Technology helps Hiab win Travis Perkins contract
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CARGOTEC CORPORATION, PRESS RELEASE, 29 JANUARY 2015 AT 9.30 AM EET
Hiab, part of Cargotec, has won an extensive order to supply loader cranes to
Travis Perkins plc. Hiab will supply five models of folding loader crane,
ranging from versatile 4-ton cranes to powerful 14-ton cranes, together with a
service and maintenance package. The order has been booked into Cargotec's 2014
fourth quarter order intake.
Travis Perkins plc, based in Northampton in the UK, is the country's leading
building materials supplier. It has been supplying the building and construction
trades for more than 200 years, owns 18 industry-leading brands, including
Wickes, Tile Giant and Tool Station, and has 1,987 outlets across the UK and
Ireland.
Hiab was awarded the contract because it was able to offer Travis Perkins a
comprehensive package of bespoke technical solutions that were previously
unavailable to the group. "The Hiab product is one of the most innovative and
advanced on the market today," said Graham Bellman, Travis Perkins' Director of
Fleet - Service. "Plus, their safety systems are industry-leading, and an ideal
fit for our business because of the nature of our deliveries to both domestic
and industrial premises."
Hiab's digital technology is delivering real-time information from the crane,
giving vital data on uptime and operational cycles, and also provides live
information to the crane operator showing data such as the actual time the crane
has been moving, and how many lifts it has made, together with maintenance
diagnostic indicators. Safety features such as Power Line Logic, which prevents
the crane touching overhead power cables, and the Operator Protection System,
which creates a virtual safety cage around the operator to prevent accidental
injury, are just some of the features that Travis Perkins specified.
Travis Perkins and Hiab have worked together for over 20 years, with Hiab
supplying truck mounted forklift trucks, tail lifts, and terminal tractors to
the group during this time. "It's not often you get the chance to feed back to
the main board of a supplier," noted Bellman. "Hiab invited us to brief them on
our views about the building materials industry, and explain our requirements.
We need a minimum eight-year life on the products we specify, together with the
all-important service and back-up support, and it was refreshing to know that a
manufacturer wanted to work with us to develop a product portfolio to meet our
specific needs."
"Building a trusting relationship with the customer and providing a service that
exceeds the customer's expectations is a key part of our business ethic,"
explains John Bailey, Hiab's Global Key Accounts Manager. "We pride ourselves on
offering flexible solutions, and delivering what we promise. In reality, it's
all about teamwork. By having an integrated approach and working closely with
colleagues, we can be flexible in addressing the constantly evolving
requirements of our customers and be much better equipped to service large
corporate contracts."
For more information please contact:
John Bailey, Global Key Accounts Manager, Hiab; tel. +447738608165; e-mail
john.bailey(at)hiab.com
Lotta Clausen, Vice President, Communications, Hiab; tel. +46705535138; e-mail
lotta.clausen(at)hiab.com
Hiab is the world's leading provider of on-road load handling equipment.
Customer satisfaction is the first priority for us. Around 2,700 professionals
at Hiab work to provide high-performance products and services that meet
customer needs globally. Our product range includes HIAB loader cranes, JONSERED
recycling and forestry cranes, LOGLIFT forestry cranes, MOFFETT truck-mounted
forklifts and MULTILIFT demountables, as well as DEL, WALTCO and ZEPRO tail
lifts. www.hiab.com
Hiab is part of Cargotec. Cargotec's sales totalled EUR 3.2 billion in 2013 and
it employs approximately 11,000 people. Cargotec's class B shares are quoted on
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd under symbol CGCBV. www.cargotec.com
Photo: Travis Perkins' Graham Bellman (left) and Hiab's John Bailey:
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