Due to continued growth and an ongoing effort to improve service to customers, SMH has opened a distribution facility located in South Bend, Indiana. An existing 32,000 sq. ft. building has been leased near the South Bend airport, close to the UPS and Federal Express terminals. Research indicated SMH could reach a larger share of the market in one day using ground service from South Bend. Jason Witman, Facility Manager states "South Bend provides us an excellent "one-day" ground coverage due to its location as a feeder hub for larger UPS hubs in Chicago, Ft. Wayne and Indianapolis. With "one-day" ground service, we expect to significantly increase our business in this important region of the United States."

Further, SMH expects to pick up additional business in areas to the east of South Bend as we increase service levels by one and two days to dealers that are now two and four days away from Olathe using ground service. SMH estimates that up to 25% of our forklift business can be serviced out of this new facility.

New Contact information:

SMH
3507 Olive Road, Suite C
South Bend, Indiana.
46628, U.S.A.
Ph: +1 574 289 9000
Fax: +1 574 289 8976
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Background Information on SMH:
* Since it's founding in 1971, SMH has grown into the largest provider of forklift parts in America.
* SMH offers the additional benefit of their Information Resource Management Network® (IRMN®). IRMN® is the industry's first private intranet developed to assist users in ordering parts and providing up-to-date information on more than 1,800,000 replacements and accessories for material handling and industrial equipment vehicles.
* SMH has distribution facilities in Olathe, Kansas; Rancho Cucamonga, California; Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Toluca, Mexico and now in South Bend, Indiana.