refurbished & remanufactured


LD FOR NEW ARE MORE PEOPLE TURNING TO REFURBISHED AND REMANUFACTURED EQUIPMENT? ABIGAIL HARRIS INVESTIGATES W


ith economic uncertainty continuing to cast its shadow, many operators are looking at inventive ways to keep their costs down. Not surprisingly, suppliers offering refurbished and remanufactured equipment, often at a fraction of the cost of new equipment, are seeing a shift both in the types of companies buying their goods and in the size of the contracts they’re winning.


Graham Bertrand, MD, PTE group


in Wakefield – a 2,500sq m (27,000sq ft), 8,000-member budget health club – where we fitted more than £230,000 of remanufactured equipment. The equipment contract for this,


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(both images) Physique encourages prospective clients to visit its factory


the group’s second site, came off the back of our successful installation at the company’s Castleford site in the


“I’ve worked with Physique for a long time and wouldn’t go anywhere else for my kit. They offer the best value for money and the service is excellent. The equipment at Castleford is now fi ve years old but still looks brand new. Using remanufactured equipment signifi cantly reduces our capital costs, meaning we can afford to operate at low prices. I don’t know why anyone would put new equipment into a gym now.” Jon Wright, MD, Xercise4Less


march 2011 © cybertrek 2011


ne of Physique’s recent installations was the new Xercise4Less club


Xscape Centre in 2006. The contract included more than 200 fi tness stations – remanufactured Cybex resistance equipment and Life Fitness cardiovascular machines, as well as new Stirling free weights – and


demonstrates our ability to deliver high quality remanufactured equipment that competes with new equipment, even in high footfall budget clubs. I believe operators’ perceptions


of remanufactured equipment have changed. Recent contracts such as the 80-station installation at Folkestone Sports Centre, the 70-station set-up at Hartsdown Leisure Centre in Thanet and the 65 stations supplied to The Pyramids in Southsea – plus Wakefi eld – all demonstrate the quality of the equipment we deliver. We encourage prospective clients to visit our factory and see the remanufacturing process that ensures our equipment is ‘as good as new’.


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