Kanoo Machinery, a fully-owned business division of Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo Group, has won “The Distributor of the Year” award for the region from Sullair, a Hitachi Group company which specialises in manufacturing high-quality air compressors.

Kanoo Machinery is a major provider of construction equipment, mobile cranes, and material handling equipment. The business, which was established in the early 1960s, operates showrooms and distribution channels across the region in countries such as Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Oman. The company is one of the exclusive dealers of the Sullair brand for compressors and construction tools in the region.

Sullair has been a pioneer of compressed air solutions, for more than 50 years. It owns manufacturing facilities in the US, China and India, all of which are ISO 9001 certified.

Kanoo Machinery has won the recognition for the second successive year, and the award was presented to the company’s management at a ceremony held at Sullair headquarters in Michigan, US.

Fawzi Ahmed Kanoo, acting chief executive officer, YBA Kanoo Group, said: “All YBA Kanoo’s business divisions are striving to provide the best to the region’s clients.

“Winning the award for two years in a row reflects how dedicated our teams are towards achieving excellence.”

Niklas Bronn, general manager, Kanoo Machinery, said: “As one of the leading industrial equipment distributors in the Gulf, we work hard to provide the best of sales and aftermarket services to our customers across the region through an extensive network of workshops and mobile service facilities consistent with the world-class brands we represent.”