Managing director Hugh Cole says the goal is to offer customers of its 9,200-strong fleet greater flexibility and to further reduce vehicle downtime.
Fraikin currently operates a 30-strong fleet of service vans, which support its 10 in-house workshops and more than 600 third-party maintenance providers nationwide.
Cole has set a goal for the business to operate at least 60 service vans by the end of 2017.
“Mobile maintenance is becoming an increasingly important part of our flexible service proposition – particularly for those fleets which regard vehicles as a business critical asset and where our window for planned maintenance is narrow,” states Cole.
“In these instances, using delivery drivers to pick-up assets and bring them back into a branch or third party repairer can take valuable time,” he continues.
“If we can carry out scheduled maintenance on-site, it enables us to get that customer’s vehicle back on the road faster.”
Fraikin says the additional service vans will be ordered to meet demand, with projections for 15 new vans in 2016, followed by a further 15 in 2017.
