MOST VALUABLE SUPPLIER AWARD

January 12, 2023

CINCINNATI, OH – Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products, LLC has earned the prestigious MVS (Most Valuable Supplier) Award for achievements in 2023. The MVS Award is granted by the industry’s trade association, MHEDA (Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association) to less than 10% of all member companies. This is the 8th consecutive year that Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products has earned the MVS Award. This industry Award recognizes companies who have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to their customers, their employees, and their community.

To qualify for the MVS Award, Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products was required to meet a series of criteria in multiple areas important to the distributor companies who do business with them. In addition to confirming an on-going commitment to safety and employee training, award recipients must provide documentation of active participation in a program that "gives back."

MVS Award winners have demonstrated an overall commitment to business excellence by documenting programs in the following areas:

"Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products is honored to be recognized as one of MHEDA's Most Valuable Suppliers. We take great pride in providing long-lasting flooring solutions for the material handling industry and providing outstanding customer service. We look forward to demonstrating our commitment to our customers, our employees, and the community in 2022 and beyond." Greg Doppler, President of Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products, LLC®.

"Achieving the MVS Award demonstrates a company wide effort to maintain the highest business standards, customer service, employee development and commitment to the betterment of the material handling industry. MHEDA is very proud of our award-winning members." Ted Springer, President of Springer Equipment Co., Inc. and 2021 MHEDA Chairman.

For more than 20 years, Cornerstone Specialty Wood Products, LLC has been at the forefront of research and development in the field of engineered wood floor panels for the material handling industry. In 1994, Greg Doppler, company founder and president, invented the ResinDek panel, which has become the premier mezzanine flooring panel product sold worldwide today. ResinDek industrial engineered flooring panels have the proven structural integrity to support live and dead pallet jack limits from 2,000 - 8,000 lbs. and the rigorous demands of Automated Guided Vehicles and Autonomous Mobile Robots.

The Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA) is the premier trade association dedicated to serving all segments of the material handling business community. MHEDA represents close to 600 companies in the material handling equipment business. Located in suburban Chicago, the association provides services to companies seeking to improve their business through education, networking, benchmarking, and best practices. For more information, visit www.mheda.org.