| 55 Waitaki: Canterbury Spinners Canterbury Spinners makes high quality wool yarns at its Oamaru plant that are manufactured into top-quality woollen carpet by Godfrey Hirst. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT With over twenty- ive years’ experience looking after its customers’ needs, Central Group Forklifts & Trucks is truly a one-stop-shop, focused on building enduring customer relationships. From forklift, truck and excavator sales right through to after sales support, training andmaintenance, the company has forged a reputation for caring for its customers’ needs throughout their journey. Privately owned and with a teamof 130 dedicated sta , Central Group Forklifts & Trucks has its Head O ice based in Lower Hutt, with branches in Palmerston North, Napier, Hamilton, Auckland and Christchurch, o ering forklift sales, rentals, parts and servicing throughout New Zealand. “Servicing vehicles has always been a key element of our business, as well as their hire and sale,” says CFO and Director Steve Mackay. “We currently have about 1500 forklifts out for hire throughout the country.” The company’s journey with Canterbury Spinners commenced ten years ago following the Canterbury earthquakes. When Canterbury Spinners wanted to upgrade its leet of engine powered forklifts for its Dannevirke, Lower Hutt and Oamaru branches, it looked to Central Group Forklifts & Trucks for its needs. “We were able to o er them a leet of electric forklifts in 2013,” says Steve. A one-stop-shop for forklifts “Following Canterbury Spinners growth, that leet was upgraded again in 2017 utilising a di erent type of electric technology. Amore signi icant upgrade came about in 2021 when the leet was changed to lithiumbattery electric technology, providing signi icant e iciency and health and safety bene its. Over that ten year relationship, as Canterbury Spinners’ business has grown and evolved, so too has our o ering, providing solutions that meet that growth. The vehicles that Canterbury Spinners now hire fromus are all GPS speed controlled, enabling faster speeds outside and slower speeds inside, which is an important safety feature. Canterbury Spinners is an innovative business that is doing well and we are very pleased to be part of their journey.” Steve says o ering a personal customer service and inding the right it for the client and Central Group has been at the heart of the company’s continued success. “Finding the right it is really about our knowledge and expertise in the ield. We have a focus on the long term both for our clients and for us, along with being lexible and adaptable as our clients’ needs change.” With signi icant growth over the last year and further expansion on the horizon, Central Group Forklifts & Trucks is now looking to consolidate its business, keeping its customers central to its operations.
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