25.04.2006

Weldex place £3.6 million order with Liebherr

Inverness based crawler crane rental company, Weldex placed a £3.6 million order with Liebherr at Intermat today.

The order is for six new crawler cranes, including four 160 tonne LR1160's and two 200 tonne LR1200’s. The LR1160 are repeat orders for this model, while the 1200 are the first of this model to go into the Weldex fleet. The order brings the total number of Liebherr’s owned by the company to 40, all purchased in the past six years.

Weldex managing director Dougie McGilvray and son Ian negotiated the deal on the Liebherr stand at Intermat and sealed the deal in style with a toast of Laphroaig Quarter Cask single malt.
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Dougie McGilvray of Weldex (L) seals the deal with Wolfgang Remlinger MD Liebherr Nenzing

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Dougie and Ian McGilvray with Herr Pfister head of sales and Anton Matt Regional sales manager UK for Liebherr Nenzing.

The Weldex fleet has in recent years undergone an extensive renewal programme, with the aim to replace all cranes within 10 years. McGilvray told Vertikal.Net that the company was now very close to achieving this objective.
He said that with rates for crawler cranes still being below an acceptable return the Weldex strategy is to continually improve the quality of service along with offering the most modern cranes, thus justifying a premium rate.
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The deal was toasted with a first class Laphroaig Quarter cask single malt