DC Velocity - October 2018

24 DC VELOCITY OCTOBER 2018 www.dcvelocity.com Chosen from a group of global manufacturing leaders, The Raymond Corp. was named a 2018 Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing Leadership Award winner in the Operational Excellence Leadership category. Raymond received the award for its work implementing the Toyota Production System (TPS) at its Greene, N.Y., facility and for the company’s commitment to improved quality and superior performance. … Transplace, a provider of transportation management services and logistics technology solutions, has been honored as BASF Corp.’s Supplier of the Year for North America. The company also received Sonoco’s Strategic Partnership award for completing an end-to-end assessment of Sonoco’s logistics operations in order to optimize its transportation processes and spend. … For the second straight year, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) drove home with the Pride & Polish Best-in-Show People’s Choice award from the 19th annual Great American Trucking Show.

The AAFES’s winning entry was a truck that serves as a
rolling billboard publicizing the military’s recent deci-
sion to extend online “PX” shopping privileges to hon-
orably discharged veterans. … A. Duie Pyle, a provider
of asset- and nonasset-based transportation and supply
chain solutions in the Northeast, has been recognized as
the 2018 Carrier of the Year by Geodis, a global supply
chain management company. … Picking systems manu-
facturer Witron has received the “Innovative Through
Research” Seal of Quality from the Association for the
Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany. …
Hyster Co. has announced the winners of its 2017 Dealer
of Distinction awards, which recognize dealers for sales
and service performance. The complete list of winners
can be found on the company’s website, www.hyster.
com. … Industrial giant Honeywell has named RFID
(radio-frequency identification) and bar-code solutions
provider MSM Solutions a Premium Solution Partner.
… In August, Yale Materials Handling Corp. honored
a number of its dealers with its 24th annual Dealer of
Excellence awards. For a complete list of the awardees,
visit www.yale.com.