When Franklin Silencers Ltd – who design, manufacture and supply a range of industrial silencers, as well as associated fabrication work – decided to upgrade the materials handling equipment at their Northamptonshire factory, the company invested in used forklift trucks from Jungheinrich’s Ready to Go collection.
Franklin acquired electric and LPG-powered counterbalanced forklift trucks for use within both its manufacturing and distribution sites. The gas-powered truck is used predominantly around the production plant where it unloads lorries bringing in raw steel, while the electric-powered machine is at work within the company’s finished products warehouse.
“Many users are turning to used equipment when the time comes to replace their lift trucks,” says Craig Johnson, Jungheinrich UK’s marketing manager...
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