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CASE STUDY: MJ GRIFFITHS TRANSPORT
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MJ GriffithsTransport of Scarisbrick, Lancashire, took delivery of its fifth Ekeri in January, 'They can do fridge work one way and ambient tilt trailer work on the return leg," says Mick Griffiths. "The ease of access gives us a multi-drop capability that would be impractical with a normal reefer," "Most of our customers tend to run between one and 20 trucks," says Ekeri's Wise, who often finds that he is selling to the owner of the company. "Our trailers don't usually sell to big fleets because the transport managers employed by them are wary of opting for something that's a bit different in case it goes wrong.'
The credit crunch means that Ekeri is unlikely to build 600 trailers this year, but at least it is not overburdened with unsold product. "We've only got one in stock, and that's over in Finland," he says. "We only build to customer order, and although the order take is down, at least UK operators haven't been cancelling on us."