Lift Stak & Stor, Inc., serving Crown customers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market, continued their series of impressive Crown awards by earning the 2003 James F. Dicke Pioneer Award as the top Crown dealer. Since the Summit Awards program began in 1995, Lift Stak & Stor has received recognition every year and includes five Pioneer Awards, symbolic of the top Crown dealer. 

The Crown National Awards Ceremony was held Monday, April 19, 2004 at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, Scottsdale, Arizona. Lift Stak & Stor President Jeff Sell, Vice President - Sales Ron Wade and Service Manager Dave Milless accepted the award on behalf of the company. 

Crown Lift Trucks, Ontario, CA, received their first recognition, being selected as the top Crown branch in the country. General Manager – California Branches Keith Heinke along with Service Manager Keith Pruyne received the award.

In addition to Lift Stak & Stor, three Crown dealers, Action Lift, Inc., Wilkes-Barre, PA; Crellin Handling Equipment, Inc., East Providence, RI; and Naumann/Hobbs Material Handling, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, received Summit Awards. Crown Dayton also earned a 2003 Summit Award.

Three more Crown dealers, A.J. Jersey, Inc., South Plainfield, NJ; Maybury Material Handling, Inc., East Longmeadow, MA; and NorthWest Handling Systems, Inc., Portland, OR were Ascent Award recipients. Crown Memphis and Crown Boston were other Ascent Award winners.

2003 Summit Awards
Award indicating the highest level attainable. The award symbolizes outstanding achievement and presented to all top-performing dealers. In attendance to receive the award are listed in parenthesis.

Action Lift, Inc., Wilkes-Barre, PA
(Joe Mikiewicz, Sales Manager; Chet Williams, Parts & Service Manager)

Crellin Handling Equipment, Inc., East Providence, RI
(Richard Crellin, President; Doug Crellin, Vice President; Rick Farrell, Sales Manager)

Lift Stak & Stor, Inc., Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
(Jeff Sell, President; Ron Wade, Vice President-Sales; Dave Milless, Service Manager)

Naumann/Hobbs Material Handling, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
(Bob Hobbs, Sr., President & CEO; Tom Hobbs, Vice President & Assistant General Manager; Bryan Armstrong, Vice President-Operations; Ray Hammerich, Vice President-Southern Arizona).

Crown Lift Trucks, Dayton, OH
(Ron Phlipot, Sales Manager; Russ Haley, Service Manager; Steve Lefeld, Parts Manager)

Crown Lift Trucks, Ontario, CA
(Keith Heinke, General Manager - California Branches; Keith Pruyne, Service Manager)

2003 Ascent Awards
Award given to the group of dealers and branches achieving a high level of performance. This group has not yet reached the Summit but is well on the way.

A.J. Jersey, Inc., South Plainfield, NJ
(David Rizzo, President; John Robertson, Sales Manager; Stephen Coleman, Service Manager)

Maybury Material Handling, Inc., E. Longmeadow, MA
(John Maybury, President; Dick Moriarity, Treasurer; Mark McCormick, Power Equipment Support Specialist)

NorthWest Handling Systems, Inc., Portland, OR
(Chris Keefer, Branch Manager; Sam Swartz, Sales Manager)

Crown Lift Trucks, Memphis, TN
(Alan Rudolph, Branch Manager; Chris Gabel, Parts Manager; Neil Pendleton, Service Manager)

Crown Lift Trucks, Boston, MA
(Ed Potter, Branch Manager; Andy Crampton, Sales Manager; Al Loiselle, Service Manager)

Crown representatives presenting awards included Senior Vice President Jim Moran, Vice President - Branches Jim Ellis, Director-Branch Operations Dave Moran and Director of Sales Greg Meyer