Hire and Rental News - August 2019

INDUSTRY NEWS Major new branch services Melbourne’s western suburbs To provide more efficient service to its rental/retail and repair customers west of Melbourne, Chadwick Forklifts has expended with the opening of a new branch in Sunshine in July. T he new Sunshine branch will stock electrics, LPG forklifts, buggies, telehandlers, reach trucks, manual pallet handlers, diesel forklifts and a full range of attachments, explains Shane Mathias, General Manager at Chadwick Forklifts. “Chadwick Forklifts has over 30 years’ experience in forklift rentals, scheduled maintenance and breakdown servicing. We specialise in short and long term rentals and our range includes 1-10 tonne units and LPG to diesel to electric. All units go out fully tested and are complete with log books and service history,” Shane said. “We have a large number of technicians on the road, and offer a fixed price full preventative maintenance program (PMP) and/or rapid break down assistance.” Staffed by experienced technicians, the newly customised site will mean quicker response time and increased service capacity for customers plus offers a rental truck offering to cover all of Melbourne metro, with second parts and stock warehouse. n Contact: 03 9587 2777 or visit: www.chadwickforklifts.com.au inspHire expands its operation in Australia After 12 years with its Australian reseller, inspHire has acquired the inspHire software business from Elev8 Australia and will now service customers directly. inspHire, part of Kerridge Commercial Systems Group, which provides software to 15,000 customers worldwide, targets several core markets including heavy plant, construction vehicles, powered access equipment, oil and gas equipment, portable toilets, audio visual and medical equipment. Kerridge Commercial Systems Group supplies chain management, financial management, CRM, warehouse management, transport management, business intelligence and ePOS solutions for the distribution and manufacturing markets. Graham Dobbs, Managing Director of inspHire said: “This is a great opportunity to accelerate our strategy. We look forward to working with customers throughout Australia and Asia to better meet their rental software needs. It’s an exciting time for inspHire to establish itself in Australia and to work closely with our customers locally. “Growing our business in the Australia and Asia markets is a key part of our global strategy. The new office in Australia brings the number of inspHire offices to four globally including the UK, Netherlands and USA. Now with the global reach and backing of Kerridge Commercial Systems Group we have never been better positioned to continue the inspHire growth story and serve our customers around the world.” n Visit: www.insphire.com The new Chadwick Forklifts Sunshine branch North Fork Group, the majority owned Australian subsidiary of Nishio Rent All Co, the eighth largest equipment rental company in the world, has acquired the assets and business operations of Lencrow Forklifts. The acquisition became effective 1 June 2019 and will see Lencrow Forklifts come into the stable of materials handling businesses managed by the parent company North Fork Group. The Group is also parent company to Forkforce Australia based in Larapinta, Queensland and High Standard Handling Equipment based in Arndell Park in Sydney. Lencrow Forklifts is a leading forklift hire, sales and service provider which has been servicing the materials handling sector since 1976. The business is headquartered in Silverwater, NSW and branches located in Archerfield in Brisbane, Newcastle, Hallam in Melbourne and Regency Park in Adelaide. Lencrow Director Ross Grassick said: “This is an exciting time for Lencrow because the acquisition will allow the business to grow more quickly and with more impact by leveraging the group’s scale and resources in a way that was not previously possible.” Managing Director of North Fork, Steven Cunliffe said: “The addition of Lencrow to the North Fork Group will allow us to build a stronger organisation, resulting in a rental fleet with over 3,500 forklifts. This coupled with the group’s breadth and depth of product range will provide greater choice and a compelling value proposition to our customers.” The North Fork Group is working through the acquisition and has plans to establish a website soon. n Contact: 07 3727 6100 or visit: www.forkforce.com.au North Fork Group acquires Lencrow Forklifts P10 HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS AUGUST 2019