30.07.2019

New branches for Kennards

Australia’s Kennards Hire has opened two new branches in Victoria, a ‘branch of the future’ prototype in Airport West and a regular branch in Port Melbourne.

The branch of the future prototype is located on a 2,500 square metre site with a 12 metre high, 122 square metre storage area for equipment, new modular plant rooms and a rental return area.
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Kennard Hire’s new ‘branch of the future’ prototype in Airport West

At the same time it has moved its Abbotsford Lift & Shift branch to Port Melbourne and now shares a brand new site with the former South Melbourne branch. The new Port Melbourne site covers more than 3,200 square metres and has good access to major roads. The Abbotsford site is now home to a brand new general rental branch, with a wide range of tools, scissor lifts and excavators. The company says it has increased its presence in Abbotsford as it is an area that is congested at peak travel times, therefore making it easier for local customers. The new depots bring the number of Kennard Hire locations in Victoria to 29.

Victoria general manager Lance Hawes said: “Bringing the right equipment closer to our customers and being able to provide a wider range of tools, be it for our trades and DIYers or industry partners, is important to us. We really do stand behind our promise to make our customer’s job easy. With nearly 30 branches right across Victoria and meeting demand where it is strongest, we feel we are achieving exactly what we set out to do.”

“We are always looking beyond our current branch network model for ways that we can be innovative while holding our customer’s experience at its core. Our expansion in Melbourne and the introduction of hybrid branches stand testament to this. We’re a business that takes pride in delivering new ways of making our customer’s job easy. Not only with providing extensive range of products, but by opening up new branches that make accessibility to our products and service offering easier.”