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Shane Hanlon, Sales Manager, Jungheinrich (left) and Tom Hevey, Operations Manager at JMC (right).

JMC invests in new Kingswood freight hub and choses Jungheinrich lithium-ion forklifts

award-winning freight company JMc has recently made a significant investment of over €20 Million in a new 165,000 square foot distribution hub at Baldonnell, Kingswood, county Dublin. while also retaining its original premises on the Naas road, JMc, which specialises in next day Irish nationwide deliveries as well as customs clearance, uK/ European & global distribution, saw a major increase in business mainly due to Brexit-related activity and European demand which has resulted in the large development investment.

As the new distribution hub was a green-field site, JMC’s Managing Director, Garrett Murphy decided this was the ideal opportunity to invest in a sustainable future for the firm. Previously operating a large fleet of LPG forklifts at the original Naas Road hub, Garrett opted to make the move to a stateof-the-art, fully lithium-ion powered solution for its new fleet of 26 electric counterbalance forklifts at the new distribution hub.

JMC looked to Jungheinrich Ireland based in Maynooth, its long-standing partner for intralogistics, to reduce its carbon footprint and to provide a fleet of individually configured lithium-ion forklifts suitable for the 24-hour operational requirement, as well as a complete pallet racking solution at the new Kingswood premises. By moving to a lithium-ion solution with Jungheinrich, the electric forklifts provide JMC with a future-proof, sustainable solution which allows the fleet to be “plugged-in” for opportune charging over break periods, reducing operational downtime and health and safety risks due to no fumes, spills, or splashes.

“After accessing the broad spectrum of material handling suppliers, Jungheinrich proved to offer the best lithium-ion solution on the market for our requirements,” explained Garrett Murphy, Managing Director – JMC on the supply deal.