A FAST growing Winsford manufacturer has expanded its overseas sales after securing an export deal in Belgium.
Tiger Trailers has delivered 50 mega trailer curtainsiders to ECS in Zeebrugge.
Product quality and open channels of communication played a key role in clinching the deal.
Jonas Van Den Broucke, technical fleet manager for ECS, said: "Following problems with other trailers in the past, relating to tyre sizes and especially quality and durability issues, we turned to Tiger Trailers.
Tiger Trailers delivered 50 mega trailer curtainsiders to ECS in Belgium
"We were impressed from the outset with their open and transparent style of business, the level of support provided throughout the briefing, production, delivery and aftercare stages, and the high quality of the finished product."
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The new trailers had to meet stringent wheel ride heights so the company could trade between the EU and UK.
Safety was also an important part of the specification, with yellow stripes identifying a four metre line, a reflective rear livery, a blind spot sticker and mega trailer warning decals.
Steven Cartwright, joint managing director at Tiger Trailers with graduate design engineer George Rochford
ECS operates more than 10,000 containers plus 600 dry and 200 refrigerated trailers.
This is the first order of a series of planned batches from Tiger Trailers over the next four years.
Stephen Pollock, business development director at Tiger Trailers, said: “It was a pleasure to work closely with the ECS team in designing and delivering their first order from Tiger following us visiting their operations in Belgium to understand their requirements first hand.
“We are delighted that ECS are pleased with their new dual-height curtainsider mega trailers, the production of which wasn’t impeded despite the UK’s second lockdown, and it’s exciting to be supporting a company with strategies as ambitious as ours.”
Established in 2014 by brothers John and Steven Cartwright, Tiger Trailers is built on a strong family history of manufacturing trailers and rigid bodies for the commercial vehicle sector.
It supplies leading hauliers across Europe and employs 200 people.
ECS acquired supply chain service provider 2XL in 2017 forming a one-stop-shop European logistics group.
Didier Moeneclaey, head of Immo Projects & Investments, who was instrumental in the contract with Tiger Trailers, said: “We are very happy with the quality and detail of our new mega trailers.
Tiger Trailers operates from a new £22m manufacturing facility in Winsford
"Tiger’s team listened carefully to our brief and delivered a solution that contributes to ECS fulfilling our expansion strategies as we become even stronger as a post-Brexit trade gateway.
’Tiger’s dedication and timeliness give us confidence.”
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