KALMAR CASE STUDY

He continued: “ These trucks had done Kalmar forklifts offer quite a few hours over their lifetime and were nearing the end of their useful life. It was really a balance between whether powe rful solution for we were going to service them or replace them, and it was more cost Building Products effective to replace them. ” TBP looked to replace the fleet with 13 new Kalmar medium trucks, used to load and unload products and stock Kalmar supplies largest onto distribution lorries for customer deliveries. These would operate at manufacturer with efficient new fleet. locations around the UK including Background Sussex and Yorkshire. Tarmac Building Products is the UK’s leading supplier of heavy building products, providing customers with solutions for a wide variety of construction projects throughout the built environment. It was really a

Established for more than a century, the company’s first UK registered trademark for the Tarmac brand is over 100 years old and is still in use with Tarmac Building balance between

Products (TBP) today. whether we were Based in , TBP has successfully grown its operations to service “ the whole of the UK, providing a wide range of building materials and construction going to service solutions including blocks and mortar, screeds and flooring, grouts, plasters and them or replace “ renders, foundry sands, and cement and landscaping products among others. them, and it was Problem With a strong brand and products, TBP required robust equipment to help ensure more cost effective the materials handling work is carried out successfully. This includes the to replace them. movement of materials at different sites in the UK using fork lift trucks, as Bob Godfrey, senior operations manager, blocks, explained: “ Our previous fleet of forklifts was quite old and out of date, and as such, we ran a replacement programme to purchase new kit. ”

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