{"id":965,"date":"2017-09-25T16:23:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/?p=965"},"modified":"2017-09-25T16:23:39","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:23:39","slug":"longest-serving-dealer-sells-first-site-dumper-to-oldest-customer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/2017\/09\/longest-serving-dealer-sells-first-site-dumper-to-oldest-customer\/","title":{"rendered":"Longest-serving dealer sells first site dumper to oldest customer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first Mecalac-branded site dumper off the line has been sold in the UK (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mecalac.com\/en\/about-us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mecalac<\/a> Construction Equipment UK Ltd (formerly Terex GB)), following a wholesale branding update. The sale was completed by the company\u2019s longest-serving dealer, Contractors Equipment Sales (CES), to its longest-standing customer.<\/p>\n<p>The TA1EH site dumper, featuring the recently launched yellow and grey Mecalac livery, was sold to Mervyn Lambert Plant Ltd. After more than 40 years of working together, CES has sold many site dumpers to the Norfolk-based business, and so it was fitting that dealership\u2019s first Mecalac-branded sale was to its most time-honoured customer.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Smith, director at CES, said: \u201cThe new livery on the site dumper range looks fantastic. It is a modern and fresh design that heralds a new exciting chapter for this great company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul Macpherson, Sales &amp; Marketing Director at Mecalac Construction Equipment UK Ltd, added: \u201cMecalac is well-known and respected for its innovative and reliable products. As a company, we take great pride in the brand, so are delighted that the livery on the site dumper range has been so well received. Every detail of our product range is carefully considered, so it is essential that the livery reflects the great design and pride that goes into each piece of Mecalac equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Mecalac-branded site dumper off the line has been sold in the UK (Mecalac Construction Equipment UK Ltd (formerly <\/p>\n<a class=\"btn-sub-green l-blog-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/2017\/09\/longest-serving-dealer-sells-first-site-dumper-to-oldest-customer\/\" title=\"Read more\">Read more<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plant-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":967,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965\/revisions\/967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}