Clark names G&W for two more markets
Created 12/14/2009, 04:09:43 pm
Charlotte,
North Carolina-based G&W adds Piedmont’s representation of Clark forklifts
in the Greenville, South Carolina and Augusta, Georgia markets to G&W’s
existing sites for Clark in the Carolinas. G&W also distributes Mitsubishi
Forklift Trucks.
The change
is "a good challenge for us", says Michael Sabbagh, G&W
president. Piedmont Forklift has been "a major player in Greenville-Spartanburg
area".
Sabbagh
plans to base G&W’s South Carolina operations in the 37,000 sq ft (3,375
sqm) Piedmont Forklift facility in Greenville and operate there as G&W
Piedmont Forklift with Jeff Bradley as branch manager. Previously, Bradley
managed the G&W branch in Raleigh, North Carolina.
G&W
retained 29 of the 30 Piedmont Forklift employees and, in Greenville, vacated a
G&W location with 5,000 sq ft (450 sqm).
Piedmont
Forklift has serviced the Augusta market remotely with sales and service
capabilities. Geographically, Augusta is "new territory for us",
Sabbagh notes.
"When
the opportunity came for G&W to purchase Piedmont Forklift in Greenville
and Augusta, we were thrilled," says Scott Johnson, director of dealer
services for Clark Material Handling Co in Lexington, Kentucky. "Jerry
Prince and Calvin Bostic have built a solid Clark business in Greenville. . . .
We wish to formally thank Jerry and Calvin for their efforts over the
decades."
Piedmont
Forklift began representing the Clark line in 1952. Prince was Piedmont
president and chief executive officer, and Bostic vice president and chief
financial officer. Both will help transition the business to G&W. It was
"their choice solely" to sell the business, Sabbagh says.
G&W, a
family-owned and -operated full-service materials handling equipment dealer,
began operations in the Carolinas in 1963, initially dealing mainly with aerial
lift equipment.
G&W
began distributing Mitsubishi forklifts in 1997 and has a site for Mitsubishi
in Greensboro, North Carolina. Tri-Lift NC Inc represents Clark in the
Greensboro market.
In
September 2006, Clark appointed G&W as the brand’s authorised distributor
in Charlotte, Raleigh and Hickory, North Carolina and Columbia, South Carolina.
Source:
forkliftaction.com
