Awards ceremony in Madrid celebrates dealers’ achievements
Recognising success across Europe as partners to accelerate change
A prestigious awards ceremony for members of the HCME dealer network was held in Madrid on 26 October. The theme for the occasion was ‘Partner to accelerate change’ in recognition of our aim to work closely with dealers to lead the way in the construction industry. Nine awards were presented during the evening at the Azotea of Círculo de Bellas Artes, one of the most important private cultural centres in Europe.
Dealer Performance Awards winners
The sales performance of dealers was highlighted to celebrate increases in market share in various machine categories and improvements in market position in each territory. Winners of the ‘Dealer Performance Award’ included Hitachi Construction Machinery UK for mini excavators, Nasta (Norway) for crawler excavators, HJM (Spain) for wheeled excavators and Moviter (Portugal) for wheel loaders. Utirom from Romania won the Dealer Performance Award for Eastern Europe.
Parts, rental and digital awards
There were accolades for those who have increased customer usage of the remote monitoring system, ConSite, with Moviter receiving its second award of the evening. Rotator from Finland picked up the Parts Excellence Award, rewarded for significantly increasing sales in the mining sector this year. And Velafl collected the Rent2Rent Award in recognition of its success in rolling out the Hitachi Premium Rental programme in Iceland.
Honouring long-term partnerships
Awards for long-term partnerships were also presented to companies celebrating special anniversaries as HCME dealers this year: Probst Maveg and Rotator celebrating 40 years; Moviter for 30 years; and HJM, Kiesel, Prowimat and SCAI each for 20 years
Congratulations and thank you to all
HCME President Takaharu Ikeda said: “This is our second annual dealer awards event. We believe it’s important to recognise the loyalty and expertise of our partners in Europe, and the role they play in providing our customers with outstanding service and support. Congratulations to all the award nominees and winners, and thank you to everyone who joined us in Madrid to celebrate our achievements together.”
An evening full of surprises
Marketing Manager Laura Hendriks added: “The diversity of awards made for an entertaining evening full of surprises, and highlighted the broad spectrum of excellence that exists within our partnerships. A special thank-you goes to our dealer from Spain, HJM, for helping us with the organisation of our dealer meeting in Madrid.”
