Northern Trailer sells out
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• A controlling interest in the Northern Trailer Co. Ltd., Northern Trailer Sales Ltd. and Northern Truck Distributors Ltd. has been bought by Logan and Cranston (Plant) Ltd. of Glasgow. an important company in the planthire field. Mr. Edward McKenna of Logan and Cranston takes overas chairman of the Northern Trailer Group but Mr. Harry Gennis continues as managing director.
Three depots are operated by Logan and Cranston in London and the firm has premises in Manchester. Northern Trailer will be using them for spares, repairs and sales bases and a new office is to be opened in Birmingham.
It is planned to increase the sales force considerably and with the increased capital that will be available an increase in production from 25 to 30 trailers a week is envisaged ; the target is 80 trailers per week. Sales managers and personnel will be allocated to areas and efforte will be concentrated at selling through the retail trade.