A Reliable Partnership

06 Mar 2008

 Airchannel and Speedy Compressors have agreed a partnership   arrangement which will combine Airchannel’s expertise of  designing and managing compressed air systems with Speedy’s  experience of running a modern fleet of mobile compressors. The aim is to give their customer base a truly reliable service. 

Airchannel has recently launched a Reliability Promise and Alastair Shanks (Managing Director - Airchannel) is obviously excited about what the partnership will bring; “The new partnership with Speedy will enable us to increase still further the reliability of our service. Speedy can pretty much guarantee to get back up compressor(s) on site and running anywhere in the UK within 12 hours which means that our customers’ systems will be more secure than ever.” 

For most compressed air users the air supply is critical, many people call it the fourth utility, if the air supply stops then so does production, whether that is a printing press or a factory line. Due to this criticality many sites have a standby compressor so as to be ready for breakdowns, however there is always a risk that things can go wrong, a power cut, a double failure etc. This is where the Speedy / Airchannel partnership will bring benefits, if one of Airchannel’s customers has such a failure then Airchannel can call on Speedy’s extensive stock of compressors to provide a very quick solution to the issue. Airchannel will offer this service to all of its customers, either as an ad hoc hire or as part of an all inclusive contract where Airchannel takes full responsibility. 

Speedy has worked with Airchannel for a few years now but this partnership is about real collaboration between the two businesses. Darren Maynard (Sales Director - Speedy Compressors) comments, “This partnership will work well as it benefits not only both businesses but also the customers. Both companies work in the compressed air industry and are leaders in our own product areas, our product offerings are complementary rather than conflicting so give the opportunity to add value to each others customers. Much of our business comes from hires when a customer’s own compressor breaks down – it will be great to have a reliable partner who can repair our customer’s existing system while they have our compressors on hire.”