{"id":4215,"date":"2017-10-09T07:12:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T07:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=4215"},"modified":"2017-10-09T07:12:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T07:12:39","slug":"kion-dealer-shakeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/","title":{"rendered":"Kion in Dealer Shakeup"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent months, Kion North America Corporation<\/a> has made several changes to its nationwide sales and service dealer network for material handling equipment.<\/p>\n

To improve their sales and service presence in the north central region, Kion North America<\/a> appointed Lift Parts Service in July. Located in Wichita, Kansas, Lift Parts Service was founded in 1962 and continues to be family owned and operated. Now in their third generation of ownership, they are the oldest lift truck company in the state and will serve customers in 79 counties.<\/p>\n

\u201cKion North America<\/a>\u2019s plans for the future aligned with many of the same goals we have set for our company,\u201d said Kyle Free, chief operating officer of Lift Parts Service. \u201cBy partnering with one of the world\u2019s leading lift truck manufacturers, their product lines will open opportunities in markets that we were not able to compete in previously.\u201d<\/p>\n

Existing Kion North America<\/a> distributor, HOJ Engineering & Sales, recently relocated their corporate headquarters to Salt Lake City. In August, their territory was realigned. They will provide sales and service support to customers throughout Utah and select counties in southwest Wyoming.<\/p>\n

In September, Kion North America<\/a> also appointed Sierra Industrial Equipment as an authorized dealer to serve the eastern half of Nevada\u2014an area previously not covered by their distribution network. They are the largest independent forklift service provider in the Las Vegas Valley.<\/p>\n

\"\"

The Linde 1313 internal combustion counterbalanced cushion tire truck.<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition to growing and improving their dealer network, Kion North America<\/a> will introduce three new forklift models and two new technologies before year end. These additions complete their goal of the largest new product release in company and material handling industry in a single year, which they began with the introduction of five new volume and economy segment forklifts at ProMat in Chicago earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cProviding high-quality products is just one piece of the puzzle,\u201d said Vincent Halma, president and CEO of Kion North America<\/a>. \u201cAnother piece is building relationships with qualified distributors throughout the country like those we have partnered with over the last few months.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In recent months, Kion North America Corporation has made several changes to its nationwide sales and service dealer network for material handling equipment. To improve their sales and service presence in the north central region, Kion North America appointed Lift Parts Service in July. Located in Wichita, Kansas, Lift Parts Service was founded in 1962… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[82,1514,7,157,106,62],"class_list":["post-4215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-featured","category-news","tag-forklifts","tag-kion","tag-lift-trucks","tag-logistics","tag-material-handling","tag-supply-chain"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKion in Dealer Shakeup - Find A Distributor Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kion in Dealer Shakeup - Find A Distributor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In recent months, Kion North America Corporation has made several changes to its nationwide sales and service dealer network for material handling equipment. To improve their sales and service presence in the north central region, Kion North America appointed Lift Parts Service in July. Located in Wichita, Kansas, Lift Parts Service was founded in 1962... Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Find A Distributor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-09T07:12:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-10-09T07:12:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-09-at-08.06.32.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"401\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"312\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"fad\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"fad\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/kion-dealer-shakeup\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/kion-dealer-shakeup\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"fad\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/46c235f575243584b2ec170a0cb099ff\"},\"headline\":\"Kion in Dealer Shakeup\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-09T07:12:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-09T07:12:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/kion-dealer-shakeup\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":357,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/kion-dealer-shakeup\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-09-at-08.06.32.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Forklifts\",\"KION\",\"lift trucks\",\"Logistics\",\"Material Handling\",\"Supply Chain\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Homepage Featured\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/kion-dealer-shakeup\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/kion-dealer-shakeup\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/kion-dealer-shakeup\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kion in Dealer Shakeup - Find A Distributor Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/kion-dealer-shakeup\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/kion-dealer-shakeup\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-09-at-08.06.32.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-09T07:12:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-09T07:12:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/46c235f575243584b2ec170a0cb099ff\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/kion-dealer-shakeup\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/kion-dealer-shakeup\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/kion-dealer-shakeup\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-09-at-08.06.32.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-09-at-08.06.32.png\",\"width\":401,\"height\":312,\"caption\":\"The Linde 1313 internal combustion counterbalanced cushion tire truck.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/kion-dealer-shakeup\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kion in Dealer Shakeup\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Find A Distributor Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/46c235f575243584b2ec170a0cb099ff\",\"name\":\"fad\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2da03ff7df628fc9455b2e7b79222af131654dba2cd756a145cc1a3869bb736a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2da03ff7df628fc9455b2e7b79222af131654dba2cd756a145cc1a3869bb736a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2da03ff7df628fc9455b2e7b79222af131654dba2cd756a145cc1a3869bb736a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"fad\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/fad\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kion in Dealer Shakeup - Find A Distributor Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kion in Dealer Shakeup - Find A Distributor Blog","og_description":"In recent months, Kion North America Corporation has made several changes to its nationwide sales and service dealer network for material handling equipment. To improve their sales and service presence in the north central region, Kion North America appointed Lift Parts Service in July. Located in Wichita, Kansas, Lift Parts Service was founded in 1962... Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/","og_site_name":"Find A Distributor Blog","article_published_time":"2017-10-09T07:12:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-10-09T07:12:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":401,"height":312,"url":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-09-at-08.06.32.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"fad","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"fad","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/"},"author":{"name":"fad","@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/46c235f575243584b2ec170a0cb099ff"},"headline":"Kion in Dealer Shakeup","datePublished":"2017-10-09T07:12:07+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-09T07:12:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/"},"wordCount":357,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-09-at-08.06.32.png","keywords":["Forklifts","KION","lift trucks","Logistics","Material Handling","Supply Chain"],"articleSection":["Homepage Featured","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/","url":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/","name":"Kion in Dealer Shakeup - Find A Distributor Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-09-at-08.06.32.png","datePublished":"2017-10-09T07:12:07+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-09T07:12:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/46c235f575243584b2ec170a0cb099ff"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-09-at-08.06.32.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-09-at-08.06.32.png","width":401,"height":312,"caption":"The Linde 1313 internal combustion counterbalanced cushion tire truck."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/kion-dealer-shakeup\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kion in Dealer Shakeup"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/","name":"Find A Distributor Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/46c235f575243584b2ec170a0cb099ff","name":"fad","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2da03ff7df628fc9455b2e7b79222af131654dba2cd756a145cc1a3869bb736a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2da03ff7df628fc9455b2e7b79222af131654dba2cd756a145cc1a3869bb736a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2da03ff7df628fc9455b2e7b79222af131654dba2cd756a145cc1a3869bb736a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"fad"},"url":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/author\/fad\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4215"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4218,"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4215\/revisions\/4218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}