Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has capped off a
record market share year in 2015 by receiving the highest
recognition at the recent Toyota Material Handling International
(TMHI) distributor awards.
The President's Award for overall business excellence recognises
TMHA as the top distributor in sales and customer support
categories, taking into account equipment sales, service and parts
performance and overall business profitability.
The award was presented in April by Toyota Industries Corporation
executive vice president Mr Kazue Sasaki at the awards ceremony
held in the grand ballroom of the Marriot Hotel in Nagoya,
Japan.
This is the most prestigious award issued by TMHA's global parent
company and saw it take the number one position ahead of the more
than 130 countries that make up the TMHI region.
TMHA executive vice president and COO Steve Takacs accepted the
award on behalf of TMHA and said winning the award was a terrific
achievement that recognises the efforts of all TMHA staff.
"Being acknowledged by our parent company for the outstanding
service and support we provide to our customers is a great
achievement and a fitting reward for the hard work put in by
everyone in our business operation," Mr Takacs said.
"This award comes at a very exciting time for TMHA. We are growing
in staff numbers and the business is more viable than ever.
"Strong sales figures in 2015 helped us record our seventh
consecutive year as the number one forklift brand in Australia and
our highest ever market share.
"In terms of product, this year we've already launched a new range
of battery-electric Toyota counterbalance forklifts that strengthen
our product range, and in the second half of the year we will
introduce our first Automated Guided Driverless
Forklift to the local market," he said.
"It all adds up to another year with great potential and we look
forward to building on these successes through the remainder of
2016."