Capital Equipment News August 2019

MATERIALS HANDLING

“Customers are looking for a one-stop shop for all their access and material handling needs. They can now come to a single provider and we make it easy for them by providing that full service offering.”

Marcus Green, GM – rental and sales support at Eazi Access

centres,” says Thorington. Both Green and Thorington are excited about having the Linde Material Handling product in the Eazi Access stable. They also both have a good understanding of the product offering, from an internal and customer perspective. Green had a two-year “sabbatical” from Eazi Access and worked for Linde Material Handling as regional manager. He brings back to Eazi Access a wealth of knowledge on the brand. In his previous job, Thorington was a big end user of the Linde Material Handling product, and also fully understands what it brings to the table. Linde Material Handling is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of forklift trucks and warehouse equipment. In Europe, the company is the market leader with the Linde Material Handling and Fenwick (France) brands. Since 2006, Linde Material Handling has been part of the KION Group. The KION Group is the world’s second largest manufacturer of industrial trucks and one of the leading suppliers of automation solutions for intralogistics. The Linde Material Handling forklift, for example, is a high-hour application machine. “If you are looking for an 80-hour per month forklift, this is not for you. But if you are going to work 200-300 hours a month, the Linde Material Handling efficiency and availability in such applications makes a big difference. Its versatility also saves customers on the number of units required for the job at hand,” says Green. To add value to the customer’s business, Eazi Access has also brought in a warehouse specialist into its team, who can help customers with the designs and also understands what the right product is Eazi Access has a wide distributorship jurisdiction for the Linde Material Handling range, which initially covers most of the SADC countries.

“The Linde range gives us a footprint into completely new territories. We are now able to offer a complete solution for warehouses and distribution centres.”

Karl Thorington Chief Operating Officer at Eazi Access

TALKING POINTS

JCB’s skid steer range allows Eazi Access to offer a completely new product for low-level material handling.

officer at Eazi Access, mentions that the company is negotiating for 21 African countries in total. “Once we prove ourselves over a period of time, the other African countries will become available to us. Realistically, in the next two to three years we are looking at distributing Linde Material Handling across all English-speaking African countries,” he says. With regards to the Linde Material Handling offering, Thorington explains that Eazi Access will bring in a total of 59 models. The range comprises counterbalance forklifts (whether electrical, diesel or gas), reach trucks, pallet trucks, pallet stackers, very narrow aisle trucks, order pickers and tow trucks. “The new range gives us a footprint into completely new territories. We are now able to offer a complete solution for warehouses and distribution

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