Press release
Trans UK is the new Kögel dealer in the United Kingdom
Burtenbach, 28 March 2017
- Kögel expands its presence in the United Kingdom
- The authorised contact is Mike Wilkes
After Italy, Spain, France and the Netherlands, Kögel now expands its sales operation in the United Kingdom. In January 2017, Mike Wilkes, Managing Director of Trans UK Equipment Management Ltd and the KögelManaging Directors Thomas Eschey and Massimo Dodoni signed a dealership agreement. As a result, Kögel customers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland can now benefit from optimum local support.
Trans UK has been a well-known commercial vehicle rental company and service provider in maintenance and fleet management in the United Kingdom for ten years. The company has 800 trailers available for short-term or long-term rent in Great Britain and Europe. Managing Director Mike Wilkes and Operations Director Ian Seagrave both have many years of experience in commercial vehicles sales and rental. To be able to serve the UK market accordingly, Trans UK offers services like rental, leasing, financing and spare parts services in addition to the sale of new Kögel vehicles.
“We are very proud that we will now have a strong partner in Great Britain with Kögel. Our visit to Kögel's main factory in Germany gave us great confidence in the careful assembly and quality of the trailers,” says Mike Wilkes, Managing Director at Trans UK. “At the Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham we will be exhibiting a Kögel trailer specially configured for the UK market at Stand 3F102 in Hall 3. Customers are welcome to come and see its high quality for themselves.”
Interested Kögel customers in the United Kingdom can now contact Trans UK on the following contact details:
Mike Wilkes
Managing Director
Mobile +44 7831 269688
Tel + 44 1827 304418
IanSeagrave
Operations Director
Mobile +44 7881 582440
Interested Kögel key accounts and existing customers in the United Kingdom may also continue to contact Mr Paul de Jong directly:
Paul de Jong
Key Account Director
Mobile +49 1522 2636-016
Tel. +31 655 83-350
Photo: Mike Wilkes, Managing Director of Trans UK Equipment Management Ltd
Your contact for any questions about this press release:
Patrick Wanner
Head of Public Relations
Phone +49 82 85 88 – 12 3 01
Fax +49 82 85 88 – 12 2 84
Kögel is one of the leading trailer manufacturers in Europe. Since it was established in 1934, the company has manufactured more than 500,000 trailers. With its commercial vehicles and solutions for freight-forwarding companies and the construction industry, the company has been providing 'Made in Germany' engineering quality for more than 80 years. During this period, it has maintained its passion for transport and innovation, enabling it to offer proven, long-lasting added value to freight-forwarding companies. The company headquarters and main production facility of Kögel Trailer GmbH & Co. KG are located in the Bavarian town of Burtenbach. In addition, Kögel also has factories and premises in Ulm (Germany), Duingen (Germany), Chocen (Czech Republic) and in Moscow (Russia).
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