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Cutting the costs of material handling


 


    


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its Estonian distributor, Laadur,      


three companies dates back more than 15 years when the Estonian arm of Antalis was independent  merchant with a small warehouse    expanded into a larger, purpose- built 2,200sqm facility that needed  Laadur won the business and


 of the new warehouse before   


agreement, the contract was  as during the global recession the company was reluctant to replace the equipment in an uncertain    needed to be brought into line


September/October 2014


   


  and warehouse manager at Antalis, explained: “By replacing   expenditure for repairs from our   “The new equipment is also


with the company’s growth plans   of Laadur, explained: “The trucks  Antalis has been impressed with  


 costs increase and we were able to demonstrate to the company that  was becoming increasingly  This prompted Antalis to look at


full replacement, and last year a contract for new trucks was put  background in which long-term rentals were increasingly being replaced by outright purchase of 





 price has become the most    taking too many risks with leasing


 


 long-term agreement, and the importance of taking the whole-life costs of a truck into  The proposal from Laadur won


 has been replaced with two MR14 reach trucks and one ERP15VT      The order picker and other new


       All the new equipment will


  engineers as part of an agreement that’s already paying


capable of handling a wider and  which is important to us as we are      “The market we operate in is


constantly changing and we are      a number of unusual loads around  


 response as our 3,000 pallet       


Europe Materials Handling,    


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