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Award-winning BT Levio on display at iF exhibition
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Our award-winning new BT Levio powered pallet truck is part of a special exhibition in Hannover, Germany honouring winners of the prestigious iF Product Design Award 2009.
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BT Levio and Toyota Traigo 48 were winners in the category Special Vehicles / Construction / Agriculture. Products in 16 different categories received awards this year. Other companies with winning products included Toyota Motor Corporation, Volkswagen, Sony Corporation and Apple, Inc.
The BT Levio powered pallet truck and Toyota Traigo 48 electric counterbalanced forklift are part of the iF Product Design Award 2009 exhibition at the Hannover exhibition centre. Open to the visiting public free of charge during opening hours of every tradeshow, the iF Product Design Award 2009 exhibition opened on 3 March 2009 and is scheduled to remain in place until August 2009. BT Levio and Toyota Traigo 48 are also part of the iF online exhibition at www.ifdesign.de
The BT Levio powered pallet truck range consists of five ‘walkie’ models with load capacities from 1.4 to 2.5 tons. The Toyota Traigo 48 is Toyota’s most compact 48-volt forklift yet, with six 3-wheel models and four 4-wheel models and load capacities ranging from 1.5 to 2.0 tons.
"Customer requirements influenced the entire design and development process for BT Levio and Toyota Traigo 48," said Jonas Tornerefelt, TMHE Vice President Product Planning. "Attention to detail is a trademark of our Toyota Production System approach. Receiving the iF Product Design Award for BT Levio and Toyota Traigo 48 is a milestone
achievement for our entire organisation."
Presented by iF Industrie Forum Design e.V., the iF Product Design Award
is one of the world’s best-known design competitions.
iF Product Design Awards presentation ceremony in Hannover
 
Magnus Oliveira Andersson, TMHE Product Design Manager,
responsible for appearance design for BT Levio
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About Toyota Material Handling Europe
Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE) began operations in 2006 to manage the Toyota and BT materials handling business in Europe. With more than 100 years combined Toyota and BT experience, TMHE offers a comprehensive portfolio of counterbalanced forklift trucks and warehouse equipment bearing the Toyota and BT brands, along with supporting services. Active in more than 30 countries across Europe, TMHE has European Office functions based in Ancenis (France), Bologna (Italy), Brussels (Belgium) and Mjölby/Linköping (Sweden) and production centres in Ancenis, Bologna and Mjölby. With 400 sales and service centres, nearly 5,000 service engineers, about 8,800 employees, and a network of independent distributors and dealers, TMHE is the European regional organisation of Toyota Material Handling Group (TMHG), which is part of Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) – the world leader in materials handling equipment. For more information on TMHE, please visit www.toyota-forklifts.eu
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