Plant Engineering honors innovative materials handling products

Gorbel, Toyota, Raymond and Eriez are among the winners of the annual Product of the Year awards.

By Staff -- Modern Materials Handling, 4/1/2008

At its annual gala dinner last night, Plant Engineering, a sister publication to Modern Materials Handling, honored seven materials handling equipment suppliers with Product of the Year awards.

The following companies received awards in the Material Handling System category:

• Gorbel: Gold award for its G-Force Q and iQ lifting devices
• Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A.: Silver award for its 8-Series lift trucks
• Rite-Hite: Bronze award for its FasTrax industrial door

In addition, the following companies received awards in the Manual Material Handling category:

• Raymond: Gold award for its Model 4200 stand-up counterbalanced lift truck
• Eriez: Silver award for its ProSort metal sorter
• New Pig: Silver award for its pig drum filling shelf
• Harrington Hoists: Bronze award for its CX mini hand chain hoist

The products were submitted for consideration by their manufacturers. A jury of industry experts then selected finalists, and Plant Engineering readers voted to determine the winners.

This year is the 20th anniversary of the Product of the Year competition. Awards were given in 18 categories during a gala dinner celebration at Plant Engineering’s annual Manufacturing Summit.