April, 2001

No. 402

© 2000 Hytrol Conveyor Company, Inc.


Top Six for 2000 honored at Hytrol

A special ceremony was held recently at Hytrol International Headquarters in Jonesboro, Arkansas, to honor the Top Six Distributors for the year 2000. The distributors and their wives were flown in and brought to Hytrol in two large motor homes, preceded by a special motorcycle escort. All employees of the Hytrol facilities were on hand to congratulate the guests upon their arrival. The Jonesboro High School Jazz Band provided music for the opening ceremonies.

Bill Hawthorne, Hytrol Vice-President of Marketing, welcomed the guests and presented each one with their Top Six Award plaque.

Left to right in photo above are Bill Hawthorne, Derek Cribley of Bastian Material Handling Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana, Number One in Group One; Gary Ashley, President of Conveyor & Drives, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, Number 2 in Group One; Larry Abernathy, President of Advanced Equipment Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, No. 3 in Group One; Jim McCombs, President of McCombs-Wall, Inc., Garden Grove, California, Number 1 in Group Two; Rich Rittermann, Vice-President of Operations, Conveyor Handling Co., Inc., Elkridge, Maryland, Number 1 in Group Three; Bill Krofel, President of Systems in Motion, Elmhurst, Illinois, Number 1 in Group Four; Phil Jones, Hytrol Vice-Chairman of the Board.

Below, Phil Jones poses with each of the Top Distributors for 2000.


Derek Cribley, Bastian Material Handling Corp., Indianapolis, Number One in Group One and Phil Jones, Vice-Chairman of the Board.


Gary Ashley, President of Conveyor & Drives, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, Number 2 in Group One  and Phil Jones, Vice-Chairman of the Board.


Larry Abernathy, President of Advanced Equipment Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, No. 3 in Group One and Phil Jones, Vice-Chairman of the Board.


Jim McCombs, President of McCombs-Wall, Inc., Garden Grove, California, Number 1 in Group Two  and Phil Jones, Vice-Chairman of the Board.


Rich Rittermann, Vice-President of Operations, Conveyor Handling Co., Inc., Elkridge, Maryland, Number 1 in Group Three  and Phil Jones, Vice-Chairman of the Board.


Bill Krofel, President of Systems in Motion, Elmhurst, Illinois, Number 1 in Group Four  and Phil Jones, Vice-Chairman of the Board.


 

 

One of the ongoing missions of Hyrol’s Marketing team is to insure all distributors are properly educated about Hytrol products and services. Three conveyor schools and one Advanced school were held recently at Hytrol International Headquarters in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Over 75 distributor "students" were enrolled in the schools. We appreciate their attendance.


JONESBORO . . .
Conveyors & Drives, Inc.,
Atlanta GA
MANTECA . . .
Flostor Engineering, Inc., Hayward CA
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STOCKYARD . . .
Conveyors & Drives, Inc.,
Atlanta GA
INTERNATIONAL . . .
Trio Pac Inc., 
Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec

 

 

 


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1... Visit to Leeds Conveyor Company, Guilford, Connecticut. L-R, Paul Nangle, Jr., Graham Starling (Hytrol Dist. Rep.), and Paul Nangle III. Photo taken by Dean Vinson (Hytrol Mgr. of Dist. Devel.) 2...Sales meeting at Cisco-Eagle, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma. Representing Hytrol and conducting the meeting were Monte Himschoot (Dist. Rep.) and Michael Pierce (Sales Team 1). 3...Sales meeting at Cisco-Eagle, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Representing Hytrol and conducting the meeting were Monte Himschoot (Dist. Rep.) and Michael Pierce (Sales Team 1).  4...Sales meeting at Skarnes, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. Representing Hytrol and conducting the meeting were Graham Starling (Dist. Rep.) and Jim Holland (Team Leader, Sales Team 2). 5...EZLogic sales School for KMH Systems, Cincinnati, Ohio. conducted by Bryan Taylor (Hytrol Technology Center engineer) and Monte Himschoot.
6...Sales meeting at Curlin, Inc., Tampa, Florida; conducted by Monte Himschoot. 7...Distributor visit at Maybury Material Handling, Springfield, Massachusetts. L-R in photo are Graham Starling, Lorrie O’Connor, and Brad Albert. Taking the picture was Dean Vinson (Hytrol Mgr. of Dist. Devel.).


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Bill Hawthorne, right, Hytrol Vice-President of Marketing, and Graham Starling, Distributor Representative, Team 2, left, presents Mike Bates, Vice-President of McKee Stewart Equipment Corp. with a special retirement plaque. Mike retired with 29 years service to the firm. McKee Stewart is located in West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. Also present from Hytrol were Pete Hinson, V-P Distributor Operations, Jim Holland, Team Leader, Sales Team 2, and Jamie Caradine, Sales Team 2. Keith McKessock, center right, accepts the Hytrol Top International Distributor Award on behalf of McKessock Engineering Ltd., from Bob West, Hytrol Director of International Operations, center left. Also present for the award were Dover Wynn, left, McKessock Engineer, and Bob Sears, McKessock Engineer. McKessock Engineering has been a Hytrol distributor since 1983 and is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

 

April Distributor Service Anniversaries

  • Skarnes Inc.,  Minneapolis MN:    39 years
  • IBT, Inc., Shawnee Mission KS:    32 years
  • Autopak Engineering Group, San Juan PR:    7 years
  • Siggins Company, North Kansas City MO:    3 years
  • Dilco S.A., Edo de Mexico:  2 years
  • Hy-Tek Material Handling, Berea OH:  1 year

 

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