Immingham-based Krone has announced key appointments to its UK trailer sales operation; Fran Pickering joins as managing director and Chris Lardner as fleet sales manager.
Pickering has more than 30 years direct sales experience in the UK trailer industry, both in in the temperature controlled and dry freight transport sectors. Lardner has 29 years experience, across a number of commercial transport sectors.
The team also comprises of Jason Chipchase, sales manager -key accounts; Ian Hulme, area sales manager, and Sam Jennings, after sales manager, who between them have a combined industry experience exceeding 65 years.
Krone sells a comprehensive trailer range to the UK market including the Cool Liner, Profi Liner (curtain-sider), Dry Liner (dry freight) Box Liner (skeletal) Coil Liner and City Liner (rear steer for urban use).
Pickering said: “Krone Trailers is the second largest trailer builder in Europe, with an extensive product range and first class after market support service.
“With our new team in place, a high quality product range to offer and the virtually unmatched strength of Krone’s engineering and manufacturing, I am confident that we will continue to deliver the very best in trailer equipment and back up services to our customers throughout the UK.”