News: Lantern's yard ramps defy recession

Lantern Engineering, the Rotherham based manufacturer of mobile yard ramps reports record numbers of both enquiries and sales for the final quarter of 2008.



Lantern's Sales Director Michael Warren says: "Traditionally November and December are usually our quieter months for sales of yard ramps, but this year we saw massively increased enquiry volumes all through the quarter. This resulted in our best months ever for sales and rentals of yard ramps. Even more encouraging is that this upward trend has also continued into 2009 which has again seen record interest in our range of mobile yard ramps."

Whilst a certain amount of new business has come from existing yard ramp users transferring their allegiances to Lantern, the main increase in activity has been from companies discovering the benefits of yard ramps for the first time.

By speeding up the unloading of containers and vehicles, users can dramatically decrease turn-around times and with less staff, thus lowering their costs. Because yard ramps are a relatively low cost tool, they provide incredibly quick payback times.

The Maltby company has also increased export sales and recently delivered a standard 10T capacity yard ramp to a new client in Dubai.

Lantern website
Rotherham

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