United under new name
April 1st 2008

SMV UK, specialist distributor of heavy forklifts, container handlers and reachstackers, and Irion Sideloaders, are being brought together under a single trading name, Cooper Specialised Handling, with effect from 1st April. The new trading company also incorporates the trading business of SMV Rentals Ltd.

Cooper SH is the national distributor of SMV Lift trucks and Bauman sideloaders operating across the UK and Northern Ireland. It offers total solutions for forklift machines above 10t and sideloaders from 3 to 45t capacity and has expanded into smaller forklifts with the addition of the DanTruck range of lift trucks (6-9t).

David Cooper MD, (pictured) says: " The new trading name will help us to be more easily recognised as a specialist provider across our niche markets."