19.10.2007

Hird invests

Hird, the Hull based crane and access rental company has placed orders with a combined value of over £2 million with Genie, JLG and Valla for more pick and carry cranes, and aerial work platforms for its growing rental fleet.

Peter Hird chief executive of Hird and Valla UK, said: “2007 has so far been a strong trading year and the company has great confidence in the market remaining strong fro the foreseeable future”
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Peter Hird

“High utilisation means we will continue to grow our rental business in powered access and mini cranes. Following the Release of our Valla Mini Crane brochure (inserted in C&A) we have been flooded with enquires for hire of mini cranes without outriggers and found that in many cases the client had not previously been aware of some of our products”.
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Hird is investing over £2 million in additional cranes and platforms

“It goes to show that the potential market for these cranes is still largely untapped and restricted by availability”