The CEA (Construction Equipment Association) would like to welcome its latest members CanTrack Global Garden & Hire Spares and Strickland MFG.
CanTrack Global, formerly known as Custodia Systems, has over 12 years’ experience providing specialist tracking and theft protection products and services. The company is recognised by the police, the insurance and asset finance industry, and the construction equipment market as an innovative and reliable partner providing sophisticated, yet tough, asset tracking devices for all types of construction, industrial and agricultural equipment and vehicles, large and small.
Today CanTrack supplies Asset and GPS tracking solutions that provide their customers with convenience, proven effectiveness, a high degree of functionality and value for money.
CanTrack Assets GPS positioning signal can be detected in open air and inside locked vehicles.
CanTrack has been an active supporter of Combined Industry Theft Solutions for a number of years and they joined the CEA after a conversation at the CITS Conference, held at JCB’s Rocester HQ, last November. The construction equipment market represents huge potential for CanTrack’s very competitive proposition as testified by their recent multi-year deal with GAP Hire Solutions, announced on the opening day of Hillhead.
Peter Thompson, CanTrack’s Managing Director, is keen to build long-term mutually beneficial relationships in the UK construction equipment market and sees the CEA as an important part of the mix. “The CEA has done excellent work over the past decade to improve equipment security but organised criminals are increasingly sophisticated and planned equipment theft is an unfortunate fact of life. I hope that by working with the CEA and other members we will be able to reduce theft rates and significantly increase stolen equipment recoveries.”
Construction equipment theft has fallen through CEA initiatives like CESAR security marking and registration and through improved security features introduced by the CEA members, the leading manufacturers, but with recovery rates as low as 9%, according to the Met Police’s specialist unit PANIU, end-users and the rental sector have to take sensible steps to combat equipment theft and fraud and to dramatically improve the chances of recovery.
The CanTrack Asset is an ultra-tough, compact, self-contained telematics solution for the remote management of valuable equipment, critical infrastructure and items at risk of theft. The unit, which is resistant to jamming and scanning technology, doesn’t need to be wired into the machine’s electrical circuit saving time and money on installation. With a battery life of up to 15 years and EU roaming capability the unit is programmed to ‘ping’ its accurate location on a daily basis. A web based user friendly interface gives users access to all their machines information at any time of the day or night. If an owner finds that one of his machines is not where it should be the Asset unit can be signalled to activate its tracking and homing beacon enabling local tracking, supplementing the CanTrack Assets GPS positioning signal and unlike GPS solutions the Asset can be detected in open air and inside locked vehicles, buildings and even steel containers.
CanTrack has its own team of theft investigators, all former police officers, who have a remarkable recovery rate of over 90%. In early June a stolen JCB telescopic-handler was recovered in under 3 hours in the home counties. This speedy recovery, which came ‘hot on the heels’ of the recovery of five telescopic handlers from Trieste in Italy, really does prove the effectiveness of CanTrack’s unique product and service offer.
CanTrack was announced, at the Executive Hire Show, as the headline sponsor for November’s Construction Plant-hire Association’s (CPA) Annual Conference and the company is a confirmed exhibitor at Plantworx 2017. Peter Thompson and CanTrack seem set on making a significant impact on the construction equipment market.
Based in Cotheridge, Worcestershire, Garden & Hire Spares is a supplier of both genuine and replacement parts for a wide range of garden and small plant machinery.
Founded in 2006 by Phil Rayner and Brian Wall, the original plan was to be an end-user focused company, but after several years they could both see there were changes on the horizon in the way Hire Companies and Garden Machinery Dealers would need to be supplied.
Garden & Hire Spares is a supplier of both genuine and replacement parts for a wide range of garden and small plant machinery
The majority of companies carry fewer spare parts than before and so need a supplier with the parts they need when they need them, with this in mind Garden & Hire Spares set about creating an easy to use website aimed solely for Business users along with one full catalogue and one smaller catalogue which has been designed exclusively for Hire Companies.
Brian Wall said, “We have three warehouses with regular deliveries from around the world which allows us to have a 99% pick rate and aim to get all trade orders out the same day provided they are received by 3pm. 2016 is not only our 10th year of trading but also the year in which we became ISO9001 certified, two things of which we are very proud.”
The WAR TEC range is the company’s own brand of replacement spare parts sourced from around the world but all to the same high standard. WAR TEC Platinum is a range of cylinder and piston assemblies which built to O.E Specification and are designed for the Hire trade as a viable alternative to cheaper options where product quality has been compromised to allow for a reduction in price.
The WAR TEC Platinum cylinder and piston assemblies are manufactured in Europe to O.E specification and have a full 12-month warranty that covers any manufacturing defects.
Brian added, “After speaking to many companies we have seen how the CEA have worked to support the industry through both good and difficult times and we are very keen to add our support, join the association and are proud to announce that we will have a stand at the Plantworx 2017 Exhibition on the 6th – 8th June.”
Strickland MFG head office operates from a purpose built, six-acre facility in Evesham Worcestershire. Producing quality couplers and attachments for earthmoving machinery since 1945, Strickland MFG has become a trusted supplier to many OEM, OED and National Plant Hirers.
Strickland MFG will be exhibiting at Plantworx 2017 demonstrating many of the latest attachments within their portfolio.
Equipped with the latest 3D CAD software, Strickland MFG designers work continuously alongside sales staff & customers to create new & innovative products. Listening to customers’ requirements & acting quickly is paramount to Strickland’s success.
What sets Strickland MFG apart from their competitors? Managing director Ian Wooltorton said, “Holding the largest stock of finished products in Europe means our sales team are able to offer next day delivery on the majority of orders taken. Facilities in Ireland and North America have allowed us become a globally recognized producer.”
National key account manager, Nicola Troy, is delighted to have recently become a member of the CEA she said, “We see many advantages of being part of the CEA, namely gaining insight into what is going on within our industry, the latest legislative standards which need to be followed both now and potentially in the future.”
Strickland MFG will be exhibiting at Plantworx 2017 demonstrating many of the latest attachments within their portfolio.
