IBB Polish Building Wholesale has switched to Jungheinrich

IBB Polish Building Wholesale has switched to Jungheinrich in an upgrade of its ageing fleet.

IBB was established eight years ago and now supplies over 10,000 customers in the UK with goods imported from Poland as well as the rest of Europe. The company is growing fast with four branches in total - two in London, one in Birmingham and one in Manchester - all operating to exacting standards in a fast-paced environment where meeting customer demands, on time and to schedule, is absolutely critical.

Keeping goods moving on-site and loading lorries efficiently are essential activities requiring robust and reliable materials handling equipment. Operating 10 hours a day, six days a week, forklifts are engaged in carrying heavy materials such as cement, plaster and timber - all of which must be handled with great accuracy.

"We recognised Jungheinrich as a company with a good reputation," says Jacek Ambrozy, owner of IBB, "so we asked them to come and discuss our options (for upgrading our fleet)."

Jungheinrich UK provided IBB with two new diesel counterbalance trucks, the DFG 430s and the DFG 425s.

The trucks have been supplied with extra-long forks to facilitate the fast loading of palletised goods and plasterboard onto vehicles, allowing the loading of a lorry from one side only and reducing the need to re-position the vehicle in a constricted yard.