Crown has outgrown its premises in Johor

Crown Equipment has announced its relocation to larger and more strategically placed premises in Malaysia's busiest and most advantageously located seaport area. The relocation positions Crown to enhance and expand its services to its growing customer base in terms of capacity and service response times.

The new Johor facility comprises new internal combustion and electric forklift sales, a large fleet of trucks for short- and long-term rentals, and fully serviced refurbished vehicles. Crown's InfoLink fleet management system will also be available.

Located in the region's commercial Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore growth triangle, Johor is home to the Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia's largest container port, as well as Port Johor, which supports the majority of the country's resource refineries. The area is also home to Senai International Airport, serving both domestic and freight airlines.

Crown has had a strong presence in Johor since 1992, servicing the needs of local and global companies trading in the region. However, as both government and commercial investment increased in the area, Crown saw the opportunity to take the lead in supporting the materials handling requirements of new and existing customers, according to David Sultana, South East Asia marketing manager at Crown Equipment.

"Our new facility reflects our commitment to Johor," Sultana explains. " The larger facility allows us to offer increased stock availability of high-demand vehicles, a larger sales and service team, as well as a fully equipped spare parts division, all housed under the one roof. This is another milestone in our continuing role of supporting manufacturing, industrial, warehousing and logistics companies in Malaysia and our continued rapid growth in the South East Asia market."

The new facility also enables Crown to enhance its already strong environmental credentials, something that will be in harmony with the Malaysian government's plans, as Johor is a key part of the government's Iskandar Malaysia Low Carbon Society initiative.