| STATESIDE ARRANGEMENT FOR PENNY HYDRAULICS
Issue Date: 18 February 2010 Ref: PEN10/08 Penny Hydraulics
has signed an agreement with QT Equipment (www.qtequipment.com) for the sale,
distribution and assembly of its range of Swing Lift vehicle mounted cranes in
the USA. QT Equipment will initially sell cranes designed and manufactured in
the UK by Penny Hydraulics. In the future the company will manufacture and assemble
cranes under license in the USA using designs and critical components supplied
by Penny Hydraulics. “Customers in the USA are becoming more aware
of the need for safe and efficient load handling when using their commercial vehicles
and we see huge potential for this market,” says Bill Penney, articulated
cranes sales manager at QT Equipment. “Penny Hydraulics has a great range
of cranes that will complement our existing products very well and allow us to
offer a new capability to our customers.” QT Equipment is a specialist
supplier of commercial vehicles and related equipment to customers throughout
the USA. The company serves customers in industries such as construction, utilities
and oil exploration by configuring and preparing service and support vehicles
with specialist performance capabilities. Vehicle mounted Swing Lift cranes
Penny Hydraulics are designed for handling loads up to 2000kg. They can be installed
on almost any kind of commercial vehicle to simplify operations and eliminate
the need for manual handling. “Around four million commercial vehicles
in the one to eighteen tonne range are sold in the USA each year,” says Richard
Short, sales director at Penny Hydraulics. “This is the type of vehicle where
our cranes are typically installed. With QT Equipment we have a new partner that
understands our business and has access to a market that is ready for our type
of product.” Penny Hydraulics has already supplied cranes to QT Equipment.
One of these was a 1200kg capacity SwingLift V12 crane that was installed on a
large vehicle used by a construction company for ground stabilisation work. The
customer needed a crane that could handle drill casings and pipe sections but
its usual crane supplier was unable to fulfil the requirement. QT Equipment and
Penny Hydraulics worked together to devise a modified version of the standard
V12 crane that met the customer’s unique specification. This was then manufactured
in the UK before being shipped to QT Equipment for installation.
“The
feedback we received form the customer was very positive,” says Bill Penney.
“Special one-off cranes are important in this market but we see great potential
for the smaller standard models that Penny Hydraulics supplies for the lighter
commercial vehicles.” Penny Hydraulics designs and manufactures lifting
and load handling equipment for use in a wide range of applications. Products
include the Swing Lift range of medium duty cranes for use on pick-ups, drop-sides
and flat-beds and the Load Lift platform ranges for use on pick-ups, drop-sides
and vans. The company also manufactures the Mezz Lift for handling loads between
ground and mezzanine floors and specialist equipment for handling wheels, tyres
and barrels in vehicles and at customers’ premises.
For further
press information please contact:
Richard Short
Sales Director
Penny
Hydraulics
T: 01246 811475
W: www.pennyhydraulics.com Keith Wootton
Public
Relations Consultant
T: 01327 830675/F: 0871 750 1406
E: penny@keithwootton.co.uk
W:
www.keithwootton.co.uk/clients/penny/
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