Two Irish companies are taking construction equipment manufacturer Sunward to new heights.
No-one could accuse Irish equipment hire solutions supplier Global Hire of hanging around!
For just a couple of months after being introduced to the Sunward brand of construction machinery, the County Laois company has purchased a total of more than 70 machines from the republic’s Sunward dealer Rushall Plant Services, who is also based in Laois.
The Sunward machines include an incredible 69 scissor lifts, including 23 SWSL 0607DCs, 17 SWSL 0807DCs (pictured), 13 SWSL 1412DCs, 11 SWSL 1212DCs, and five SWSL 1008DCs.
In addition to the scissor lifts, they purchased two SWTL 4538 compact tracked loaders, which have an operating capacity of 1.2 tonnes and a machine weight of 4.4 tonnes, and a couple of mini-excavators, including the SWE 25UF and the SWE 08B. These were all purchased through Sunward Financial, the manufacturer’s finance packages.
They are being used typically by electricians, fabrication companies, property management, air conditioning and carpentry, for tasks such as light fixture installations and pulling cables, and air ducts and ceiling works, in clean room environments such as data centres and pharmaceutical premises.
Global Hire, who specialise in providing top-tier equipment hire solutions to meet the needs of tradespeople, consumers and wind farm operators across Ireland, travelled with Rushall Plant Services’ MD Kevin Flanagan to Sunward’s factory in Belgium in July … and have not looked back since.
Their senior hire manager Keith Kenna said: “We haven’t had any problems. Despite this, the service we are getting from the dealer is second to none. He is always on the end of the phone or email to help us out.”
Kevin Flanagan, who became a Sunward dealer in 2019 after meeting the manufacturer at the Bauma show in Germany, said: “I had previously heard of Sunward and was interested in the machines.
“I had worked in construction all over Ireland, on the new M7 motorway at the time, so my customers now are old customers from those days and new customers. Many of them are repeat customers, from people using the machines for their own personal use, to farmers, utilities and civil engineering and construction, even grave diggers! And how a hire company.
“I still have men employed on construction sites and they use the excavators daily and I also hire out Sunward excavators. They are good, sturdy, compatible and reliable machines, and very easy to work on. Parts are easily sourced if required but they seldom are.”
And of his record-breaking deal with Global Hire, he said: “It’s great to get the deal with Global Hire. They are an up and coming company and we are hoping to do another deal in the near future.”
