Long term plan

East Anglia based timber and builders merchants, Ridgeons, has signed a 10 year repair and maintenance deal with Linde Material Handling. The order is worth £500,000 and also involves the supply of a fleet of forklifts and sideloaders - 12 engine counterbalance trucks, two electric Counterbalance trucks and two sideloaders.

Les Dobson, warehouse project manager at Linde, says: "The fact that Ridgeons have taken out the ten year full maintenance contract with us proves their confidence in our products. In fact, they have 12-18 year old Linde trucks (a legacy from an older contract) that are still going strong and delivering low running costs."