Five Cat Lift Truck dealers were awarded platinum dealer of excellence awards and another 17 received gold dealer of excellence awards at a ceremony in Greece last week.

Under the program, Cat Lift Trucks' US and Canadian dealers were awarded points in five categories, customer satisfaction, equipment growth, product support growth, asset utilisation and profitability.

Based on a points system, dealers were awarded the dealer of excellence titles in one of four classes, platinum, gold, silver or bronze.

Platinum dealers of excellence were Kelly Tractor Company, Miami, FL; LiftOne (a Carolina Tractor division), Charlotte, NC; Morrison Industrial Equipment Co, Grand Rapids, MI; Towlift Inc, Cleveland, OH; and Hewitt Material Handling Inc, Concord, ON, Canada.