{"id":13365,"date":"2024-07-30T01:23:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T01:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=13365"},"modified":"2024-07-17T16:26:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T16:26:30","slug":"lafevers-honored-by-dc-velocity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/lafevers-honored-by-dc-velocity\/","title":{"rendered":"LaFevers Honored by DC Velocity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling<\/a> announces that Steven LaFevers, Vice President, Global Emerging Technology, has been named a 2024 Rainmaker by DC Velocity, a leading supply chain and logistics trade publication.<\/p>\n

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Steven LaFevers held a pivotal role in the development and launch of a first-of-its-kind operator assistance technology suite, marketed through the Yale and Hyster brands as Yale Reliant and Hyster Reaction.<\/p><\/div>\n

This recognition honors LaFevers\u2019 for his accomplishments at Hyster-Yale<\/a>, most notably building the company\u2019s Emerging Technology division from the ground up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve worn a lot of different hats in my 24-plus years with Hyster-Yale<\/a>, but the most rewarding has been developing and leading our Emerging Technology team,\u201d said LaFevers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m honored by this recognition, but want to acknowledge that it doesn\u2019t solely belong to me \u2013 it belongs to every member of the team. Without their hard work and ingenuity, we wouldn\u2019t be able to develop and launch technologies that bring our company and our industry into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

LaFevers\u2019 division embodies the technology innovation capabilities of a startup while leveraging the company\u2019s resources as a mature materials handling manufacturer.<\/p>\n

The Emerging Technology team has grown significantly, from 25 employees to more than 150 in the last few years alone, and has introduced groundbreaking technology solutions to the market.<\/p>\n

LaFevers held a pivotal role in the development and launch of a first-of-its-kind operator assistance technology suite, marketed through the Yale and Hyster<\/a> brands as Yale Reliant and Hyster Reaction.<\/p>\n

Since its commercial launch in 2021, Hyster<\/a> Reaction and Yale Reliant have been deployed on more than 6,000 lift trucks and accumulated more than 14 million hours of real-world run time. In response to customer demand, the company has rapidly expanded availability of the solution from an original lineup of five lift truck models at launch to a total of 59 models.<\/p>\n

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Steven LaFevers, Vice President, Global Emerging Technology, Hyster-Yale Materials Handling.<\/p><\/div>\n

LaFevers also spearheaded adoption of the company\u2019s lift truck telematics solution and oversaw the commercialization of the company\u2019s automated lift trucks, which have grown to a commercially installed base of over 500 units and counting.<\/p>\n