One of Australia’s most recognised brands ‘Pioneer’ was acquired by the UK based Hanson PCL in 2000, one of the largest aggregate, concrete and building products producers in the world.

Everyone would have been aware of the Pioneer vehicles on our roads throughout Australia. With over 1500 vehicles in the fleet it is not surprising that their presence was highly visible. Imagine then the task involved in re-branding this huge vehicle fleet to the Hanson Corporate livery. It represents a major task in logistics and quality control to ensure that the changeover goes smoothly with no noticeable impacts to customers as well as the high quality of workmanship demanded by Hanson.

The project programme requires that the fleet of concrete agitators, aggregate tippers and service vehicles be refinished over a two year period which commenced in June this year.

The first task was to select the paint products to be used and Hanson, after exhaustive research, specified Spies Hecker products, mainly from the Permafleet CV 2K range, for the job. The Spies Hecker finishes offered the quality and durability demanded for these hard working vehicles and the network of Spies Hecker bodyshops Australia wide provided the logistical solution to repainting such a large and widely dispersed fleet.

Comprehensive paint specifications were established by Spies Hecker and careful colour matching completed to Hanson corporate standards. These specifications were then distributed to all participating bodyshops.

Such a large project requires co-operation on a major scale between parties involved and, two months into the programme, Spies Hecker reports that progress is excellent.

For more information please call Spies Hecker on (02) 8818 4330.