Fraikin has entered the UK trailer rental market with the opening of a new branch in Northampton offering 200 curtainside trailers for hire. This expansion marks a new opportunity for Fraikin, which has traditionally focused on renting LCVs and trucks. The trailers were previously supplied to City Link and have been refurbished. They include single and double-deck models and offer hauliers and parcel firms quality trailers without long wait times. Fraikin expects the Northampton area to provide significant growth opportunities for this new venture.

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Fraikin Limited
Fraikin House, Torwood Close,
Westwood Business Park, Coventry CV4 8HX
Tel: 02476 694494 Fax: 02476 470419
Email: talk‐to‐us@fraikin.co.uk
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Release date: 6 August 2015
FRAIKIN ENTERS TRAILER RENTAL MARKET
Fraikin has entered the UK trailer rental market with the opening of a new rental
branch in Northampton, offering a fleet of 200 curtainside trailers for hire. The fleet
includes a selection of single-deck tri-axle trailers and double-deck models, with the
upper deck height repositioned to give them the widest possible appeal.
The announcement marks an exciting new opportunity for the company, which has
traditionally focused its rental activities on the LCV and truck markets – announcing,
in April, investment of more than £13 million in its hire fleet for 2015.
Fraikin is initially deploying 200 trailers previously supplied on contract hire to City
Link for the new venture, but hasn’t ruled out adding to the fleet over time.
Mark Newnes, Operations Director at Fraikin, says: “We’re using this as an exciting
opportunity to expand our rental portfolio. There is strong demand for quality single-
deck and double-deck trailers and we’ll be making them available over short and
long-term rental periods.
“We’ve comprehensively refurbished the entire fleet, even though many of the assets
were only delivered in late 2014,” he adds.
The predominantly Cartwright and Lawrence David-built trailers have been fitted with
new curtains and are described by Newnes as “highly rentable”. They offer great
potential to hauliers, own-account operators and other parcel firms which need to
secure quality trailers from an expert supplier, but without waiting months for new
build slots.

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Newnes adds: “We’ve elected to open this new branch in Northampton as this area
offers significant opportunity and growth.”
The specialist double-deck trailers each feature a load restraint system which
complements the already accredited EN12642XL chassis and body for load
retention. This helps to protect any goods in transit, whilst the wrap-around curtains
ensure safer and more efficient loading and unloading of goods. Environmental and
cost efficiency is also maximised, with each double-deck trailer running on super
single 445/45 R 19.5 tyres, which help to reduce tread wear and improve fuel
performance.
Fraikin’s Central Rental team can be contacted on 0800 052 4455.
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Notes to editor:
About Fraikin
Fraikin Ltd is part of the Fraikin Group, the largest commercial vehicle fleet services
company in Europe, providing expert fleet management, contract hire and rental solutions to
both the private and public sector. The Fraikin Group, established in France in 1944 by
Gérard Fraikin, has operations in 16 countries, with more than 2,800 employees, 7,000
clients, 180 branches and a fleet of 60,000 vehicles. Its operations span Belgium, Czech
Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Russia,
Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Poland and the UK. Since 2007 Fraikin has
been owned by CVC Capital Partners, one of the world’s leading private equity and
investment advisory firms.
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James Boley or James Keeler at Garnett Keeler PR on 020 8647 4467 or by email to
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