Impact Handling acquires
Bendigo Mitchell to consolidate
midlands coverage
Impact Handling continues to strengthen
its UK operation with the acquisition of
Midlands-based Fork Lift Truck Specialist
Bendigo Mitchell.
The acquisition brings the total number
of wholly owned Impact branches across
the UK to twelve, further supported by
its seven dedicated dealer sites and a
workforce of over 200 mobile technicians.
Bendigo Mitchell will now offer the full
Impact premium brand product portfolio,
led by the acclaimed Cat Lift Trucks range
of material handling and warehouse
equipment.
“The coming together of the businesses
will result in a wider range of product
choice, enhanced service support and
greater value for Bendigo Mitchell’s
customers as well as for other lift truck
users across the midlands”, said outgoing
Bendigo Mitchell Managing Director
Duncan Nealon. He went on to say, “The
two businesses really do represent the
perfect fit, with a shared belief in the
value of truly personal service, delivered
at a local level, and of the importance
of ensuring customers have the right
machines for their specific applications –
so the synergies were obvious”.
Impact is the sole UK and Ireland
distributor for Cat Lift Trucks and
maintains over 10,000 customer machines
across the UK. Impact also exclusively
distributes Konecranes lift trucks, Carer
heavy duty electric fork Lifts, Rocla
automated guided vehicles and Spijkstaal
electric vehicles in the UK, as well as being
an official dealer for a range of specialist the needs of lift truck users in the area, no
equipment brands. matter how large or small their fleet.”
Terry Kendrew, Managing Director of Alongside Impact’s extensive new product
Impact Handling commented, “We are inventory, Bendigo Mitchell will also
excited to welcome Bendigo Mitchell into have access to Impact’s in-house flexible
the Impact family and look forward to financing, nationwide short term hire
building on their excellence in customer fleet and it’s factory approved refurbished
service, now with the full backing of our equipment stock.
nationwide support network, extensive
product inventory and OEM parts supply.”
He went on to say, “Strategically for
Impact this consolidates our capability in
the Midlands region and means we are
now better placed than ever to support
Impact is a subsidiary of South African
based enX Group, which holds interests in
the distribution of industrial equipment,
materials handling, commercial and public
service vehicles.
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