Bravo Montacargas received the President's Award,

KION North America Corporation this month honoured its top dealers based on 2017 performance at an exclusive, private event held at Topgolf Atlanta.

Bravo Montacargas received the top honour, the President's Award, for achieving the highest total combined sales for forklifts and parts.

The Palmetto Award was awarded to KION North America dealers who met or exceeded their annual market plan goals:
AD Lift Truck
Binner-Peters Equipment Corp.
Bohnert Equipment
Bravo Montacargas
Capital Industrial Sales and Service
Equipments Industriels BDL
Equipos Mejores
Global Equipment
Hansler Industries
Holt of California
Hurricane Industrial Equipment
Inter Price Logistica
Lift Part Service
Lift Truck Service Center
Manutention Québec
New Tec, Inc.
Ri-Go Lift Truck
Ross Equipment Company Inc.,
Spokane Forklift & Construction Equipment
Williams Machinery
Wisconsin Lift Truck
Wise Forklift

The Class Act Award was given to dealers who purchased trucks in each of the five classes. Class Act Award recipients are:
Equipment Depot of Ohio
J.M. Equipment Company
Liftec, Inc.
Manutention Quebec
Ring Power

The following dealers joined the 100 Club for ordering over 100 trucks in 2017: Bennett Material Handling
Bravo Montacargas
Capital Industrial Sales and Service
Equipment Depot of Texas
Hansler Industries
Holt of California
Homestead Materials Handling
Lift Atlanta
Manutention Québec
Ri-Go Lift Truck
The Miner Corporation
Tri-Lift, NC
Wisconsin Lift Truck

For ordering just below that 100 truck mark, the following dealers were awarded the Merit Award:
Equipment Depot of Ohio
Industrial Parts and Service Co., Inc.
Matthai Material Handling
Select Equipment Sales

Bravo Montacargas and Wisconsin Lift Truck were recognised as being the top two dealers who ordered the most hydrostat trucks. Bravo Montacargas and Ri-Go Lift Truck were recognised as being the top two dealers who ordered the most electric trucks. Equipos Mejores received the Baoli Dealer of the Year Award for selling the most Baoli brand trucks.

KION North America also awarded the Sales Excellence Award to the dealers who had top sales/order intake in their respective regions of North America. The Sales Excellence Award for Canada was awarded to Manutention Quebec, Inc. In the United States, Wisconsin Lift Truck received the Sales Excellence Award and Bravo Montacargas took home the award for top sales in Mexico/Caribbean.

In addition to their annual awards, KION North America also awarded a performance-based incentive trip to their top five qualifying dealers. The decision was based on multiple factors including truck sales, parts sales and training participation. The qualifying period was the 2017 calendar year.

The following dealerships earned a trip to Germany in June, which includes a visit to Linde's World of Material Handling event: Bravo Montacargas, Capital Industrial Sales and Service, Manutention Quebec, Ri-Go Lift Truck, and Wisconsin Lift Truck.