Airport Towing Trucks For Material Handling

The Jungheinrich used equipment centre in Dresden professionally refurbished forklift trucks since 2006. On July 16 it delivered its 25,000th industrial truck. By 2018 plant capacity is scheduled to go from its current level of 4,500 refurbished trucks to 8,000 units per year.

Recently Jungheinrich delivered its 25,000th “JungSTAR”, 4-star used forklift truck. The jubilee industrial truck was formally handed over to Paul Davis Freight Services Ltd. on July 16, 2014. Based in Bristol (UK), the client is the leading carrier of consumer goods shipped to Ireland and the British offshore market, including the Channel Islands, Isle of Man  and Isle of Wight.

“Used trucks from Jungheinrich are an ideal match for our delivery depot requirements,” remarks Nigel Dutson, Operations Director of Paul Davis Freight Services Ltd. “They perform beautifully, are highly reliable and – particularly important to a company like ours – are extremely robust!” The 25,000th truck supplied by the used equipment centre in Dresden consists of a 6-year old EFG 320 electric counterbalanced forklift. A total of three EFG 320 trucks refurbished in Dresden were handed over to the British firm on July 16 and a further three trucks will follow shortly afterwards.

Jungheinrich Used Stackers: JungSTARs in 4-Star Quality
Refurbishment at the Dresden used equipment centre is a premium quality service. The used trucks are industrially refurbished in accordance with Jungheinrich 4-star quality standards. This includes the aspects of safety, engineering, reliability and visual appearance. In the words of Ralf Bangert, Managing Director at the Dresden used equipment centre: “These stackers look like new and are refurbished to conform to the latest safety regulations. They are first-rate in terms of operability and are especially reliable. For this reason we also call our 4-star used stackers the ‘Jungheinrich JungSTARs’!”

Used Jungheinrich industrial trucks are refurbished in a process based on flexible line production, divided into electric and IC engine-powered trucks. The used vehicles go through an intensive incoming examination before being disassembled into individual assemblies, which are then overhauled and the safety-relevant parts replaced. “This means our used trucks are reassembled using new Jungheinrich original spare parts,” reports Bangert. Afterwards the trucks are painted in automotive quality. “Even a qualified specialist can barely tell the difference between a new stacker and one of our refurbished ones,” he concludes.

Dresden Used Equipment Centre: Expansion While Operating at Full Capacity
The Dresden used equipment centre was taken into operation on June 1, 2006. Since then the plant’s production capacity has more than “sextupled”, and the available floor area has expanded to 19,000 square meters.

As the demand for JungSTARs continues to grow, the new target is to double production capacity to 8,000 industrial trucks by 2018. “The construction project launched in March 2014 was intended to connect the existing halls and optimize material flows in a sustainable manner ,” explains Bangert, who added that the actual production surface would increase from the current 8,500 to 13,500 square meters, “putting us in a position to professionally recondition some 8,000 trucks a year,” he explains.

Jungheinrich ranks among the world’s leading companies in the material handling equipment, warehousing and material flow engineering sectors. The company is an intralogistics service and solution provider with manufacturing operations, which offers its customers a comprehensive range of forklift trucks, logistics systems, services and advice. Jungheinrich shares are traded on all German stock exchanges.