019, Vernon Hills, IL MHEDA is proud to announce the winners of our 2019 MVP & MVS Awards. Both awards require companies to demonstrate their commitment to business excellence by meeting a rigorous set of criteria in five key areas and

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2019 Areas of Excellence
• Industry Advocacy (MVP & MVS)
• Business Networking (MVP & MVS)
• Continuing Education (MVP & MVS)
• Best Practices (MVP & MVS)
• Customer Service & Safety (MVP)
• Distributor Advocacy (MVS)
The MVP Award for Distributor members and the MVS Award for Supplier members were created to help brand their excellence. Less than 10% of MHEDA's total membership have earned an Award in 2019 for their accomplishments in 2018. This is a significant accomplishment.
"Achievement of MHEDA's MVP and MVS status represents members who have demonstrated a commitment to their business and its employees, their industry and also to the communities within which they serve," said Mike Vaughn, 2019 MHEDA Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer of Liftech Equipment Companies in East Syracuse, NY.
For more information on MHEDA and the MVP and MVS Awards, visit our website at www.mheda.org/membership/awards/
Below are 2019 MVP and MVS Award winners, please join us in congratulating the following companies.

2019 MVP Award Winners

AHS, LLC, 9th Award
AK Material Handling Systems, 9th Award
All Lift Service Company, 5th Award
Alliance Material Handling, Inc., 1st Award
Atlas Toyota Material Handling, 3rd Award
Bode Equipment Company, 9th Award
Bublitz Material Handling, 5th Award
CE-DFW Warehouse Solutions, 6th Award
Concept Storage Solutions, LTD, 2nd Award
Conveyer & Caster - Equipment for Industry, 2nd Award
Conveyor Solutions, Inc., 7th Award
CSI Material Handling, 4th Award
DuraServ, 6th Award
Eastern Lift Truck Co., Inc., 7th Award
Elite Supply Chain Solutions, 6th Award
Fairchild Equipment, 5th Award
Fallsway Equipment Co., 7th Award
Frontier Forklifts and Service, Inc., 4th Award
Gregory Poole Equipment Company, 9th Award
Jamco Inc., 1st Award
Liftech Equipment Companies, Inc., 6th Award
LiftOne, 7th Award
Mathand, Inc., 5th Award
Maybury Material Handling, 9th Award
MH Equipment Company, 3rd Award
Mid Atlantic Industrial Equipment Ltd, 2nd Award
Modern Group Ltd., 6th Award
Morrison Industrial Equipment Company,
9th Award
National Lift Truck Inc.
6th Award
Nelson Equipment Co., Inc., 4th Award
R. H. Brown Co., 9th Award
Riekes Equipment Co., 9th Award
RMH Systems, 4th Award
SEIL Rentals, 1st Award
Southeast Industrial Equipment, 4th Award
Springer Equipment Co., Inc., 7th Award
Sunbelt Material Handling, 9th Award
Thompson & Johnson Equipment Co., Inc., 3rd Award
Tri-Lift NC, Inc., 1st Award
Valley Industrial Trucks, 3rd Award
Warehouse1, 7th Award
Wisconsin Lift Truck, 9th Award
WW Cannon, 5th Award

2019 MVS Award Winners

3D Storage Systems Limited, 3rd Award
Bluff Manufacturing, 4th Award
Cascade Corporation, 4th Award
Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products, LLC, 4th Award
Cubic Designs, Inc., 4th Award
East Penn Manufacturing Co., 3rd Award
Morse Manufacturing Company, Inc., 4th Award
Nashville Wire Products, 4th Award
Site-Seeker, Inc. 2nd Award
SpaceGuard Products, 3rd Award
Steel King Industries, Inc., 4th Award
Strong Hold, 4th Award
Superior Tire & Rubber Corp., 4th Award
Teilhaber Manufacturing Corporation, 3rd Award
Thombert, Inc., 4th Award
TVH, 4th Award
UNEX Manufacturing, Inc., 4th Award
Vestil Manufacturing Company, 2nd Award
Wildeck, Inc., 4th Award
Worldwide Material Handling Products, LLC, 4th Award

MHEDA is the premier trade association dedicated to serving all segments of the material handling business community. For over 60 years, MHEDA has provided material handling companies and their employees with business resources, leadership training, networking opportunities, benchmarking data, career development tools and insights on the latest industry trends.
Our Members represent the nation's major material handling distributors, integrators and leading manufacturers of storage and handling, lift trucks, conveyor equipment and technology. Find out more at www.mheda.org.

More Info: https://www.mheda.org/membership/awards/

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