Platform Hire recently underwent a management buyout (MBO) and is now owned by its directors, Dave Williams and John Hall. Since the MBO, the company has moved into a new depot in Droitwich and reports fleet utilisation at times topping 90%.
“We’ve had a very strong 2011 and brought forward our expansion plans as a result,” said Mr Williams. “We selected Snorkel because the lifts are simple to use and easy to service or repair. We particularly like the commonality of the components in the S series electric scissors, as that makes life very easy for our engineers and simplifies our spare parts inventory.”
The investment includes 7.6m working height Snorkel S1930E compact electric scissor lifts; the S2632E scissors with 10m working height and S3246E lifts with 11.8m working height. Platform Hire has also taken a number of S3370BE 12.1m bi-energy compact rough terrain scissor lifts, with dual power sources of a diesel engine and electric motor.
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