54 | Porter Group T T Hugh de Lacy Heavy machinery for any job Porter Group offers a complete range of heavy equipment purchase and post-purchase solution options, MACHINERY He started out building roads and winning civil engineering contracts immediately after the end of World War Two, then the late Arthur Porter went on to found and build the Porter Group, the largest privately owned heavy-equipment business in Australasia. From a Hamilton base, Arthur went on to develop a vibrant business with no fewer than 50 branches in New Zealand, and others in the United States, Papua New Guinea and Australia, by importing heavy construction and associated equipment for hire and re-sale. The Porter Group has eight divisions, covering new and used machinery sales, hire, mechanical repairs and servicing, parts, haulage of its machinery, finance, and Porter Access, which provides complementary products and services. As such, the group offers a complete range of heavy equipment purchase and post-purchase solution options, including used and refurbished machinery from Porter Equipment, supported by the parts division offering new, used, and re-manufactured parts for the leading construction brands. At Porter Mechanical there are trained technicians throughout the country ready to deal with servicing and repairs, while the Porter Haulage team specialises in transporting heavy machinery nationwide, and Porter Finance funds the deals. Porter Hire, formed in 1987, has no fewer than 3000 items of equipment and 200 trucks on its books, and is a major revenue earner for the Porter Group, which has a capital value in excess of $800 million. T T to page 56 0800 80 66 66 HOSE SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT SERVICE YOU CAN TRUST, PRODUCTS YOU CAN COUNT ON www.hydraulink.com VISIT US AT:
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