EXHIBITOR PROFILE TRIME (UK)
Paul Hay, left, and Ray Caulfield at Trime UK’s Huntingdon base.
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Trime sees massive scope
Making its debut at the Show, Trime UK is officially launching its new range of lighting towers designed specifically for the hire industry. Alan Guthrie reports.
Although Trime UK is a new name in the lighting tower market, it has a proven pedigree behind it. Its Italian parent company is headed by Technical Director Andrea Fontanella, who was previously a partner in TowerLight S.p.A, before its acquisition by Generac in 2013. Looking for a new opportunity, he bought the Trime business based near Milan, which specialised in metal cutting and fabrication. The factory has now been extended to manufacture a new lighting tower range, and includes powder coating, mechanical and electrical assembly facilities, so that all aspects of production are handled in-house.
Components are configured for ease of maintenance.
Trime UK has been established in
Huntingdon to handle sales and support throughout the country. Centrally located, it has a team of eight, including two former TowerLight employees, namely Paul Hay, who is MD of Trime UK, and Ray Caulfield, whose role as CEO of Trime S.p.A involves overseeing the training of staff serving other worldwide markets. Also based at Huntingdon is a team of five service engineers, and the company says it is placing great emphasis on customer support, with extensive stocks of machines and parts.
“Andrea Fontanella pioneered the development of vertical mast lighting towers to meet demand from end users. The key characteristic of these next-generation Trime machines is that they are designed with hirers’ needs in mind as well,” Paul Hay told EHN. “When the first lighting towers with vertical hydraulic masts were developed, the focus was on Health & Safety and economy. While these characteristics are still important, we are now addressing areas to make machines easier to service, transport and operate.”
The first model that Trime is introducing is the X-Eco. It has six LED lighting heads for even illumination and, as they have no internal ballasts, they are more robust and do not need to warm up to reach maximum output. User safety is enhanced as there is only 48V power between the integral generator and the lights, and the seven-section 8.5m mast is designed for fast deployment and durability.
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Characteristics incorporated to meet hire industry needs include ‘plug-and-play’ components with colour-coded connections for fast replacement in the field, and outriggers that are designed so that the risk of damage is reduced. The X-Eco is also compact, with minimum dimensions of 2320mm by 1380mm by 2420mm, enabling up to 13 units to be loaded on to a typical delivery truck, according to the company, thus reducing the number of visits required to larger sites and reducing the hirer’s carbon footprint. Manoeuvrability is enhanced by the inclusion of convenient handles moulded into the canopies. Metal halide lamps can be fitted if required.
Trime claims that the X-Eco will run for 200 hours before refuelling is needed. The manufacturer had limited quantities of the machine available for evaluation last year and these quickly found their way into the fleets of several hirers serving the events and construction markets, including GAP, Charles Wilson Engineers, Illumin8 and Welfare Hire Nationwide. MHM Plant is also offering the machine in its re-hire fleet.
Later this year, Trime will be introducing additional models. These include the X-Battery, which has a rechargeable battery designed to provide sufficient power to operate throughout a typical working week. The company believes this will appeal to events and petrochemical industries. Also scheduled for launch is the X-Chain linkable light that can be powered from the mains or by a generator.
The X-Eco has already proved popular in the event hire market.
Ray Caulfield sees strong hire potential for the machines in the UK. “We estimate that only 30% of lighting towers in the field are specifically environmentally-friendly models, and as few as 10% of these have LED lights. Given the fact that more hirers and users want green solutions, the scope is massive.”
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