TMH Company News
Mark Andres, back row center, accepts TMH's impressive tenth
President's Award at Toyota's 2010 National Dealer Meeting.
IRVINE, Calif. (March 30, 2010) - Toyota Material Handling U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU) recently announced the 2009 winners of its prestigious President's Award. TMHU selects its top dealers each year from a nationwide network of 68 dealers and 188 dealership locations, recognizing 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 in Orlando, Fla.
"Each year our dealers go above and beyond to demonstrate top quality service and support," said Brett Wood, president of TMHU. "The President's Award provides TMHU with a way to showcase their achievements and honor their dedication to their customers and the material handling industry."
The winners are:
- Mark Andres of Toyota Material Handling Northern California, Hayward, Calif.
- Al Rawson of Atlas Toyota Material Handling, Schiller Park, III.
- Ron McCluskey of Brodie Toyota-Lift, Lawrence, Mass.
- Anika Conger Capelle of Conger Toyotalift, Green Bay, Wis.
- Jeff Fischer of Florida Lift Systems, Inc., Tampa, Fla.
- Bob Whittingham of Forklifts of St. Louis, Inc., St. Louis, Mo.
- Brian Hull of Hull Toyota Lift, Elkhart, Ind.
- Ted Wente of ILT Toyota-Lift, Cleveland, Ohio
- Sam Swartz of JRC Toyota-Lift, Worthington, Ohio
- Don Herman of Lift, Inc., Mountville, Pa.
- David Graffy of ProLift Industrial Equipment, Louisville, Ky
- Jim Shoppa of Shoppa's Material Handling, Ltd., Fort Worth, Texas
- John Scheunemann of Toyota-Lift of Minnesota, Brooklyn Park, Minn
- Ken Townsend of Toyota Lift of South Texas, San Antonio, Texas
- Ken Turnmyre of Vesco Toyotalift, Hickory, N.C.
The President's Award, TMHU's highest honor, has been awarded to select dealers since its inception in 1990 to acknowledge their outstanding business accomplishments.
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Toyota Material Handling Offers Free CARB LSI Fleet Compliance Evaluation
(June 29, 2011) The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has granted compliance extensions and exclusions for certain Off-Road Large Spark Ignition (LSI) equipment that took effect on June 29, 2011.
Mobile Source Mail-Outs #MSC 11-20 and 11-21 state that the ARB will allow fleet operators to exclude large spark ignition (LSI) engine powered equipment from their fleet average emission level (FAEL) standards calculations until April 16, 2012, if either the piece of equipment is powered by an engine with a displacement greater than three liters (MSC 11-20) or the equipment is part of a fully emission controlled late model year fleet, (MSC 11-21).
Mobile Source Mail-Out #MSC 11-22 states that the ARB will allow fleet operators to exclude limited hours of use LSI equipment from their FAEL standards calculations.
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Additional information can be obtained by calling Mark Gates 510-675-1152 or email to mgates@tmhnmc.com. or at CARB's website from the Guidance Documents and Advisories section of the Off-Road LSI Engine-Powered Equipment website at http://www.arb.ca.gov/lsi
(May 28, 2009) Company Announces Program to Help Businesses Protect the Air and Avoid Costly Penalties
(Hayward, CA) - Toyota Material Handling (TMH) now offers a free forklift evaluation to allow businesses easy compliance with newly enforced California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations. As of January, 2009, new standards became effective as part of a series of government commitments to reduce pollutant emissions and help meet health-based air quality standards.
The regulations apply to any business in California with four or more gasoline or propane fueled spark-ignition engines including forklifts, and industrial floor cleaning equipment (sweepers and scrubbers). Companies with equipment found to be out of compliance can be fined a maximum of $500 per machine, per day, retroactive to January 1, 2009, when the first fleet average standards became effective. This can be costly considering businesses with as few as four pieces of equipment are required to comply.
"Toyota Material Handling understands the complexity of compliance and is happy to offer a free fleet evaluation and recommendations," said Mark Gates, Product Support Manager at TMH. "This will allow business owners to avoid penalties during a time when every penny counts."
Compliance is not calculated based on individual pieces of equipment, rather by the average results of the fleet. This helps determine compliance with the January 1, 2009, fleet average emission level standards.
As part of the free forklift fleet analysis being offered within the TMH service area, Toyota Material Handling will determine compliance with fleet average standards. To schedule an analysis contact a Product Support
Representative at (888) 308-0559 .
This free evaluation includes:
- Baseline fleet inventory (spreadsheet) with all required data, model and serial #'s etc.
- Current emission standards for or default admission rate for each LSI piece of equipment
- Recommendations for retrofit and or replacement of non-compliant equipment and the cost
- Overall strategy to ensure compliance now and in current and future compliance
About Toyota Material Handling of Northern California
Toyota Material Handling (TMH) is Northern California's leading material handling dealer, providing a total solution for all warehouse and material handling needs. After 80 years in business, the company continues to be recognized for its innovation and desire to meet and exceed customer needs. TMH sells the highest quality brands in material handling equipment including Toyota forklifts, the number one selling brand of forklifts in the world.
