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such as mobile scissor tables and manual hand pallet trucks. Customers can purchase or hire smaller items via the company’ s Liftruck website( www. liftruck. co. uk) without requiring a site visit from the sales team, and this is fast becoming an integral part of the business.
With companies facing increased pressure to decarbonize equipment and operations, Acclaim is seeing more demand for electrical alternatives. However, Sam is quick to highlight that the business, driven by his father, has always been a pioneer of electrification since its foundation in the 1980s.“ We’ re steered by both customer demand and manufacturer initiatives, which are typically turning towards electric in terms of company ethos and product design,” Sam says.“ Electrification in manufacturing is filtering through to the end user market, and one of our USPs is that we are an
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