The expansion of Jungheinrich's footprint within Northern Ireland has seen several leading businesses enhance their productivity. These include Lynas Food Service, PING Group and Cyril Johnston, all of which have recently turned to Jungheinrich to support them in their drive to create efficiency and productivity gains to ultimately deliver greater business value and growth.

Lynas Food Services is using Jungheinrich's VNA order pickers

A third-generation family-run business for over 70 years, Lynas Food Service provides over 6,000 ambient, chilled, frozen and non-food products to organisations and services across Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland, including many large hotel chains, restaurants, schools and prisons. As a fast-growing company, the wholesaler was outgrowing its existing warehouses, and had limited capacity to take on new customers and opportunities at its current rate.

To support Lynas Food Service's 15 m high racking, the company deployed Jungheinrich's VNA order pickers.

PING Group, a ground handling company based at Belfast International Airport, has also turned to Jungheinrich for dependable and efficient materials handling equipment to support its operations and ensure it can deliver its services to the highest standards.

Jonny McKinney, managing director, PING Group, says: "As part of PING's make-up, reliable and robust equipment is required in order to deliver first-class service to customers, and we're impressed with how Jungheinrich has been able to support us along our journey."

Meanwhile, Cyril Johnston, one of the largest family-owned suppliers and distributors of garden machinery and leisure goods in the UK and Ireland, notes that having an efficient and reliable materials handling operation within its warehouse is vital.

Managing director Tom Black says: "January to July is the busiest season for Cyril Johnston and one of the main drivers for us was the need to upgrade our fleet to improve efficiency, especially during peak periods. We simply could not operate without a reliable forklift truck. We've been pleased with the level of customer service from Jungheinrich and are excited to use more modern equipment within our warehouse that will ultimately help to streamline our operations and keep our loyal customers happy."

Neil Warren, regional business director at Jungheinrich UK, believes in these current turbulent times, the implementation of innovative technology and solutions is essential to help transform operational performance, reliability and safety within businesses. "We look forward to developing our relationships even further and helping them and other businesses in Northern Ireland to expand and meet demand in the future," he adds.