YALE HOSTS FACTORY VISIT FOR RUSSIAN DELEGATION

Yale and its dealer representative for Russia, Universal Spetstechnica LLC (UST), invited six key account customer representatives to the Masate Warehouse Manufacturing facility as part of a Major accounts initiative in Russia.

The customers, from Moscow, Nevinnomyssk and Nizhny Novgorod in Russia, are all in the process of expanding their operations and purchasing new equipment for their materials handling fleets.

Russia and CIS Yale Territory Manager, Sergey Vasiliev, and Joel Joa, Yale Warehouse Equipment Sales Manager, hosted the customers and representatives from UST. Sergey said, "Russia is currently seeing an increase in demand for materials handling equipment as companies within the country continue to innovate and expand.

“During their two-day visit, our customers took part in an extensive tour of the manufacturing facility at Masate, observed a demonstration of the latest electric counterbalance and warehouse products, as and had the opportunity to talk with the warehouse equipment designers and product managers”. CIS Yale Territory Manager, Sergey Vasiliev, and Joel Joa, Yale Warehouse Equipment Sales Manager, hosted the customers and representatives from UST. Sergey said, "Russia is currently seeing an increase in demand for materials handling equipment as companies within the country continue to innovate and expand.

Joel Joa commented, "The feedback was extremely positive. Many of the visitors were impressed with the product range manufactured in Masate and also the scale of the facility.

“This was the first time that that these potential customers had visited one of the production facilities where Yale products are manufactured. The visit gave them great insight into the investment being made in manufacturing in Europe by Yale’s parent company, as well as the ergonomic and productivity benefits of the products."

Sergey added, "The trip was a huge success and as a result our dealer has been able to strengthen its relationship with these customers. We will definitely be repeating this type of activity in the future, as it gives us the opportunity to show our customers the strength and scale of the organisation behind the Yale brand, which is of major importance when dealing with such large customers.”

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About Yale Europe Materials Handling

Yale Europe Materials Handling markets an extensive range of materials handling equipment and services, including electric, LP-gas and diesel powered forklift trucks, pallet trucks, stackers, order pickers, reach trucks and very narrow aisle trucks. Yale offers comprehensive Fleet Management services, as well as Yale service, parts, financing and training. Yale® trucks are manufactured in ISO 9001:2008 registered facilities and range in capacity from 1.0 to 16 tonnes. For more information, or to find the Yale® lift truck dealer nearest you, visit www.yale-forklifts.eu.

Yale Europe Materials Handling is the trading name of NACCO Materials Handling Limited, a Division of NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc., (NMHG), which employs approximately 5,000 people worldwide. NMHG is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of NACCO Industries, Inc. (NYSE:NC).

is a registered trademark of NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc.

YALE INCREASES FOOTPRINT IN EASTERN EUROPE WITH NEW DEALER APPOINTMENTS

Yale has recently increased its distribution coverage in this fast growing market with a number of new dealer appointments

HOROSZCOOP Anyagmozgatás Kft has become the new Yale dealer for Hungary, Romania and Serbia. Previously a successful Toyota dealer, Horoszcoop has over 20 years of experience in the Materials Handling Industry in Hungary. They have an energetic, ambitious and dynamic management team that is ambitious to rapidly grow the Yale brand into a market leader.

Universal-Spetstechnica Kyiv, previously a Komatsu dealer has for the past five years been unchallenged sales leader in Ukraine. In 2008 the company established sales centres in Lviv and Odessa and today maintains a leading position in the segment of short term lease.

Di.Pa has been appointed as a Yale dealer in Italy. Founded in 1992 as a service company, Di.Pa is now a service and commercial company in the southern Italian region of Campalia. A Still dealer until last December, Di.PA is also representing JCB and Dieci ( HM equipments ). DiPa’s coverage of the region represents a market potential of 70% of region with the possibility of achieving a very important market share with Yale full range products.

For further information on Yale’s dealer network, or to find your nearest dealer, please log on to www.yale-forklifts.eu.

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About Yale Europe Materials Handling

Yale Europe Materials Handling markets an extensive range of materials handling equipment and services, including electric, LP-gas and diesel powered forklift trucks, pallet trucks, stackers, order pickers, reach trucks and very narrow aisle trucks. Yale offers comprehensive Fleet Management services, as well as Yale service, parts, financing and training. Yale® trucks are manufactured in an ISO 9001:2008 registered facilities and range in capacity from 1.0 to 16 tonnes. For more information, or to find the Yale® lift truck dealer nearest you, visit www.yale-forklifts.eu.

Yale Europe Materials Handling is the trading name of NACCO Materials Handling Limited, a Division of NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc., (NMHG), which employs approximately 5,000 people worldwide. NMHG is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of NACCO Industries, Inc. (NYSE:NC).

Yale is a registered trademark of NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc.

Yale Indian Dealership to host materials handling seminars

Yale’s exclusive distributor in India, Maini Materials Movement Ltd, is to host a series of four materials handling seminars to demonstrate the wide choice of equipment and solutions available for customers in India.

The events, to be held in Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad and Delhi, demonstrate Maini and Yale’s commitment to the Indian marketplace and the class leading products available to the growing materials handling and logistics sectors.

Representatives from over 200 organisations will attend these events where Yale will share its knowledge of global emerging warehousing trends and the practical ways Indian customers can increase output and productivity.

James Newman, Yale’s territory manager for India says: “The four regional seminars will position Yale and Maini as the ideal materials handling solution and equipment partners. Many of the delegates attending these events are multinational companies and already NMHG customers in other global operating theatres. Yale’s Global experience should reassure them that by doing business with us their materials handling needs are in safe hands.”

As a leading international manufacturer Yale is ideally positioned to offer multiple solutions to meet customers’ different applications and business requirements. and can provide practical material handling solutions to reduce cost of ownership and increase productivity. With class leading warehouse equipment, electric and engine powered forklift trucks sourced from factories around the world including India, Yale and Maini can now provide customers in India with product flexibility and choice.

Headquartered in Bangalore, Maini Materials Movement Ltd is part of the Maini Group, a diverse portfolio of innovative companies involved in material handling equipment, warehousing systems, logistics solutions and precision engineering. Maini became the exclusive sales, service, parts and customer support representative for Yale throughout India in the autumn of 2010.

Maini MM CEO, S. A. Mohan, says: “The appointment of Maini Materials Movement as the exclusive Yale Authorised Sales and Service Dealer for the whole of India was a major coup for the company. It positions us as the major Materials Handling Equipment solutions provider with a complete product line of warehouse equipment and electric rider and counterbalanced fork lift trucks. At these events, customers will see for themselves how the relationship between Yale and Maini has developed and continues to grow and how we are perfectly positioned to develop the market and meet the demanding needs of materials handling equipment users.”

The event programme includes a presentation on the future of warehousing in India, an overview of Yale capabilities as a global organisation, the strength of Yale-Maini partnership and the opportunities that this partnership brings to existing and new customers.

The four events are:

• April 5, The Accord Metropolitan, GN Chetty Road, T Nagar,Chennai – 600017


• April 6, The Westin Pune Koregaon Park, 36/ 3-B, Koregaon Park Annexe, Mundhwa Road, Ghorpadi, Pune – 411001


• April 7, Le Meridien, Near Nehru Bridge, Ahmedabad – 380001


• April 8, Radisson Suites Gurgaon B Block, Sushant Lok, Phase 1, Gurgaon, Haryana - 122002

To register your interest in the events, please contact: Sarath Chandra - +91 9686662808 - sarath@maini.com Shirly Sabu - +91 9686451696 - shirlysabu@maini.com Maini Materials Movement Pvt Ltd Survey No. 32, Chandapura, Hosur Road Bangalore - 560099

For further information on the range of materials handling equipment provided by Maini Materials Movement and Yale, please visit www.yale-forklifts.eu.