Raymond Honors Top Dealers


GREENE, N.Y. - The Raymond Corporation has announced its top-performing North American dealers for 2005. Nine Raymond dealers were presented with the company's highest dealer performance award, Dealer of Distinction, while nine dealers received recognition as Dealers of Merit.

The awards are earned based on a dealership's performance against Raymond's benchmark standards in specific areas of operation. Dealers attaining the highest scores in the evaluation, combined with top market share performance, are named Dealers of Distinction. Dealers attaining the next-highest evaluation scores and market share performance are awarded Dealer of Merit status.

The Raymond Corporation's 2006 Dealers of Distinction are:
o ABEL Integrated Handling Solutions - Lawrence, Mass.
o Brauer Material Handling Systems, Inc. - Goodlettsville, Tenn.
o Carolina Handling, LLC - Charlotte, N.C.
o G.N. Johnston Equipment Co., Ltd. - Mississauga, Ontario
o Handling Systems, Inc. - Phoenix, Ariz.
o Heubel Material Handling, Inc. - Kansas City, Mo.
o Malin Integrated Handling Solutions and Design - Addison, Texas
o Raymond Handling Concepts Corporation - Fremont, Calif.
o Raymond Handling Concepts Corporation - Auburn, Wash.

The Raymond Corporation's 2006 Dealers of Merit are:
o Associated Material Handling Industries, Inc./Allied Handling Equipment Co. - Carol Stream, Ill.
o Associated Material Handling Industries, Inc. - Indianapolis, Ind.
o Andersen & Associates, Inc. - Wixom, Mich.
o Arbor Material Handling, Inc. - Willow Grove, Pa.
o Pengate Handling Systems, Inc. - York, Pa.
o Raymond Handling Solutions, Inc. - Santa Fe Springs, Calif.
o Raymond of New Jersey, LLC - Union, N.J.
o Shaw Material Handling Systems, Inc. - Bartlett, Tenn.
o Welch Equipment Company, Inc. - Denver, Colo.

The Raymond Corporation is the leading North American provider of materials handling solutions that improve space utilization and productivity, with lower cost of operation and greater operator acceptance. High-performance, reliable, ergonomically designed Raymond® products range from a full line of manual and electric pallet trucks and walkie stackers to counterbalanced trucks, Reach-Fork® trucks, orderpickers and dual-purpose (pallet handling/case picking) Swing-Reach® trucks.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Kevin Trenga
Marketing Communications
(607) 656-2415
Lisa Balcerak
Bader Rutter & Associates
Public Relations
(262) 938-5461
lbalcerak@bader-rutter.com/

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