Multi-product hire specialist,
Hewden, has invested in
excess of £1.2m to increase
the size and availability of its
access equipment portfolio.

One of the first customers
to benefit from the new fleet,
which includes 40+ Genie
articulated booms, is the
Shell UK Stanlow refinery in
Ellesmere Port, where two
Z45 machines are on longterm
hire. Units were
supplied by the Hewden
facility located on the
Ellesmere Port site.

Phil Smith, lifting and
rigging coordinator at Shell
UK, says: “Hewden has been
based on this site for over 15
years and has proven its
ability to provide high
quality products backed by a
professional, reliable service.

We had no hesitation in
hiring out the new access
machines which are used for
general maintenance and
cleaning tasks within the
refinery.”