CRANE provider Forsyth of Denny showcased its whole service offering to a global renewables industry audience at the recent All-Energy Exhibition and Conference, held at Glasgow’s SEC.
Occupying a sizeable stand, the firm was one of around 250 exhibitors that had come from as far afield as South Korea to the event, which brings together the renewable energy community for two days of networking, discussions, and relationship building.
“The renewable industry is where we need and want to be,” Ryan Walker, technical representative at Forsyth of Denny, told Project Plant during the event, revealing the ‘steep’ modernisation programme the firm has undergone over the last six years to help break into such sectors.
The investment can be found in the likes of Forsyth’s new Terex Demag TC2800 crane, as well as new support cranes, transport fleets, and the development of a component exchange crew. “We’re offering pretty much the whole service and trying to make it as easy as possible for companies to utilise us – and that’s what we’re looking to get across today,” Ryan added.
Revealing that the company had some ‘really good’ conversations at the event, Ryan added that the running theme was availability of resources and companies looking to capitalise on Forsyth of Denny’s experience and knowledge both of Scotland and the industry itself – with much of the firm’s senior management team being made up of stalwarts from Windhoist, which acquired the business in 2016.
Forsyth offers a package approach to renewable projects which even includes taking care of things such as local authority permissions and road closures.
“A lot of the companies that are tendering and have been awarded work in Scotland are coming from Spain, Italy, etc.” Ryan said. He explained that companies from abroad with contracts in Scotland had visited the stand to touch base and ask for some local guidance ahead of projects beginning in Scotland in the next few years.
“We’re making partnerships now, offering that one-stop service, and saving them trying to make contacts when they’re not in the country,” Ryan added.
