What is your background and current role with Hackney? I worked many years in Venezuela before moving to California in early 2000 to work for Canteen Corporation. My main job was managing the customer accounts for companies that have employee cafeterias on site. My main take-away from that role was customer service, which has helped…
DetailsCoca-Cola Puerto Rico Bottlers (CCPRB) is the leading manufacturer, bottler and distributor of non-alcoholic beverages in Puerto Rico. In partnership with our Navistar dealer, Guaraguao Truck Sales, Inc., Hackney has been supplying CCPRB with traditional Hackney 10-bay beverage bodies and more recently the smaller, specialized Hackney 6-bay units. CCPRB came to Hackney with several issues…
DetailsPablo Burgos, President of Tecnologia Transportes Tecnotrans (TTT), is a Hackney Assembler in Costa Rica and Nicaragua who has worked with Hackney since 1995. He initially began working with Hackney Engineering in the Washington, NC corporate office before moving to Costa Rica. Not only does he have an extensive knowledge of the Hackney product line…
DetailsHow long have out been with Hackney and what do you do? I have been with the company since May 2005. My current title is business development manager. I develop and maintain the dealer network in addition to being a salesman for the Hackney Emergency Vehicles product line. What makes us unique is that all…
DetailsHow long have you been with Hackney and what do you do? I started with Hackney in 1980 at the Independence, KS facility. I spent about 3 years as a welder in the assembly department. Next I went into engineering to work on a special project which lasted less than a years’ time. After the…
DetailsGreat Bay Distributing has been an Anheuser-Busch wholesalers for 51 years with two facilities in St Petersburg and Holiday, Florida. Great Bay prides itself on carrying only the best customer demanded products and has grown into one of the largest beverage wholesalers in the Tampa Bay region. Michael Coleman, who has been with the company…
DetailsAndy Wyatt, owner of Wyatt Works, has been in the plumbing business for more than 35 years in Cleveland, OH and surrounding areas. What do you see in our service bodies that you do not see in others? “It’s more about what I don’t see in your service bodies which are five gallon buckets full…
DetailsHow long have you been working at Hackney? “I started at the age of 21 in February of 1977, so 43 years. I was first interviewed by Robert Hackney and he trained me for a customer service role on all the models, the nomenclature, and everything Hackney. My first job was to process stock units…
DetailsDue to the recent events surrounding Covid-19, many of our customers are experiencing a negative impact on their businesses and tightening their budgets. One of the first areas of cash conservation is limiting capital expenditures. Fleets will be forced to repair current equipment whenever possible rather than purchasing new. Those companies fortunate enough to run…
DetailsHector Claro Montt, Board Member at TLN – Transporte y Logistica Nacional, in Chile has been a partner with Hackney for more than 20 years. He is an assembler and distributor for Coca Cola and a Chilean brewery. We reached out to Hector to find out more about how he manages his distribution logistics and…
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