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h.e. services choose
Komatsu again for
£20m fleet renewal
Marubeni-Komatsu Ltd and
H.E. Services (Plant Hire)
Ltd, the largest specialist
excavator hire company in
the UK, have agreed a new
£20m deal for the supply
of over 300 new Komatsu
crawler excavators during
2011.
This new package of
machines, ranging from 2.5t
to 45.0t operating weights,
includes the PC26MR-3,
PC55MR-3, PC80MR-3,
PC130-8, PC210LC-8,
PC350LC-8 and PC450LC-8
and a number of excavators
will be supplied in super long
front specification, providing
maximum digging reaches of
up to 22 metres.
All machines are fitted with
Komtrax, the Komatsu
satellite machine monitoring
system.
Peter Durey (Managing
Director at H.E. Services)
12
April 2011
said, “Komtrax is a powerful
tool and we use it daily to
help us manage and monitor
our Komatsu fleet. The
functionality in Komtrax
was a big influence in our
decision to choose Komatsu
again as our major excavator
supplier.”
Commenting on the decision
to purchase Komatsu
excavators for their fleet
renewal programme, Peter
Durey said, “The purchase of
our new Komatsu machines
underlines H.E. Services’
strategy of ensuring we have
the most up-to-date fleet in
the UK comprising the most
advanced and productive
machines currently in the
market. We have enjoyed
an excellent relationship
with Marubeni-Komatsu,
as well as Komatsu, over
a number of years and had
no hesitation in increasing
the number of Komatsu
excavators in our fleet.”
new
The scheme is designed
to support members in
winning work and cutting
costs, to help improve
their ability to comply with
growing regulation and to
provide access to training.
It is estimated that Speedy
Assist could save members
up to £1,400 in year 1.
Some benefits are included
free with membership
such as new business
leads and advice lines
and others are provided
by carefully selected
partners at very competitive
and exclusive rates.
Ranging from car and van
hire to mobile phones, small
business insurances and
many other services the
Speedy Assist members
will have access to very
competitive rates and
considerable support.
supports sMes
Speedy has launched ‘Speedy Assist’,
a ground breaking members-only
service for tradesmen and small and
medium
enterprises
(SMEs)
- and the
first such
member
initiative for
this sector.
Mr John Byrne, Head of Speedy Assist
Speedy Assist will enable
access to expert advice on
legislation, insurance, selfemployment,
legal issues
affecting the industry,
and regular feeds of new
business leads in their local
area posted to member’s
personalised web sites.
John Byrne, Product
Development Director and
head of Speedy Assist,
said: “As budgets get
tighter and contractors
strive to fill order books,
we felt it would help our
SME customers if we
could use some of our
scale and buying power
to leverage benefits and
share them with our
customers. SMEs are
the backbone of the UK’s
industry and very important
to us, if we can help
maximise their potential
it’s good for all of us“.
For further information visit www.speedyassist.co.uk