15 Nov 2004

Sortimo UK Selling from Old Sarum, Salisbury for Six Years

Sortimo UK Selling from Old Sarum, Salisbury for Six Years

After 6 years as an importer, Sortimo International Ltd, based in Old Sarum Salisbury, has become a national producer of van racking systems for fleets of light commercial vehicles within the UK with the development and market introduction of Sortimo “Globelyst”. Globelyst is our new and revolutionary third generation in-vehicle equipment, which uses a Space-Frame technique that offers a weight saving system with greater flexibility and variety. Pan-European Sortimo has over 30 years of experience as Europe’s largest manufacturer, supplier and fitter of innovative secure van racking equipment.

Sortimo has set the direction for the third generation of van racking equipment with extension units requiring only one end frame saving cost and weight. Drawers, service cases, shelves can be combined individually into one unit and in different measurements to accurately fit all on site vehicles. Wheel arches can be easily bridged by this new flexible system. Bins can be pulled out like a drawer or stacked. The vast numbers of in vehicle solution possibilities means that every part of the load area in your vehicle can be efficiently equipped. All this with Sortimo’s weight-saving Globelyst design means a bigger payload for your operation. All of Sortimo’s systems are built on Sortimo SOBOFLEX® anti-slip safety floor, which eliminates the need to drill the vehicle floor so vehicle residual resale values and corrosion warranties are not jeopardised - a bonus with leasing companies.

Sortimo’s headquarters in Salisbury on an area of nearly 30,000 sq ft comprises of our extensive warehouse containing £2m worth of stock, production, indoor development bays for confidential use for fleet managers such as the AA, Gilbarco, South East Water etc and vehicle manufacturers to develop their custom designs, our secure fitting station facilities for 100+ vehicles where Sortimo’s experienced fitters provide a complete panel van conversion service, showroom and office facilities.

Sortimo are able to control quality and consistency of supply straight from our premises. From developing a prototype for your fleet, bespoke storage solutions to your specifications through our CAD (computer aided design) system, with three dimensional views and diagrams, all client requirements can be individually shown and optimised by Sortimo’s technically experienced sales team directly at your location. Trims designed in your corporate colours for large fleets, to installing all the equipment, through to a turnkey complete vehicle regardless of the type of vehicle or the business application. Vehicles fitted with Sortimo maintain order and security in your fleet. Swapping teams between vehicles becomes easy as the layouts of equipment will be familiar and correctly stowed parts will be accessible quickly. With Sortimo Globelyst storage systems you have your tools and materials at hand neat and secure.

As Sortimo is an innovative partner of all commercial vehicle manufacturers (Vauxhall, Ford, Nissan, DamilerChrysler, VW etc), complete network coverage is available within the UK and Ireland, with a guaranteed 48hour FASTRACK delivery service in the UK. Sortimo has a range of pre-determined storage systems that have been developed with vehicle manufacturers and have obtained product approval from most major vehicle manufacturers.

Sortimo supplies a wide variety of companies across all industry sectors, from fleet vehicles for multi-national blue-chip organisations, utility companies, emergency services, local authorities through to individual vans for specialist trades people. Below are some of the endorsements Sortimo have received from large companies on why they chose Sortimo: “Sortimo’s price, availability and the ability to develop and evolve the specifications quickly for Gilbarco’s requirements was the decider,” said Martin Armstrong of Gilbarco Veeder-RootTM.

Kevin Yetman, Transport Team Leader for South East Water said, “We were very pleased to award a two year contract to Sortimo, as they gave us a ‘one stop shop’ solution provided for our commercial vehicle fleet. The company felt that the simplicity and flexibility offered by the racking concept was ideal. Other elements key in the decision making process were: safety, quality, turn around time and CAD designs. These special added features will help us enhance our transport services.”

PC Simon Batten of Lancashire Police said, “the decision to install Sortimo equipment was not solely based on cost, but also on the quality of the units provided, their crash worthiness, - Sortimo provided a video of their crash testing, their warranty and after sales facilities. A further consideration during the decision process was the fact that Sortimo were able to fit the equipment at their fitting premises near us.”

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