12.12.2008

Aichi confirms UK distribution

Aichi, the leading Japanese aerial lift manufacturer has confirmed that it has formally appointed Ranger Equipment as its distributor for the UK and Ireland.

Ranger Equipment’s managing director, Steve Hadfield said: “We are very proud of this new relationship, especially as we see Aichi as being at the forefront of access platform manufacturing technology. We are very pleased with their new ‘global’ product line and future plans and are looking forward to bringing success to Aichi in the UK and Eire”.
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Steve Hadfield (L) of Ranger with Shinji Takeuchi, president Aichi mark the official appointment for the UK and Ireland

Aichi says that plans are still to be finalised for the official product launch to the UK, but expect to see the crawler mounted booms start to arrive in the spring, closely followed by other models to be shown at exhibitions and made available for demonstration.
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Steve Hadfield at the controls of an Aichi scissor with Kevin Bell

Vertikal Comment

Aichi are very careful when it comes to new distribution appointments, and this is one of the longest in gestation that we know of, having taken almost a year from first contact to official appointment.

Ranger, which also trades as The Spider Lift company and Hadfield have a strong track record of successful distribution of high quality products with Teupen being its main line.
Aichi should be a good fit with the company’s other products and strategies.