Toyota Material Handling (Shanghai) Dealers Summit of the Year 2012 Was Brought to a Successful Close

    Toyota Material Handling (Shanghai) Dealers Summit of the year 2012 was held on February 9–10. Nearly 100 representatives of Toyota Material Handling Dealers, Toyota Industries and Toyota Tsusho from all parts of the country attended the conference. In the evening of February 9, all the delegates took part in the conference dinner in Guangzhou. After the ebullience toast from Chairman Yamakita all the delegates toasted to celebrate the impressive sales performance for the past year. Afterwards, Outstanding Dealer Recognition Ceremony of the year 2011 officially began. President Sasaki from headquarters in Japan of Toyota Material Handling Group, Chairman Yamakita of Toyota Material Handling (Shanghai) and General Manager Ueta awarded medals to outstanding dealers of the year 2011 and posed for pictures together.

    The following day, the conference began with a speech from President Sasaki.General Manager Ueta reviewed and summarized the sales of 2011, and introduced the new working principles and policies of 2012. In the afternoon, all the delegates visited the new BT Factory in Foshan – BT Manufacturing (Foshan) Co., Ltd. (BTMF). Chairman Anders from BTMF introduced BT group to all the guests. Afterwards, General Manager Miyajima from BTMF introduced the background of the establishment of the new factory as well as long-term development targets. Then, visiting of production line and new product demonstration helped them to learn more about current footsteps of BT product modernization. Many dealers said that the summit was very successful. Everyone made clear the developing direction and goals for this year, in the meantime, established confidence for the sales of new products including warehousing cars.