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LOGISTICS 9


Lift truck manufacturer bucks the trend in the UK


supplier of forklift trucks and warehouse equipment – has invested £8.5m (US$10.8m) in its Lowestoft headquarters and manufacturing facility. Sales director at Nexen Lift Trucks


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Pamela Oakes says: “Thanks in part to a thriving e-commerce- based retail market with sales that represented nearly 20 per cent of all retail sales in the UK alone in 2018, demand from logistics specialists and warehousing operators continues to show growth in both the UK and global markets.


K-based Nexen Lift Trucks – a leading designer, manufacturer and


and warehousing equipment will continue to be undertaken at its headquarters in Lowestoft, rather than those the company owns in other countries. This, says Nexen, bucks the recent


“It is therefore vital that we


continue to invest heavily in our UK facility to help us maintain current demand while increasing production to focus on growth for Nexen products, including the all-new, multi-directional Ergo sideloader.” The 48,000 sqft extension to the existing 55,000 sqft factory


will enable Nexen to double the output of all models with new production and assembly lines; and further invest in its research and development facility. As part of Nexen’s investment and expansion plans, the research, design, development and production of many of the company’s forklifts, sideloaders


Brexit-related trend seen across numerous manufacturing sectors and allows the company, which has more than 40-years’ experience in the materials handling sector, to place the design and production in the hands of some of Britain’s top designers and engineers. More information from Nexen Lift


Trucks, Riverside Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0TU, UK. Tel: 44 1502 532211. Website: www. nexenlifttrucks.com.


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