(L-R) George Malacos, Chairman, Warren Deuber, Founder, and Mark Jones President/CEO of Miami Industrial Trucks, Inc.

On Saturday, May 20, Miami Industrial Trucks, Inc. had a company-wide celebration at the Mandalay Banquet Center in Moraine, Ohio. Over 225 employees, family members, friends and suppliers attended this milestone event. A dealership open house started the day's activities with a formal program at the banquet center after the dinner. A special DVD was shown to capture many of the unique moments in MIT's colorful 50-year history. To carry on the legacy of our unique company, Warren Deuber, the founder of MIT, was our featured speaker. He and his wife Ruth joined us from Sanibel, Florida. All who attended our special anniversary celebration had fun. We want to thank our loyal customers for making this all possible. Without you, we would not exist.

Jeff Rufener (center),Vice President Sales, Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift of America, presents Cat and Mitsubishi 2006 Dealer of the Year Awards to MIT Chairman George Malacos (R) and Mark Jones (L).

In 1989, Miami Industrial Trucks, Inc. entered the aerial work platform business. Today we have one of the most complete aerial equipment sales, service and rental dealerships in the area. We are the authorized Genie dealer in the markets we serve, offering new and used equipment. Our service capabilities are second to none.

Complete maintenance and repair service, road and shop for scissors, booms, cranes and knuckle booms is available. PMs are available with fast on-site service. We also offer through our training center Aerial Operator Safety Training programs. Our large rental fleet with late model equipment can help you with your short or long-term rental needs.

Fast and easy delivery of all our services has given us a reputation for "beyond world class service." Call our Aerial Division today and talk to one of our Sales, Service and Rental Specialists (800) 766-7890.

Dock Loading Equipment Specialists

MIT can make your warehouse more efficient with Dock Loading Equipment.

A product offering that fits well with forklifts and other material handling equipment we handle is Dock Loading Equipment. Many of our customers don't know we offer this "value added" service. The following is a listing of our sales and service capabilities.

• Service repair for all brands of dock equipment
• PM Program
• Factory trained technicians
• Dock installations and restoration
• New dock equipment sales
• Dock Levelers: Hydraulic, Mechanical and Air Assisted
• Trailer restraints
• Portable dock boards
• Dock seals/shelters
• Dock bumpers and safety equipment
• High speed doors.

We are the authorized Serco Dock Equipment dealer in our trading area. Let us help you reduce your dock loading equipment cost in the future. Call our Dock Equipment Specialist today (800) 444-4808.

Our Dock Loading Equipment Specialists service all brands of dock equipment.

MIT's Jack Murty delivers "beyond world class service" to your door.

Miami Industrial Trucks, Inc. (MIT) has built its "beyond world class" service reputation on its ability to provide emergency road service repair for forklifts, aerial work platforms and industrial cleaning equipment. In addition, we can do dock levelers, compactor/baler and industrial batteries/charger service repair.

MIT provides 24/7/365 service and will respond to your emergency service call within 2-4 hours, or the service call charge will be waived. We have over 65 "factory trained" service technicians with an average experience level of 18 years per technician. Our technicians move fast and do work right the first time. We work on all brands of forklifts.

Recently we added GPS to our road service fleet to maximize our productivity and efficiency for our customers. Cellular phone communication also adds to our response capabilities. Our company´s MISSION is to Maximize Customer Satisfaction. You can't get more reliable service repair anywhere. Ask for our award winning service departments today.

Lean manufacturing to Miami Industrial Trucks simply means "PROCESS IMPROVEMENT and WASTE REDUCTION." It does not mean elimination of jobs or manpower.

What are the goals of a Lean Enterprise? Provide perfect value to the customer through perfect process with ZERO WASTE in:

• Order to cash – marketing and financial
• Concept to launch – engineering
• Raw materials to finished goods – manufacturing
• Supply Chain Management.

Why implement lean? Because your customer demands, plain and simply:

• Quicker response times
• More product options
• Shorter product life cycles
• Cancellations/revisions
• Price pressures/cost reductions
• Quality requirements.

How can we start the journey for a Lean Enterprise? Well, let's start here - Where do you see wastes in your facilities?

• Overproduction
• Waiting – waiting for Material Handling Equipment to help move a job along or product through the system
• Transporting – to off-site warehouses or unnecessary trips to vendors or customers
• Over processing
• Unnecessary stock or work in process
• Unnecessary motion – excessive movements of products or raw material
• Producing defects.

All forms of waste lead to excessive COSTS and MISSED business OPPORTUNITIES!

Let your Miami Industrial Trucks Account Manager come out and perform a free "analysis" to see how our products and services can assist you in your Lean Journey.

• Sort – help get rid of your unnecessary items, or finding new homes.
• Simplify/Set – Help you organize your facilities with ergonomic solutions such as bins, racking, shelving and storage retrieval systems.
• Sweep/Shine – Provide Waste Reduction solutions such as Balers/Compactors, keeping your facilities clean with our Sweeper/Scrubber products and cleaning chemicals, and properly lighting your facilities with our ENERGY Efficient, High Bay Florescent Lighting Solutions.
• Standardize – Design systems for most beneficial solutions for moving product and raw materials throughout your facilities.
• Sustain – Assist in making sure that these processes are being done correctly.

Call us today; we're ready to help! MIT is a Service Company that happens to sell high quality material handling equipment and solutions.