Pennine Pneumatic Services (PPS) has expanded its reach by investing in a new branch in Leigh, Greater Manchester. PPS bucks the trend as whilst other industrial distributors centralise, it continues its company mantra to "go local" and ensure regional support to its customers and brings employment opportunities into the area. PPS now has a presence in West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. The new unit will officially open on Monday 1st March 2021.
The expansion will add a local presence for PPS customers increasing service levels and giving them easy access to a sales counter for critical spare parts. Five local people are employed in the depot with plans for future development and further employment opportunities. The new premises has created a promotion opportunity for Andy Kershaw who will now take on the additional responsibility of branch manager.
Andy Kershaw said, “I’m looking forward to taking on the challenge of increasing our presence in the Greater Manchester region by working with Atlas Copco to further increase our local customer service satisfaction levels. Being in closer proximity to our customers means we can provide a more efficient local response to our customers’ needs. Downtime is costly and when things go wrong we can give a faster response, by being closer at hand, getting manufacturing businesses up and running at a quicker rate and reducing their potential loss of earnings.”
Ian Harrison, managing director PPS said, "We’re pleased to give Andy this well deserved new opportunity and we’re confident his presence in Manchester along with the rest of his team will provide the level of service we already provide to our local customers in Yorkshire. Greater Manchester is an area where there is a high demand with many manufacturing businesses in the area that need our support. As a community business we are always looking to grow local and support local and we believe that this is an area that will benefit from our presence.
“Like our move to Brighouse back in 2017 we plan to create jobs for the surrounding community and work with local charities and sports teams. We work to support a better future for the neighbourhood whether through employment, apprenticeships or charity involvement. This latest move to Greater Manchester will be the fourth time we have supported a community with our local presence."
PPS isn't just Atlas Copco's largest UK distributor but a stockist of pneumatic parts including being the largest UK stockist of Transair and authorised distributor’s for Camozzi Automation and Norgren. The company can assist with all elements from the plant room to the factory floor and from supply to installation and continued maintenance. As part of the wider R&G Fluid Power Group, PPS can also help manufacturers with hydraulics, sealing products and industrial hose & fittings.
The new unit will officially open on 1st March offering customers in Greater Manchester a complete turnkey solution from the plant room to the factory floor including air compressors, chillers, pneumatics, pipework, installation, ducting and assembly tools. For further information visit pps.co.com, call 0161 676 0060 or email [email protected]