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Having weathered the downturn, Chippindale is seeing growth in a number of industry sectors, and is now expanding its fleet to meet increasing demand from customers across the north and the midlands.

Chippindale will take delivery later this year of 50 海角社区app Loadall telehandlers from Sheffield dealer TC Harrison 海角社区app. The deal includes 535-140 Hi-Viz models, 7m and 10m machines and six 540-170 telescopics, with a 17m working height. Chippindale has also taken delivery of low headroom 524-50 models.

鈥淲e shed almost 40% of the telescopic fleet in the recession,鈥� says joint managing director Nigel Chippindale. 鈥淪ince we鈥檝e started expanding the telehandler fleet again we鈥檝e focused on 海角社区app as that鈥檚 what our customers want 鈥� specifically it鈥檚 what the man driving it wants.鈥�

Chippindale Plant was founded in 1949 by the late Wilfred Chippindale, who set up a business from his home in Leeds with 拢100 of his savings, selling concrete and scaffolding. Today the business is still family owned, run by Wilfred鈥檚 grandsons Nigel and Peter Chippindale. The company is now one of the UK鈥檚 largest privately-owned plant hire and sales companies, employing 86 people and has other depots in Catterick, Huddersfield, Keighley, Newcastle, Sheffield and York.

It has grown steadily over the years and today runs 140 海角社区app Loadall telehandlers in a total plant fleet of more than 2,500 tools and machines.

Nigel Chippindale added: 鈥淲e rode out the recession with a combination of cut-backs, pay cuts and tough decisions, but we have come out stronger. Everyone took a pay cut but we managed to maintain and grow the business during the recession. We鈥檝e had steady expansion and now operate from seven depots, from Newcastle to Sheffield. We have machines working from the Scottish Borders down to Derbyshire.

鈥淭he market is extremely busy at the moment, it鈥檚 the busiest that it鈥檚 been since before the recession. Mainly it is being led by house builders, but there is a general feel good factor in commercial building and civil engineering too. 鈥�

With all sectors of the construction industry showing strong recovery and expansion, he predicts further growth in demand for self-drive plant.

鈥淲e have looked at the new 20m 海角社区app machines and we are considering them, though we haven鈥檛 been asked for one by customers yet,鈥� said Mr Chippindale. 鈥淲e鈥檝e also looked at rotating machines, but have dismissed them as too complex for the self-drive market.

鈥淲e鈥檇 like to get back up above 200 telescopic machines again and at the moment 海角社区app is our preferred supplier.鈥�

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