On May 21, BYD entered a dealership agreement with the Mid-West Industrial Equipment Inc. to expand its presence in the Southeast Ohio market. Mid-West Industrial Equipment has locations in Piqua and Cincinnati that offer full-suite services including forklift sales, service, parts, equipment rentals, and operator training. The collaboration offers a perfect solution to allow BYD to expand its operations.

BYD’s material handling equipment simplifies operations by delivering a single-battery-shift solution, ruling out spare batteries, cooling down batteries, and battery swapping. BYD forklifts charge in under 90 minutes and run for 15 or more hours.

“With BYD, Mid-West will be able to expand our footprint in the Dayton and Cincinnati markets. This will allow us the opportunity to showcase green technology in material handling that hasn’t been seen in this marketplace,” said Greg Meyer, president of Mid-West. “With the material handling market changing and trying to use more sustainable power, we can now offer a truly sustainable product for them. BYD offers us these wonderful opportunities for our current and new customers, saving them tremendous amounts of revenue in the process.”

“Partnering with Mid-West Industrial will bring BYD’s clean, innovative technology to customers in Ohio. This technology will improve their products and help their bottom line,” said Terry Rains, Director of BYD North America’s Forklift Division. “Mid-West Industrial is an ideal partner for BYD, bringing a strong focus on customer service and decades of industry experience.”

BYD’s innovative Iron Phosphate batteries offer high energy density while remaining environmentally friendly, unlike Lead-Acid batteries. Also, BYD supplies 110v/15-amp plug-in chargers that modernly charge Iron-phosphate batteries.