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News Release from: BT Rolatruc
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 April 2007
UK materials handling merger
In the UK, Toyota Industrial Equipment Limited and BT Rolatruc Limited are to be merged to create Toyota Material Handling UK, to enhance service to customers and improve business efficiency.
Following detailed studies, TMHE has decided to enhance service to customers and improve business efficiency by integrating Toyota and BT Rolatruc operations in many areas of the business, including the UK market By creating a joint operation, it will be able to offer both Toyota and BT products and services to customers through one single marketing and sales company
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 2 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The goal in making these changes is always to serve customers better, by improving the range and quality of products and services available and at the same time establishing more efficient operations.
The first step in this process in the UK will be the combination of the current activities of Toyota Industrial Equipment (UK) Limited ("TIEUK") and BT Rolatruc Limited ("BTR") into a new entity, Toyota Material Handling UK Limited ("TMHUK").
The creation of TMHUK marks the start of an exciting new era for the UK materials handling industry.
By combining the strengths of the existing highly successful Toyota and BT organisations, TMHUK will be ideally placed to deliver the very highest levels of customer service through a coordinated, efficient and solutions driven approach.
TMHUK will be investing strongly in additional resources to enable it to reach its objectives and initial plans indicate the need to recruit more than 200 additional sales and service staff throughout the UK to support this growth.
The new organisation will be led by Mike Mathias (Managing Director) and Steve Hodkinson (Deputy Managing Director), supported by a senior management team drawn from the two existing companies.
TMHUK is expected to become operational before the end of 2007 and both management teams are working closely together to ensure a smooth transition.
Employees, dealers, customers and other important stakeholders will be kept up to date with progress through a comprehensive communications programme.
The bringing together of the Toyota and BT brands under one roof represents the most significant development in the UK materials handling industry for many years.
The formation of TMHUK will offer customers, large and small, the benefit of a market leading range of quality products and services from a single source.
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