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 Doosan’s national accounts partners, Rushlift, has emerged as the preferred supplier in one of the most keenly fought materials handling tender processes of the year, for international business group Aliaxis.
All the UK’s major forklift providers fought out a stringent tender process, hoping to secure orders for in excess of 100 forklifts over the next five years.
Rushlift, part of the Specialist Hire Group, worked together with Doosan to secure the initial orders for Aliaxis companies in Woolwich, Lenham and Cannock.
“We are delighted to have been chosen by the Aliaxis Group,” said Rushlift sales and marketing director, John Chappell, “this is a real feather in our cap and a great sign of the strength of both the Doosan brand and our unrivalled support capabilities.”
Aliaxis, a privately held company is best known in the UK through its trading brands of Hunter Plastics, Durapipe, GPS and Marley Plumbing and Drainage. Employing 15,000 people worldwide, it has a presence in over 50 countries. More than 100 manufacturing and commercial companies, many of which trade using strong regional brands supply a host of trade professionals in four key market segments: building, sanitary, industrial and utilities.
UK Group Purchasing Category manager, Jim Holloway, worked to bring a national framework to a business with a variety of materials handling needs. Working with Stuart Hawkins they brought several different types of short term hire trucks into Marley Plumbing & Drainage to trial their capabilities and the support offered.
Said Jim: “Our main aim was to develop a long-lasting partnership with our providers, one that would be strong enough to provide the whole group with their needs, yet flexible enough to cope with the changes of a business like ours, whilst taking in the views of the operators.”
A history of supplying the likes of BA World Cargo, Iron Mountain and Magnet went a long way to demonstrating Rushlift’s credentials at the top end of the UK materials handling market. However it was online fleet management, on-site engineers and KPIs based on uptime, first time fix rates, and engineer response times that helped Rushlift convince Aliaxis that their fleet was in safe hands.
“Almost 70 trucks have been delivered to date,” said Rushlift national accounts manager, Matt Turner, “and so far the response has been very good. We set up the online fleet management system to give the Aliaxis stakeholders real time access to fleet performance. We’re working hard to ensure the group are well catered and well cared for, this is exactly what Rushlift does best.”
The first part of the fleet was delivered at Hunter Plastics, with 12 Doosan trucks for their Woolwich site. Hunter has earned its place as a UK leader in the above and below ground gravity drainage market through the development of specialist injection moulding and product assembly facilities. Warehouse & Distribution Manager Steve Latter believes the new trucks will help the company move forward in tough market conditions.
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