FEATURE
haki Q&A I
f you can accuse Thomas Schüller of anything, then it’s using language with the slick efficiency of the company’s celebrated products. With roots traceable back to 1910, and a 60+ year, safe reputation as a go-to brand in a construction industry that constantly needs new, innovative solutions to meet ever-changing requirements, demands and designs, HAKI’s corporate history is highly commendable. But the firm’s future might be even more impressive. Its Universal scaffolding system has garnered praise from all corners of the building trades – for saving (up to 60%!) time and, therefore, money. And a wealth of new products have been brought to market this year alone, to rapturous applause. There’s also big plans for the coming decade in terms of strategy and growth. Keen to learn more about just how high hopes currently are, we asked Mr Schüller to answer a few questions about what customers can expect from HAKI…
“In a word, exciting,” Thomas Schüller responds when we ask how his first five months have been as the new CEO at the top of one of the world’s biggest scaffold system manufacturers, HAKI.
How have your first five months been at HAKI THOMAS? “In a word, exciting.The HAKI product range is expanding rapidly, which is keeping our design engineers, manufacturing plant, training centres, logistics and sales teams very busy right across our global network of over countries. “In 2018 alone, we have introduced the HAKI Bridge System (HBS) and Public Access Stair (PAS) – both designed for loadings up to 7.5 kN/m2 with wide sector applications – a new UTV slim staircase which fits in tight spaces, in fact anywhere a conventional scaffolding ladder will go, and we have upgraded our world-famous stair tower system, with a lighter, faster, even safer Mk2 form.” And that is just the start… “On top of that, we are pioneering the use of technology in scaffolding for both design and training. We are working on
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