DELIVERY company Evri is welcoming 168 new articulated box vans to its fleet thanks to a Winsford business.

Tiger Trailers (located in Road One) worked closely with Evri - the biggest dedicated parcel carrier in the UK and the new name for Hermes – to ensure its new 4.6-metre-high box van trailers were manufactured to 'bespoke specifications and a high quality'.

This comes as the delivery company gears up to sort up to three million parcels every day going into peak season.

David Landy, Evri’s head of fleet, said: “It has been great to work with the Tiger Team again and see our initial discussions around specification become realised.

“This will ensure that our ‘in service’ is simplified to maintain the trailers more quickly and efficiently.

“It was imperative that specification, quality and delivery were all met and the team at Tiger have delivered on all fronts.”

Evri’s striking trailers can be seen on the operator’s new Tiger-built dry-freight box vans, with GK Signs working alongside the Cheshire manufacturer’s own fitters in applying each trailer’s full wrap.

Tiger first manufactured 200 twin-axle box van trailers for Hermes in 2015, and the two companies share a focus on environmental sustainability by means of solar panels and tree-planting, along with job creation for their local areas.

Evri has added 70 compressed natural gas Iveco trucks to its fleet over the last twelve months, with Tiger manufacturing skeletal and other specialist trailers for the parcel firm’s CNG supplier.

Darren Holland, Tiger Trailers’ sales director, remarks: “Working alongside David and the Evri team has been great and we are really pleased with the finished product.

“The fact that we can offer a full package has meant that we have designed, manufactured and also provided the leasing for these trailers via Tiger Finance.”

Evri will have received all 168 of its new Tiger Trailers box vans in time for the UK’s Black Friday retail period before it then continues to serve its customers throughout Christmas and beyond.

Ambassador Motor Company has provided Tiger with logistical support in making deliveries into the operator’s new Barnsley superhub called Colossus.