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SMH has created a University designed to give companies in the Material Handling Industry programs to enhance employee knowledge of new generation mechanical systems, emerging technologies and professional skills. SMHU programs will be “hands-on” training designed to assure a quality learning experience on a wide variety of topics.
Current SMHU Programs:
It is SMHU’s goal to continue to develop and offer relevant training programs as emerging technologies are introduced to the material handling industry.
For more information on SMHU click here.
Due to continued growth and an ongoing effort to improve service to customers, SMH® is pleased to announce the opening of a distribution facility in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
SMH® will reach a large number of our customers using one-day ground service from the Harrisburg location to all of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Rhode Island and parts of New York, Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio.
Operation hours are from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm with customer pick up available during these hours. Facility information is as follows:
SMH® Pennsylvania
3982 Paxton St. Suite 1
Harrisburg, PA. 17111
Due to continued growth and an ongoing effort to improve service to customers, SMH® is pleased to announce the opening of a distribution facility in Duncan, South Carolina
The distribution center located between Spartanburg and Greenville, South Caroliina. Adjacent to I-85. Research shows that SMH® can reach customers with one-day ground shpping across South Carolina, parts of Georgia, Alabama, Tenessee, Virginia and North Carolina. Also we can reach a greater number of customers with tw and three day ground shippign thanks to UPS.
Operation hours are from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
This weekend is the "psychological" start of fall. The college football season opens, the NFL begins the regular season the middle of next week, and the days start to grow noticeably shorter. So do the number of days before our project is complete and we open the facility for everyday storage and use.
Over the past two weeks we have created the fire lane around the north and east sides of the facility. The HVAC system has been tested and "tied in" to the building management system. The rest rooms have been completed along with all of the other plumbing portions of the project. The final grading has been completed around the facility in preparation for seeding once the cooler fall weather sets in.
The preliminary occupancy inspection by the city is scheduled for this upcoming week. During the next two days prior to that inspection we will be completing the installation of the fire protection system and "tying up" the some of the other loose ends. Additionally, we will be completing the installation of the data and communication cabling. Following the inspection and issuance of our occupancy permit we will begin to prepare for the installation of the racking and other equipment that is planned for this portion of our operation.
As everything continues to "fall into place" we still plan on beginning operations October in the new portion, just five short months after starting this project.
SMH® is pleased to announce SMH® California Warehouse is moving to new location at 3519 Grapevine Street in Mira Loma California. The new location is effective on January 8th, 2007. New address, and other contact information are as below.
New Address: 3519 Grapevine St., Mira Loma, CA 91752
Phone: 800-255-4109
Fax: 913-764-7278
Click here to download the PDF file of the map.
SMH® held its grand opening and open house Friday, September 15 and Saturday, September 16, 2006.
There were guided tours of the 250,000 square-foot facility giving vendors, customers and guests an up close showing of the operations.
Sixteen vendors set up booths in order to display their products and offer customers product discounts. Customers and guests were treated to product demonstrations and a preview of the release of IRMN 5.1.
More than 1,200 visitors from the US, Canada, Mexico and South America made the SMH® Open House a success.
TVH Forklifts Parts NV (TVH) is pleased to announce that it has acquired the world-wide material handling related businesses of IMC Holding, Inc. (IMC); which includes the Intrupa, LPM, and CMC entities. This important acquisition will augment the material handling offerings of TVH, Systems Material Handling (SMH) and their affiliates.
To know detail about it, click here to download the PDF file.
SMH® is pleased to announce we have moved into our new corporate headquarters located at 16355 South Lone Elm Road in Olathe Kansas. All phone and fax numbers will remain the same.
Address: 16355 South Lone Elm Road, Olathe, KS 66062
Phone: 913-829-1000 | Toll-Free: 800-255-4109 | Fax: 913-829-9208
New premises in Belgium, United States and Canada, a new story. The TVH/SMH® group considers this to be a milestone in the evolution of the company and don’t want to let the moment pass without some special attention. The publication of the book “100 years Forklift Trucks” has a remarkable symbolical value: the history of the forklift truck closely linked to the future of the company.
International edition.
The history of the forklift truck starts early in the twentieth century with the creation of a three-wheeled cart for use in a factory. Some time later, the front of the cart is equipped with a lifting system and in the back, space was created for a driver. The forklift truck is born and over the years, it will undergo many technical improvements. Today, the modern forklift truck is a piece of advanced technology with a wide array of possibilities and applications all over the world.
With the book “100 years Forklift Trucks”, the TVH/SMH® group has bundled an interesting history by means of valuable information and splendid pictures. The 200 pages of text and color photographs are bundled in a hardcover edition, which is available in two versions: Dutch/French (9799523) and English/German (9799528). The book is available all over the world through TVH Forklift Parts NV (Belgium), TVH Australasia and SMH® (USA). The book can be ordered through the sales staff of the different departments. For US$35.00 you can put the interesting history of the forklift truck on your bookshelf!
Due to continued growth and an ongoing effort to improve service to customers, SMH® has opened a distribution facility located in South Bend, Indiana. An existing 32,000 sq. ft. building has been leased near the South Bend airport, close to the UPS and Federal Express terminals. Research indicated SMH® could reach a larger share of the market in one day using ground service from South Bend. Jason Witman, Facility Manager states “South Bend provides us an excellent “one-day” ground coverage due to its location as a feeder hub for larger UPS hubs in Chicago, Ft. Wayne and Indianapolis. With “one-day” ground service, we expect to significantly increase our business in this important region of the United States.”
Further, SMH® expects to pick up additional business in areas to the east of South Bend as we increase service levels by one and two days to dealers that are now two and four days away from Olathe using ground service. SMH® estimates that up to 25% of our forklift business can be serviced out of this new facility.
In an effort to meet increased customer demand, SMH® LTD. has begun operations in their new 38,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Mississauga, Ontario.
The new warehouse located at 1039 Cardiff Blvd., is more than twice the size of the previous location and offers a large inventory of replacement parts for material handling and industrial equipment vehicles. In addition the warehouse offers customer pick-up until 5:00 p.m. EST, same day shipping on orders placed by 4:00 p.m. EST and next day air service availability.
Read about how SMH® and it's employees are helping those in the Gulf in this open letter to customers, staff and friends from SMH®.
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Systems Material Handling Co. is proud to announce that Dirk von Holt has joined the company in the capacity of Vice President, Sales & Marketing. Dirk will have direct responsibility for Domestic Sales, International Sales, OEM Sales, Business Development, and Marketing.
Dirk gained considerable familiarity and extensive knowledge of the US forklift industry leading Multiton MIC Corp. and Jungheinrich Lift Truck Corp., both located in Richmond, Virginia. Prior to that appointment, Dirk had led Jungheinrich Denmark for three years, and was recently the President of one of the lift truck industry's most important organizations, Industrial Truck Association (ITA). With his experience and relationships, Dirk will be a valuable addition to our company.
Systems Material Handling Co. (SMH) and Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU) are pleased to announce that SMH® has been chosen as the single source provider for the STARLIFT all makes competitive parts program. Key benefits of this agreement to TMHU dealers include: improved order fill rates; extended order cut-off times; multiple warehouse shipping locations; online, "real time" parts lookup and ordering system; and access to the industry's largest inventory of over 1.6 million part numbers.
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