Rhino Charges Forward With HandiStep

Leading UK manufacturer of roof racks, roof bars and accessories for commercial vehicles – Rhino Products Ltd – has acquired the HandiStep brand into their product portfolio from Walker Scott Ltd.
“Rhino Products is going from strength to strength and so the HandiStep was a natural addition to the product range to offer a ‘one stop shop’ for Commercial Vehicles.” Says Steve Egerton, Managing Director, Rhino Products Ltd.


L-R Harry Bradshaw MD Walker Scott Ltd, Steve Egerton MD Rhino Products Ltd and Martyn Reeves Director Walker Scott Ltd

 

Steve adds; “All of our products are made with the operator in mind, and we continually strive for new ways to improve and evaluate our products to minimise risk and maximise safety.

The HandiStep addresses areas that surround Health & Safety, when loading/unloading roof mounted equipment or gaining access in or out of the vehicle.  This provides peace of mind for fleet owners, and owner operators alike.”

The acquisition papers were signed by Steve Egerton MD, Rhino Products and Harry Bradshaw Managing Director Walker Scott, back in December 2013.

“With immediate effect the HandiStep stocks and components at Walker Scott’s manufacturing facilities were shipped up to the Rhino Products head office, based on Deeside Industrial Park, North Wales.
We decided not to announce the acquisition as it happened, as we wanted to simply concentrate on continuing a seamless service that Walker Scott provided to their customers.

It’s also given our engineers the time to really analyse the HandiStep product in detail, and we are really excited about some forthcoming announcements and product launches at the CV Show, at the NEC in Birmingham this year (29th April – 1st May), put it this way the Rhino Products portfolio is growing at some speed” continues Steve.

Harry Bradshaw commented “We are really pleased with how smooth the acquisition of HandiStep went with Rhino Products, we have seen them grow over the years and we’re really excited to see how the HandiStep product will be developed and taken to the next level in Europe and beyond. We wish them every success.”