17.01.2011

New facility for IPS

UK based Independent Parts & Service has relocated to larger premises to keep pace with growing demand, while expanding its range of services.

The company has moved to a newly-refurbished 10,000 square metre (33,000sqft) building on the Hortonwood industrial estate in Telford, Shropshire.
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The new IPS 10,000 Sq m headquarter facility in Telford

The move comes just six months after it acquired the Planet Platforms service business and three years after its last move which saw the parts warehouse move into a separate building to create more space. The extra room in the new building allows them to be reunited in a single location.
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The new workshops

The new premises include a 4,600 square metre (15,000sqft) workshop complete with overhead crane, a 3,000 square metre (10,000sqft) parts warehouse containing an inventory worth over £1 million and a further 1,000 square metres (3,000sqft) of dedicated office space, split equally between the service and parts divisions.
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The new parts warehouse

IPS has been in business since 2001and has offices in Australia and France and parts distributors in Scandinavia, Germany and Spain. The company sources, stocks, sells and installs original replacement parts for all major access equipment manufacturers.
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The new service department offices

IPS operations director Kevin Shadbolt said: “This is a small move in terms of distance, but a big one in terms of the potential we now have to develop our services. Customer demand meant we outgrew our previous buildings. We will now have more space to stock our ever more comprehensive parts inventory and to enhance our ordering service.”

Parts manager Sander Mellaard added: “We were bursting at the seams in the old premises because parts sales were expanding so rapidly. Having additional space means we’ll be able to give customers an even faster and more efficient service. It’s very exciting for us.”