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CLARK Material Handling Company announced the winners of the 2023 Dealer of Excellence and 2023 Dealer of Excellence Advantage award. The CLARK Dealer of Excellence awards are presented annually to dealers in the CLARK dealer network that achieve high performance within their assigned regions. The six Dealer of Excellence Advantage winners represent the “Best of the Best” of the CLARK Dealer Network, providing high-quality customer service and solving their customers’ needs.

Based on 2022 performance, the following six dealers have earned the Dealer of Excellence Advantage award for 2023:

• Sunbelt Material Handling – Dallas, Texas

• Forklifts of Minnesota – Bloomington, Minnesota

• Brandt Tractor – Regina, Saskatchewan

• C&B Material Handling – Shreveport, Louisiana

• The Lilly Company – Birmingham, Alabama

• Ardent Industrial Equipment – Savannah, Georgia

Additionally, CLARK announced the following dealers who exceeded expectations in all categories, achieving Dealer of Excellence distinction for their 2022 performance.

• The Lilly Company - Knoxville

• C&B Material Handling LLC

• Valley Industrial Trucks, Inc.

• Buffalo Lift Trucks

• B&H Industrial Service

• Mid Atlantic Industrial Equipment

• Alliance Material Handling - Jessup

• Alliance Material Handling - Richmond

• Materials Handling Equipment

• Cal-Lift, Inc

• Frontier Forklifts and Service, Inc.

• Holt of California

• Lift Atlanta

• Electro Mechanical Services Ltd

• MS Equipment, Inc.

• JM Equipment

• Lift Truck Sales and Service

• National Lift Truck

• Green Diamond Equipment

• Tri Lift – Greensboro

• Tri Lift – Charlotte www.clarkmhc.com

Crowley announced a venture investment in REPOWR, a logisticstechnology start-up, bringing a technology platform for equipment and asset usage and sharing to the supply chain industry. The platform enables companies to seamlessly share logistics equipment, increasing performance while reducing the environmental impact of ownership. Through the partnership, the companies will advance sustainable solutions for supply chain management for a wider market. REPOWR has developed a collaborative asset-sharing platform, connecting logistics companies with more data and analytics to reduce underutilized assets.

www.crowley.com

FHI Inc.is introducing FHI NOW, an on-demand labor solution, to help companies address the shortage of qualified supply chain workers. The service provides staffing solutions that augment an existing workforce with personnel based on each customer's specific needs, delivering measurable results at a predictable cost, while enhancing ergonomics and safety measures. All FHI NOW associates are trained in 'The FHI Way,' which includes a comprehensive range of standard procedures to ensure workplace safety and improved productivity.

www.fhiworks.com

The U.S. Economic Development Administration or EDA is now accepting applications for its FY23 STEM Talent Challenge to support programs to train science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) talent and fuel regional innovation economies across the nation. The $4.5 million competition will provide funding for programs that help build a robust STEM workforce in emerging and transformative sectors such as aerospace, aeronautics, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, and cybersecurity, among others. Competition applicants may request up to $500,000 for the implementation of a 24-month workforce program that complements their region’s innovation economy. The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. EDT on June 12, 2023 www.doc-eda.my.site.com/EDAGrants/s/ funding-program/a2j3d0000000tz0/2023-stemtalent-challenge

The manufacturing and supply chain community came together in a big way after four years for a record-setting ProMat event, according to show producer MHI. With an overall registration count of 50,924 and 1,051 exhibitors, the event featured 562,700 net square feet of exhibit solutions and over 150 educational sessions encompassing 1.2 million square feet at Chicago’s McCormick Place.This was the largest ProMat event to date for MHI, with 12% more registered attendees than the last pre-pandemic show – ProMat 2019. The event also saw a rebound in international attendance with attendees representing 178 countries. The next major material show will be March 11 - 13, 2024 with MHI's MODEX show in Atlanta, GA.

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On Sunday, March 19, parts specialist TVH determined that it was the target of an organized cybersecurity attack. The attack allowed hackers to partially encrypt the company's systems. As a result, TVH experienced problems accepting, processing, and sending orders via its web platform. In a statement, TVH said they are very serious about the confidentiality of its employees and their business partners’ data and understand that this might be of concern to them. "We continue to work hard on the recovery of our systems to be operational as soon as possible. We're also taking in the meantime many preventive measures to reinforce our IT environment to the maximum" the statement continued. "We are confident that we will come back stronger than ever."

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TNT Crane & Rigging LLC www.tntcrane.com

(TNT) has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Mark Irion as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Irion succeeds Mike Appling, who has served as TNT's CEO since 2007. Appling will remain at the Company until April 30, 2023, to ensure a smooth transition and will step down from the Board of Directors at that time. Irion served as Chief Financial Officer for Herc Holdings since June 2018. The company operates through Herc Rentals Inc.

Mike Flynn, Felling Trailers’ Northeastern Regional Sales Manager, bids farewell to life as a trailer sales rep after 22 years with the company. Mike decided to retire from the "iron business" in January of 2023. A relationship that started in late 1999 when Mike met with Merle Felling (founder and COB of Felling Trailers), having their first conversations on Flynn representing the Felling Trailers brand in the Northeast. In 2000 Mike signed on with Felling Trailers as an independent trailer sales rep for the Northeast region.

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TVH Americas has announced that Adolfo Gutierrez has been promoted to the position of Sales Manager for Latin America.

Adolfo began his career at TVH as the Sales Manager for TVH www.tvh.com

Mexico, where he distinguished himself with his dedication to providing excellent customer service to our customers. In his new position, Adolfo will oversee the Latin America Sales Team.

Tompkins Solutions announced that Steven Nickel has joined the company as senior director of operations. In addition to leading the implementation team, Nickel will be responsible for developing policies and procedures that improve performance and drive productivity. Nickel brings over 30 years of project management experience to Tompkins. Prior to joining Tompkins, Nickel was senior project manager for Material Handling Systems, Inc.

www.tompkinsinc.com

BEUMER Corporation has named Markus Schmidt as president and chief executive officer. Schmidt joins the company effective immediately. BEUMER Group is pleased to welcome a seasoned leader with a proven track record of collaborative partnerships. With more than 30 years of industry experience and 18 years of executive experience, Schmidt brings to BEUMER decades of expertise in intralogistics automation, market segment-oriented strategy, an understanding of the unique challenges facing operations throughout North America, and a dedication to collaboration with both internal and external partners.

www.beumer.com