VietNamNet Bridge - Tan Thanh Trading & Mechanic Corporation has become the official distributor of HAMMAR™ Sideloader, a product line from HAMMAR Group of Sweden in Vietnam after the cooperation agreement signed on November 10.

The signing ceremony between Hammar and Tan Thanh.

HAMMAR™ Sideloader will be distributed by Tan Thanh’s nationwide sales and service system with a 2 year warranty.

After 20 years, from a nail and zinc manufacturing factory with modest infrastructure, Tan Thanh now owns a warehouse of up to 120,000 m2, thousands of containers, semi-trailers, and six branches from north to south with a team of 600 professional engineers and skilled workers.

Annually, Tan Thanh supplies 2,000-3,000 semi-trailers to the domestic market and exports to many countries around the world such as Cambodia, Finland, Japan and Saudi Arabia.

This is a notable number for a reluctant businessman, Kieu Cong Thanh, the boss of Tan Thanh Corporation, who started a business from zero and did not have any experience. Not many people know that “Always leading in quality” is his business principle in this entire torturous journey. However, this practice has created a professional Tan Thanh with high-quality product lines that satisfy international standards.

This is the reason why HAMMAR Group decided to choose Tan Thanh as its partner in Vietnam to distribute the HAMMAR Sideloader product – a specialized semi-trailer that can lift up to 48 tons and stacks two levels of containers.

“The mission of Tan Thanh is to provide the best quality transportation equipment and containers for the country in order to help with the distribution of goods to domestic consumers and for exportation; helping the nation’s economy and society,” said Tan Thanh’s Director Kieu Cong Thanh.

“Tan Thanh believes that HAMMAR Sideloader products can bring great economic value to the transportation business,” he said.

HAMMAR Vietnam is a subsidiary of HAMMAR Maskin AB Company, which was established by Bengt-OlofHammar (Swedes) in1974.

This company specializes in producing specialized hydraulic crane mounted on transport vehicles such as truck or trailer. With the Swedish tradition of being the leader of heavy industrial and manufacturing engineering in the world, and HAMMAR’s extensive experience in heavy industry, products of HAMMAR account for 80 percent of the global market for side-loaders, and they are trusted in 120 countries around the world. Those products are now available in Vietnam through Tan Thanh’s distribution system.

HAMMAR Sideloader and the tough transportation problem

Not only does this create an "opportunity" for Tan Thanh, HAMMAR Sideloader product line also opens up a new direction for trading in Vietnam.

HAMMAR Sideloader product line has chassis produced 100% in Vietnam, with high tensile steel and hydraulic equipment imported from Sweden. They are processed in Tan Thanh semi-trailer plant under strict supervision of foreign engineers assigned by Sweden HAMMAR Group.

The appearance of HAMMAR Sideloader solves the financial problem of investment cost for conventional vehicles and trailers as well as the means for lifting, loading and unloading, helping to increase the safety and security of transported goods.

With HAMMAR Sideloader, one cycle can handle up to 48 tons and takes less than three minutes, lifting two 20’ containers simultaneously. It can switch from car to car; products move with high speed on the highway and operate in any terrain…

As for the end users, HAMMAR Sideloader helps increase import and export volume, maximizes workshop area, as well as reduces warehousing costs and workers costs.

“With the co-production and distribution of Tan Thanh and HAMMAR Vietnam, HAMMAR Sideloader products are sold in Vietnam market with better prices than those in other markets, yet buyers will still enjoy a 2-year warranty and after-sales service system from Tan Thanh’s nationwide service stations. I believe that this is the product line that can bring a lot of economic value for the transport business in Vietnam,” said Kieu Cong Thanh.

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