Awards winners with Shankar Basu, president and CEO of TMHU

Toyota Material Handling USA (TMHU) has recognised the achievements of its dealers in the 2007 President's Award. TMHU selects its top dealers each year from a nationwide network of 68 dealers and 190 dealership locations, recognising them for demonstrating excellence in parts, service and equipment sales, customer satisfaction and overall dealership operations.

This year, 15 winners earned the coveted award and were acknowledged at Toyota's National Dealer Meeting at the Bacara Resort and Spa in Santa Barbara, California.

"Our customers' primary point of contact is with our dealers," said Shankar Basu, president and CEO of TMHU. "They provide our customers with the kind of service and attention they have come to expect and deserve. Our dealers are one of the key reasons that we remain the world's leading supplier of lift trucks and we are proud to recognise their contributions and achievements through this prestigious award."

The winners are:
* Jerry Hatmaker of Allied Toyotalift, Knoxville, Tenn.
* Al Rawson of Atlas Toyota Material Handling, Schiller Park, Ill.
* Ron McCluskey of Brodie Toyota-Lift, Lawrence, Mass.
* Wayne Bell of Bell Fork Lift, Inc., Clinton Township, Mich.
* Jeff Fischer of Florida Lift Systems, Inc., Orlando, Fla.
* Brian Hull of Hull Toyota Lift, Elkhart, Ind.
* Ted Wente of ILT Toyota-Lift, Cleveland, Ohio
* Richard Sinclair of Jefferds Corporation, St. Albans, W. Va.
* Sam Smartt of Kenco Toyota-Lift, Chattanooga, Tenn.
* Terry Bolinger of Mid Columbia Forklift, Inc., Yakima, Wash.
* Bill Skinner of ProLift Industrial Equipment, Louisville, Ky.
* Larry McKevitt of Summit Handling Systems, Inc., North Haven, Conn.
* Michael Elliott of SwiftLift Inc., Victor, N.Y.
* Lee Smith of Toyota Forklifts of Atlanta, Scottdale, Ga.
* Scott Plummer of W. D. Matthews Machinery Co., Auburn, Maine