Hadley opens European facility in the Netherlands 04 October 2013

Truck products manufacturer Hadley, best known for its air horns, has opened a facility in Moordrecht, the Netherlands, to serve the European market.

Bob Dubsky, president of Hadley Global, explains that the new site is both a warehouse and an assembly location, and is expected to serve customers including DAF, Scania, MAN, Mercedes, Renault, Volvo, and VanHool.

It will initially stock air horns, mechanical levelling valves for cab suspensions, and mirror systems

"This is an exciting time for Hadley to have options for global capability of manufacturing and warehousing products near our European customers," states Dubsky.

"This will open up additional opportunities in Europe and surrounding areas," he adds.

"The big advantage for us is we can receive extra shipments really fast from the Netherlands," comments Veerle Gelders, supply and inventory control for Scania Parts Logistics, in Belgium.

"If a customer places an additional order that was not foreseen, we can fulfil it much faster, because of the inventory supply. In the past, unplanned shipments took an extra week to receive. Now we are receiving those sooner and without the additional airfreight costs."

Author
Brian Tinham

Related Companies
Hadley (Truck Solutions)

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