ssl23015.jpgFollowing a great success at the recent CEMAT exhibition in Hanover, Armanni Carrelli Elavatori srl, a leading Italian manufacturer of Pedestrian Stacker trucks, has done a deal with The Reel and Shaft Handling Company Ltd to target the UK in its next phase of expansion. The Reel and Shaft Handling Company Ltd, (RaSHCo), which is based in Lancashire, has recently taken delivery of a number of demonstration trucks, which it says are available for new UK dealers to use for demonstrations to their potential customers.

Managing Director of RaSHCo, Stephen Weston, explains the deal: “The Reel and Shaft Handling Company will work with new Armanni dealers directly in the UK. Armanni are putting stock trucks into our works in Bury, Lancashire, along with a number of critical spare parts. New UK dealers will deal directly with the Armanni export division, where there is a number of experienced English speaking staff. However, if UK dealers need access to demonstrators or urgent spare parts, or just some advice on appropriate models, then they have a contact centrally located in the UK.”

The RaSHCo’s, Stephen Weston, added; “We started buying Armanni Stacker trucks a couple of years ago to fit our new range of “Reel Turner Mk3″© reel turning devices to. Whilst we had looked at using cheap imports from countries such as China and then modifying them to take our Reel Turners, Armanni were able to offer a highly skilled engineering division with lots of experience in producing bespoke stacker trucks and attachments, at prices sometimes cheaper than we could by a base truck for. We just had to give it a go!”

Armanni build a wide range of standard and customised Pedestrian Stacker’s and Scissor Lift Tables at its Albino factory, located only 14 miles from Milan’s Bergamo airport. Armanni already had several Reel Handling trucks in its range and, despite usually working with specialist fork truck dealers, they saw a possible synergy with the Reel Handling range RaSHCo had developed and offered them the UK agency. Now The RaSHCo has two distinct yet complimentary product ranges on offer, with a strong emphasis on reel handling. Stephen Weston comments; “Reel handling is a key production step in many diverse industries. For example, most of the packaging around the food on your table was handled in reel form at several key stages until your food was wrapped in it. As was everything you are wearing, the money in your wallet, curtains, carpets, paper, etc. The market is huge! And with ever tightening Health & Safety legislation, companies are increasingly looking for specialised handling solutions to help them carry out the job safely.”

The RaSHCo claims that independent UK stacker Truck Dealers now have a great opportunity to not only get their hands on a range of high quality, locally supported Pedestrian Stacker trucks as well as a leading range of specialist Reel handling equipment, but also to tap into a rapidly growing market sector. Only time will tell, but past successes suggest it is a safe bet!

The Reel and Shaft Handling Company Ltd
Stephen Weston
Tel: 0161 705 2211
E: sales@reelandshafthandling.co.uk
www.reelandshafthandling.com

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