Yale–Maini Road Show at Gurgaon

NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG) and Maini Group hosted a road show in Gurgaon on 4th of July’ 2014. The objective of the event was to:

• Increase awareness of customers in the Delhi – NCR region of how the wide choice of models, configurations & unique product specifications of the Yale–Maini product range could help them drive productivity in their business.
  See for themselves the newly launched Yale-Maini Reach Truck and other Yale–Maini range of equipment including the Yale-Maini co-branded three-wheel counterbalanced forklift truck.
• The materials handling equipment user industry segments have learnt how to transition from old school approaches of material handling and embrace newer products designed for high productivity, superior ergonomics, serviceability, low cost of ownership & higher dependability. NACCO Material Handling Group (NMHG), USA, the parent company of the Yale brand has a strategic alliance with Maini Group, India to manufacture specific Yale forklifts and reach trucks in India and make other Yale products manufactured overseas available to the market in India.

Since 2010 Maini Group has been exclusively responsible for the sales, service, parts and customer support for Yale’s extensive range of materials handling equipment in India. The link with NHMG has allowed the Maini Group to expand its portfolio and to manufacture European designed equipment in India at Maini Group’s factory in Bangalore. The event was attended by senior representatives from a diverse range of industries including: Indigo Airlines, DB Schenker, Maruti Suzuki, Baxter India, JBM, ACIL, Continental Automotive, Honda Motorcycles and Scooter, MJ Logistics, Hero Motor Corp, Exide India, & Fab Furnish.

Rajesh Wazarkar, Managing Director of NMHG India delivered a corporate overview of NMHG and their presence in India to invited guests. With S A Mohan, CEO of Maini Materials commented “The launch of locally manufactured Reach Trucks and Forklifts by an Indian company will bring significant benefits to customers. The market in India has experienced and is increasingly seeking new products that incorporate technologies which will provide greater levels of productivity, reliability, and significantly increased operator efficiency which will all contribute to high return on investment.”

Senior Management of NMHG India (Kiran Shetty, Territory Manager – India) and Maini Group (Chandra Shekar R, Business Head – Yale Products, Sandeep Bajaj, Regional Manager – North, Rahul Sagar, Assistant General Manager, Marketing) were all present at the event to hold business discussions with guests present at the event. With the wide choice of models, configurations and often unique product specifications in the Yale–Maini product range, Maini Group is now able to increasingly respond to the demands of the growing Indian markets in all segments of the materials handling industry.

Maini Group
Founded in 1973 by Dr. S. K. Maini, Maini Group is synonymous with innovation & cutting edge technology.The first mass produced electric car – Reva, India’s first comprehensive range of battery operated material handling equipment and the only Indian-made electric buggies, are testimony to this. “Our strategic alliances with international leaders-Ferretto Group, Italy and NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG), USA, further strengthen our capabilities to deliver value. All of our companies are pioneers and leaders in their fields, with a unified vision of the group’s future. In keeping with the Maini DNA, each company builds relationships, integrates expertise and innovates continuously towards a future without boundaries,” spates CEO Mohan.

NACCO Material Handling Group
NMHG is one of the world’s largest lift truck manufacturers with the Global headquarters located in Portland, Oregon and divisional headquarters in the Americas (Greenville, NC), EMEA (Scotland UK) and Asia-Pacific (Miliperra, Australia). NMHG designs, engineers, manufactures and sells a comprehensive line of lift trucks and aftermarket parts marketed globally under the Hyster® and Yale® brand names. NMHG is the operating company of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HY.