JOST has officially relocated its Victorian operations into a new purpose-built facility in Laverton North.
Operational as of 1 September, the 14,000-square-metre facility will consolidate all of JOST’s brands including traditional JOST products, HYVA, TRIDEC, ROCKINGER and Quicke under one roof.
The new head office is made up of a 300mm frontage, a 2,800-square-metre outdoor super awning area with B-double access for loading and unloading, an office and administration area and a training room to host workshops for mechanics and apprentices.
Accommodating all of JOST’s key functions from management and sales to engineering and operations, the facility will also include a showroom with the OEM’s previous Brisbane Truck Show displays for customers to view.
JOST Australia General Manager of Sales and Marketing, Corey Povey, told Trailer that the new head office, developed following a period of significant growth, was purpose-built to suit the needs of customers.
“We want to provide an industry-leading service for our customers,” he said.
“At JOST, it’s all about the customer experience. We want to deliver on our promise of customer service excellence and aftersales support.”
The facility is targeting a 5 Star Green Star Design and As Built rating in line with JOST’s core values.
Its sustainability features include LED lighting, water efficient fitting, rainwater recycling, a solar embedded network, low Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) carpets and paints and high-quality landscaping with an automatic irrigation system.
JOST’s new Victoria head office is conveniently located at 1/127 Cherry Lane in Melbourne’s West.
Its prime location gives JOST superb access to major arterial roads and freeways such as the Princes Freeway which will deliver greater efficiencies for freight and transport.
The facility, being much larger than its predecessor, will ultimately allow JOST to increase its capabilities while continuing to provide best practice customer service.
“This location is much larger than our previous head office and will accommodate everything that we need to do,” Povey told Trailer.
“We’ve tripled our painting capacity, removed bottlenecks and have added multiple dedicated prime mover fitting areas for fifth wheel fitments along with other services.
“All of this under one roof will improve our output, allow for complete quality control and minimise double handling of goods.
“Additionally, the full apron undercover loading and unloading area will allow us to operate through different weather conditions and in a safer environment.”
Importantly, the Laverton North site will also unlock future growth potential for JOST.
“We’ve still got room to grow,” Povey told Trailer.
“We want to keep up with the market. The demand and expectations from the OEM sector is growing along with the amount of fleets across Australia that are fitting JOST products.
“We’re now selling more fifth wheels than we ever have, and we need to put ourselves in a position to service all of the JOST products that are in the market.
“Put simply, we need to move with the market and expand so that we can service them ‘JOST like’.”
With HYVA now closing its doors in Beresfield, New South Wales, JOST’s Victorian headquarters will also house these operations and cater to the expanding hooklift and skip loader market.
“We’ll be holding a substantial amount of HYVA products such as hook loaders, skip loaders and tipping cylinders at this new location,” Povey said.
“No matter what our customers order from JOST, HYVA, Quicke or ROCKINGER, it will all be warehoused and packaged together under the one roof.
“For customers, this will minimise freight and delivery costs. For us, it will improve efficiency massively.”
JOST is planning for an official opening event to take place at the end of October where it will welcome all of its customers and partners.
“We would like to thank all of our customers for their business and support over the past 35 years,” Povey said.
“Along with the dedicated JOST staff, they have truly driven our growth.”
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