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C eMAT 2014 Pre vie w The winners will be selected by a jury of international trade journalists, who this year for the first time will be able to base their decision on the “IFOY Innovation Check” expert report prepared by logistics experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (Fraunhofer IML). Another new addition to the CeMAT line-up will for the first time give selected resellers of industrial trucks a platform where they can showcase used vehicles. “ This year, we are making a prominently situated area on the open-air site available to resellers specialising in second-hand vehicles. This is an important market segment, particularly in terms of sustainability, and one that is growing rapidly, Gruchow explains. ” It is a show of note, so don’t miss out. The next show will be in 2016, so for myCeMat, Match & Meet, and cemat2go.de go to www.mesee.de ➲ Dr Andreas Gruchow welcomes the media at the networking dinner Toyota Material Handling Europe Hosts the Media On 19 March Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE) presented its plans for CeMAT 2014 to over 100 international journalists, with keynote speeches from chairman Hirooki Fujiwara and president and CEO Matthias Fischer, plus presentations from managing director TMH Germany Norman Memminger and executive vice president marketing and sales Hans van Leeuwen. TMHE sees the show as the “world stage” for material ➲ TMHE’s executive team, from left to right: Norman Memminger, handling, so they are using the Hans van Leeuwen, Matthias Fischer and Hirooki Fujiwara opportunity to present its latest products and services. Hirooki Fujiwara emphasised the importance of the European market for parent company TICO (Toyota Industries Corporation), which is the world’s leading material handling equipment company, whilst Hans Fischer reinforced TMHE’s commitment to its European customers, with information on the company’s expansion into thirty countries including Russia. Whilst TMHE is amongst the top three suppliers in Europe, he stressed the importance of continuing to build market position. The other presentations covered new initiatives, new services and new products, which aBrMove hopes to bring to its readers in future issue. ➲ TMHE’s stand at CeMAT 2014 will be held in pavilion P32 for the first time, and we were given a virtual tour of the stand via 3D glasses | logistics in action 83 april 2014 CEMAT 2014 Preview 2014 find out how you can register, and to make use of such innovations as