There are several other trade associations that serve the material handling industry. If ITA can’t help you, it’s possible that one or more of them may be able to assist you. Moreover, there are also several publications that serve the industry and you may want to consider contacting them as well.

Associations

Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)
Dennis Slater, President
111 E Wisconsin, Suite 1000
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-298-4140 (ph)
414-272-1170 (fx)
dslater@aem.org

American National Standards Institute, Inc. (ANSI)
Henrietta Scully
25 West 43rd Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10036
212-642-4946 (ph)
212-730-1346 (fx)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Riad Mohamed
3 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212-591-8528 (ph)
212-591-8501 (fx)
mohamedr@asme.org

American Trucking Association (ATA)
Bill Gouse
2200 Mill Rd.
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-838-1700, ext x1842 (ph)
703-519-5272 (fx)
bgouse@trucking.org

Battery Council International
Ann Noll, General Manager
401 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-4267
312-644-6610 (ph)
312-527-6640 (fx)
anoll@smithbucklin.com

British Industrial Truck Association (BITA)
James Clark, Secretary General
5-7 High Street
Sunninghill, Berkshire
England SL5 9NQ
011-44-1344-623-800 (ph)
011-44-1344-291-197 (fx)
james.clark@bita.org.uk

British Standards Institute
Rachel Shannon
389 Chiswick High Rd.
London W4 4AL England
011-44-20-8996-7110 (ph)
011-44-20-8996-7143 (fx)
rachel.shannon@bsi-global.com

Canadian Standards Association
Walter Dick
5060 Spectrum Way
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada L4W 5N6
416-747-4000 (ph)
800-463-6727 (toll-free)
416-747-2473 (fx)

Comitato Nazionale Italiano della FEM
c/o ANIMA-AISEM
Via Battistotti Sassi, 11/b
20133 Milano
Italy
(+ 39-02) 7-39-71 (ph)
(+ 39-02) 7-39-73-16 (fx)
anima@anima-it.com

Comite Nacional Espanol de FEM
c/o E.T.S.E.I.B. - Pabellon F
Diagonal, 647 Planta 11
08028 Barcelona
Spain
(+34) 9-34-01-60-60 (ph)
(+34) 9-34-01-60-60 (fx)
Fem-cne@jazzfree.com

Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA)
Kevin Kokrda
Two North LaSalle Street
Suite 2200
Chicago, Illinois 60602
312-827-8700 x8732 (ph)
312-827-8737 (fx)
kkokrda@emamail.org

Japan Industrial Vehicles Association (JIVA)
Masaru Terada, Managing Director
Tobu Bldg. 5-26, 1-Chome
Moto-Akasaka, Minato-ku
Tokyo, 107-0051 JAPAN
011-81-33-403-5556 (ph)
011-81-33-403-5057 (fx)
info@jiva.or.jp

Korean Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association (KOCEMA)
Joo-Yeen Sohn
5th Fl. Kumyoung Bldg, 618-264
Yongdungpo-dong, Yongdungpo-gu
Seoul, Korea
+82-2-849-5371 (ph)
+82-2-84-5312 (fx)
oolite@kocema.org
kocema@kocema.org

Industrial Truck Standards Development Foundation
William Montwieler
1750 K Street NW
Suite 460
Washington DC 20006
202-478-7599 (ph)
202-478-7599 (fax)
wjmontwieler@earthlink.net

Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA)
Liz Richards
201 US Highway 45
Vernon Hills, IL 60061-2398
847-680-3500 (ph)
847-362-6989 (fx)
connect@mheda.org

Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA)
John Nofzinger, CEO
8720 Red Oak Blvd., Suite 201
Charlotte, NC 28217
704-676-1190 (ph)
704-676-1199 (fx)
jnofsinger@mhia.org

National Fluid Power Association
Karen Boehme, International Standards Development Manager
3333 N. Mayfair Road
Suite 211
Milwaukee, WI, 53222-3219
414-778-3345 (ph)
kboehme@nfpa.com

National Wood Pallet & Container Assn.
Bruce N. Scholnick, President/CEO
329 South Patrick St.
Alexandria, VA 22314-3501
703-519-6104 (ph)
703-519-4720 (fx)
bscholnick@palletcentral.com

Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
Patrick Kapust
200 Constitution Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20210
202-693-1854 (ph)
202-693-1628 (fx)
Patrick.kapust@osha.gov

Propane Education & Research Council
Brian Feehan, Director of Research & Development
1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 1075
Washington, DC 20036
202-452-8975 (ph)
202-452-9054 (fx)
brian.feehan@propanecouncil.org

SIMMA
Patrick Le Bourg
39/41 Loius Blanc
92400 Courbevoie
92038 Paris - La Defense cedex
(01) 47-17-63-27 (ph)
(01) 47-17-63-30 (fx)
simma@wanadoo.fr

Scrap Tire Management Council
Michael Blumenthal
1400 K Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
202-682-4800 (ph)
202-682-4854 (fx)

Swedish Committee of FEM
(Materalhanteringsgruppen)
Kerstin Teglof Delgado
P.O. Box 5510
SE-114 85 Stockholm
Sweden
(08) 7820843 (ph)
(08) 6603378 (fx)
kerstin.delgado@vi.se

Verband Deutscher Maschinen-und Anlagenbau e.V. (VDMA)
Konrad Kasper
Postfach 71 08 64
Lyoner Straße 18
60528 Frankfurt/M.
Germany
011-49-69-6603-1505 (fx)
011-49-69-6603-1496 (ph)
konrad.kasper@vdma.org

Warehousing Education and Research Council
Robert Shaunnessey, Executive Director
1100 Jorie Boulevard
Suite 170
Oak Brook, IL 60523-2243
630-990-0001 (ph)
630-990-0256 (fx)
bobs@werc.org

Publications

DC Velocity
Peter Bradley
Tower Square, Number 4
500 East Washington Street
North Attleboro, MA 02760
peterbradley@dcvelocity.com

ForkliftAction.com
Christine Liew
011-61-7-3369-9090 (ph)
011-61-7-3369-9096 (fx)
news@forkliftaction.com

Industrial-Utility Vehicle & Mobile Equipment
Jessi Carter
7355 E. Orchard Road #100
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
720-528-3770 (ph)
720-528-3771 (fx)
jessic@infowebcom.com

iVT International
Nick Bradley
Abinger House
Church Street
Dorking
Surrey RH4 3EW UK
+44 1306 743744 (ph)
n.bradley@ukintpress.com

Logistics Management
275 Washington Street
Newton, MA 02458
617-558-4473 (ph)
617-558-4480 (fx)

Material Handling Management/Penton
Newt Barrett
1300 East 9th Street
Cleveland, OH 44114
(216) 931-9346 (ph)
(216) 696-2737 (fx)
nbarrett@penton.com

Material Handling Wholesaler Magazine
Dean Millius, General Manager
P.O. Box 725
Dubuque, IA 52004-0725
(877) 638-6190 (ph)
(563) 557-4499 (fx)
dmillius@mhwmag.com

Modern Materials Handling (Cahners)
Gary Forger
275 Washington Street
Newton, MA 02158
617-558-4234 (ph)
617-558-4327 (fx)