MHEDA's Guide to ProMat on wikiMHEDA


Material handling website hosts videos promoting industry trade show.

Dewitt, NY - March 21, 2011: The MHEDA Journal Online, the online home of The MHEDA Journal (http://www.TheMhedaJournal.org), the leading online magazine for the forklift, conveyor, storage & handling, and general material handling equipment industries, is currently hosting a series of videos designed to drum up interest in the industry's largest trade show of the year. ProMat is taking place March 21-24, 2011, at Chicago's McCormick Place South. More than 700 exhibitors are showing their wares to end-users, distributors, suppliers, students and guests.

To support the show, wikiMHEDA is featuring MHEDA's guide to ProMat on wikiMHEDA. For the entire month of March, each segment of the industry-general lines, engineered systems, storage & handling and lift trucks-has had one week devoted to it on the site at www.wikiMHEDA.org. Exhibitor news, white papers, product spec sheets and advertisements have been focused on that particular segment have been featured on the site this month.

To complement that effort, the site is also the home of a series of videos that have been made a viral splash within the industry. The videos follow the adventures of Dan and Suzie as they make plans to attend the show. See this week's video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=k19wHdWWOHI or view the whole series at http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4E7FBB428BDEA2F6.

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 (www.TheMhedaJournal.org), e-magazines, newsletters and industry wiki (www.wikimheda.org), MHEDA connects the manufacturers of storage & 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.

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