John Bourke and Gregg Bennett of Bennett Material Handling with KION's Rick Schiel and Vincent Halma.

KION North America Corporation last week honoured its 2015 top dealers at an event in Atlanta, Georgia.

The top honour, the President's Award, was awarded to Ameco Services for achieving the highest total combined sales of forklifts and parts.

A new award for 2015, the Palmetto Award, was presented to KION North America dealers who met or exceeded their annual market plan goals. Recipients were Lift Truck Sales and Service; Tri-Lift NC and Material Handling.

The Class Act Award, given to dealers who purchased trucks in each of the five classes, went to Hansler Industries; Manutention Quebec and Multi-Batteries & Forklifts of Puerto Rico.

Five dealers joined the 100 Club for ordering over 100 trucks in 2015: Ri-Go Lift Truck; Bennett Material Handling; Manutention Quebec; Ameco Services and Wisconsin Lift Truck Corporation.

Williams Machinery was awarded the Merit Award for ordering between 85-99 trucks in 2014.

KION North America also awarded the Sales Excellence Award to the dealers who had the top sales/order intake in their respective region of North America. For Canada, the winner was Ri-Go Lift Truck; Bennett Material Handling won for the United States and Ameco Services took home the award for top sales in Mexico/Caribbean.

Lift Atlanta, Inc. was awarded the Heavy Truck Award for selling the most Linde heavy trucks, while Homestead Material Handling received the Baoli Dealer of the Year Award for selling the most Baoli brand trucks.