Equipment Depot, Houston, Texas, has integrated its five operating companies into one industry powerhouse, creating a larger national presence to better serve its customers and address market needs.
The five former individual operating companies were known as Equipment Depot Illinois (previously Material Handling Services); Equipment Depot Kentucky (previously Levee Lift); Equipment Depot Ohio (previously Portman Equipment Co.); Equipment Depot Pennsylvania (previously Forklift Inc.); and Equipment Depot Texas (previously Equipment Depot). During the past decade, Pon Material Handling acquired the five independent material handling businesses, yet kept them as separate operating companies.
Equipment Depot employs more than 1,400 at 40 branches, and has 26 service depots that provide sales or service to all or parts of 14 states around the nation.
“Coming together and working as one allows us to streamline our material handling business to better serve our customers by leveraging the geographic distribution, product offerings, and proven best practices of each operating company,” said Giel Claes, CEO of Pon Material Handling. “Creating one Equipment Depot strengthens our position in the industry, making us a better partner for our OEMs and allowing us to develop customized solutions for our customers while enhancing our focus on service.”
During the past two years, Equipment Depot has undergone the extensive integration of its operating companies, better aligning its personnel, products, and service operations with its customers and OEMs. The result is one company structure that caters to specific groups in its diverse customer base, including the Material Handling, Service Operations and Contractor Services divisions. Furthermore, all back-office operations have been integrated and streamlined to deliver more operational efficiencies, which includes marketing, human resources, supply chain, IT and accounting functions.
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