Capital Equipment News August 2018

MATERIALS HANDLING

Johnson Crane Hire has expanded into the access platform and telehandler rental market.

Expanding the scope

Johnson Crane Hire’s entry into the access platform and telehandler business last year has added another exciting dimension to the total lifting solution that it offers its customers. J ohnson Crane Hire’s main aim of entering the access platform and telehandler business is to provide a more complete service and safety compliance, they would rather deal with one reliable partner who can offer the total package.” “There is significant synergy between the equipment that has traditionally

to its existing customers and to enter new markets and market sectors with a wider range of products and services. “An important change that we have seen in the market in recent years is that the bigger players in particular don’t want to have to deal with a number of different suppliers for their lifting work,” explains Steve Robson, business development executive at Johnson Crane Hire. “For reasons that include efficiency, control

been in our fleet, and the platforms and telescopic handlers, or telehandlers,” he says. “This is really why it makes sense for us to include this product range in our ‘single source’ approach; it allows us to partner closely with customers to supply all their lifting requirements, especially on greenfield projects – supplying everything from cranage and rigging to platforms and telehandlers,” explains Robson.

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