Forklift Distributor Profile notes expansion despite economy.
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As featured in Fourth Quarter 2009 issue of The MHEDA Journal, material handling equipment distributor Thompson and Johnson Equipment Company is expanding to overcome recession. President and CEO David Schneckenburger chose to expand the company in down market by building new branch in Vestal and adding to company's Elmira location while remaining focused on customer service. According to Schneckenburger, "We strive to sell top-end products because quality lasts and price doesn't."
Original Press Release:
Forklift Distributor Ready to Face the Future
Thompson & Johnson Equipment Company expands to overcome recession.
Dewitt, NY - November 16, 2009: The Fourth Quarter 2009 issue of The MHEDA Journal, the leading online magazine for the forklift, storage and handling, and general material handling equipment industries, features a profile of material handling equipment distributor Thompson & Johnson Equipment Company.
Thompson & Johnson was founded in 1955 and is a distributor of lift trucks, pallet trucks, skid steers and other material handling equipment. Headquartered in East Syracuse, New York, with facilities in Elmira, Vestal and Albany, New York, Thompson & Johnson covers a territory that extends to western Vermont and Massachusetts, and northeastern Pennsylvania. The company experienced sales of $30 million in 2008.
In a down market, President and CEO David Schneckenburger chose to expand the company by building a new branch in Vestal and adding to the company's Elmira location while remaining focused on delivering top-notch customer service. "Customers appreciate being treated fairly," Schneckenburger says. "They want us to help them reduce their expenses, and reducing expenses doesn't mean staying with the cheapest product. When customers give us the opportunity, we can do a great job for them and help them thrive."
Schneckenburger adds, "We have a simple mission statement tagline: "Delivering Our Promise." That starts with selling leading products in the industry. We strive to sell top-end products because quality lasts and price doesn't."
For the complete story, read the article "Thompson & Johnson Faces The Future Head On" in The MHEDA Journal Online at www.themhedajournal.org/content/4q09/memberprofile.php. The print magazine was mailed out to subscribers on October 15.
For more information, contact Chris Powers, editor of The MHEDA Journal, (315) 445-2347, e-mail: chris@datakey.org.
About MHEDA
Founded in 1954, the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA) is the premier source for manufacturing knowledge, education and networking. Through its member journals (http://www.TheMhedaJournal.org), e-magazines, newsletters, and industry wiki (http://www.wikimheda.org), MHEDA connects the manufacturers of storage and handling, lift trucks and conveyor equipment and distribution leaders for the purpose of delivering optimal solutions to the users of those products. MHEDA publications are the industry's voice for all matters related to the latest technology and the most up-to-date processes spanning the movement and storage of all materials. A 501(c)3 organization, MHEDA members span all of North America.
