The FLTA (Forklift Lift Truck Association) has announced that the next Awards for Excellence will take place on March 21, 2020, at a new venue.
The biggest and most prestigious annual event in the materials handling industry calendar bar none, the FLTA Awards will, by popular demand, be returning to the Hilton Metropole at the NEC Birmingham.
Launched to encourage and reward examples of excellence throughout the fork lift truck industry and beyond, the Awards and gala dinner has a truly international appeal with sponsors and winners flying in from Europe and the Far East for the Oscars-style ceremony.
“The voting is such a closely guarded secret that even the jurors have no idea who’s won,” reveals Tim Waples, Chief Executive of the Fork Lift Truck Association. “What I can tell you is that the line-up of new products, methodologies and technologies was so strong that the voting was extremely close in a number of categories.
Perhaps the most hotly anticipated of the night’s Awards are those given to the overall champions in the four main product categories: Environment, Ergonomics, Safety and Innovation. Category winners take home a coveted Archie – a bronze trophy of Archimedes.
The Awards ceremony is the one evening in the year when all of the UK’s major fork lift truck players come together in one place for a night of fine dining, live music, dancing and networking, and of course, to find out which companies and individuals have triumphed in the eagerly-awaited awards ceremony itself.
The awards are made possible by the following sponsors. Carrylift, Combilift, Doosan Industrial Vehicle UK, F-TEC, Hubtex, IBCS, Flexi Narrow Aisle, Toyota Material Handling, Triathlon Batteries, TVH and Yale Europe Materials Handling… along with their event supporters DLL Group, JCB and Transmon.
