At first glance, the two Franconian companies Gebhardt and Paul & Co don't appear to have all that much in common. The first is a medium-sized construction business based in Marktheidenfeld in the Main-Spessart district. Paul & Co, based in Wildflecken in the Rhön region manufactures hard paper cores. The company belongs to the Kunert Group, which employs some 1670 staff at 15 locations worldwide to systematically manufacture cores and corrugated cardboard. What connects them, is the fact that they are both satisfied buyers of used trucks - something that both companies put down to the favourable price-performance ratio.

The family business, Gebhardt, which sells building materials and employs 140 people in six branches throughout Franconia, is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. The company, based in Marktheidenfeld is referred to in the trade as a "generalist", because it offers the entire range of building materials with specialist departments and specialist choices. For a quarter of a century now, Gebhardt has been collaborating with Suffel and is currently using 20 top-quality, used Linde trucks.

Special solutions possible

Thomas Obmann, one of the company's directors, is impressed by Suffel used trucks and the Five-Star Programme in place. In his opinion,
it pays to have used trucks if the quality and price are right. What's more, despite considerable operational demands, all the trucks delivered to date function flawlessly. "Issues" are always resolved quickly and professionally by Suffel, and spare parts are provided reliably and without delay.
Even special solutions or specific versions can be achieved with used trucks.

Equipped with 30 used trucks

Raimund Betz (director of technical central purchasing) and Willi Fröhlich (fleet manager) from Paul & Co in Wildflecken have had similar experiences. Here, 30 five-star used trucks are used on a daily basis for the manufacturing of paper cores. And everything runs smoothly.

At Paul & Co, it's all about cores. The products range from standard cores to special cores for all manner of materials, high-performance cores for printing paper, right through to surface refined cores for highly sensitive films. Internally, the cores are
transported by Suffel's five-star used trucks — at least this is the case at Paul & Co in Wildflecken.

Simple purchase

Both managers at Paul & Co praised the quick and simple procedure involved in purchasing used trucks. In an "emergency" especially, they know that Suffel and its employees can be relied upon. Even with used trucks, the price, service and reliability are all spot on.