{"id":11637,"date":"2018-12-20T15:39:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T21:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinkerventures.com\/article\/\/"},"modified":"2018-12-20T15:39:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T21:39:50","slug":"fitzgerald-equipment-honored-by-top-forklift-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkerventures.com\/fitzgerald-equipment-honored-by-top-forklift-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitzgerald Equipment honored by top forklift builder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ROCKFORD, Illinois &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitzgeraldequipment.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fitzgerald Equipment<\/a>, a materials handling equipment dealer based in Rockford and with locations in Rockford and Mackinaw, Illinois, was lauded by one of the country\u2019s largest forklift makers for its sales and service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fitzgerald was one of just 15 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yale.com\/north-america\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yale Materials Handling Corp.<\/a> dealers in the country, and the only one in Illinois, to receive its 2017 Dealer of Excellence Award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are more than 4,700 Yale dealers nationwide so it is a significant honor. Fitzgerald accepted the award during a special ceremony in Sea Island, Georgia, in August.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith self-educating customers having access to more equipment information than every, what they need from a dealer is insight on how lift trucks, power sources, telemetry, financing and service affect their operation,\u201d Bob Sattler, vice president of dealer business development. \u201cThe Dealer of Excellence Award indicates a dealer experience that goes above and beyond industry demands and customer expectations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fitzgerald was established in 1962. The company sells, rents and services a variety of material handling products. The company\u2019s Rockford location is at 4650 Boeing Drive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">###<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information about Fitzgerald Equipment, call 815-397-7050.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROCKFORD, Illinois &#8211; Fitzgerald Equipment, a materials handling equipment dealer&hellip;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thinkerventures.com\/fitzgerald-equipment-honored-by-top-forklift-builder\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinkerventures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinkerventures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinkerventures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinkerventures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinkerventures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thinkerventures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinkerventures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinkerventures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinkerventures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinkerventures.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}