Trelleborg Wheel Systems Industrial Tires and Nacco Materials Handling Group (NMHG) have announced that they have entered into a partnership covering the EMEA region for the supply and fitting of replacement industrial tires.
Under the agreement Trelleborg has become NMHG's preferred and approved supplier for replacement tires for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and will work with the Nacco equipment dealers across the region to ensure that Nacco customers receive the very best tires and fitting service available.
Elio Bartoli, Director Europe for Trelleborg Wheel Systems stated: "We are delighted to have become NMHG's partner for aftermarket tires, we believe strongly that we will deliver value for both Nacco dealers and their customers by providing a superior product and service offering. Both our businesses are global leaders and together we have created a strong proposition from which dealers and customers will benefit."
In a number of countries replacement fitting services will be carried out by Interfit, Trelleborg's service brand, Bartoli commented: "Our Interfit service concept is unique in the market; we built Interfit to offer the forklift producers and their dealers a service designed around their needs and to deliver value. We have always been very clear that a superior product offers users the best value over whole life and Interfit is designed to supplement that by delivering a superior service."
Under the agreement Trelleborg and NMHG will work together to provide technical and commercial support to the dealer network to ensure that customers are supported fully with the right advice as well as products and services.
Trelleborg Wheel Systems are also a major supplier to NMHG at OEM level globally as well as operating an aftermarket tire programme in the U.S. NMHG are a global leading producer of materials handling equipment manufacturing trucks under the Hyster, Yale and Utilev brands.