After months of negotiations and awaited approval, JOST announced its acquisition of international hydraulics solutions provider, Hyva, in early February.
A leading global supplier to the transport industry, JOST manufactures a wide range of components. This latest acquisition will see Hyva’s operations in over 110 countries – including Australia – fall under JOST ownership.
Allied Waste Concepts is among the companies that continues to rely on Hyva’s products and servicing. Since the acquisition was finalised, Allied Waste Concepts has added a new unit fitted with hooklifts from the company into its waste operations.
Founded in 2004 by the Briggs and Buxton families, Allied Waste Concepts handles the transport of contaminated waste.
It began with the collection and transport of both EPA and non-EPA waste, with just one truck in Brooklyn, Victoria.
In the years that followed, the operation and its capabilities grew.
“When Allied Waste Concepts was born, there was a need in the industry for businesses that would do what they said they would do,” said Director of Business, Doug Briggs. “Allied Waste Concepts has been built on that. It has been built on giving proper service and will continue to do so.”
Allied Waste Concepts General Manager and one of Doug’s sons, Jay Briggs added, “Our family’s values are present in everything we do.”
The company’s operations now involve a seven-truck fleet with an eighth on the way, and a large staff of personnel ensuring the business runs smoothly.
Hyva has supplied Allied Waste Services with its state-of-the-art hooklifts for the past five years.
As Jay explained, “The first time we ventured into the Hyva hooklift was off a recommendation from Scania. Since then, our relationship with Hyva has been fantastic.
“Murray and Richard from the company have been awesome to deal with. They always answer the phone if we have any rare issues or breakages, and they’ll give us prompt advice on how to fix or rectify them.”
Hyva hooklifts have been fitted to Allied Waste Concepts’ last three trucks, including the newest one that arrived at the end of February – a Scania P420.
The addition of these hooklifts provide the units with a much greater ability to pick up and transport a variety of waste items.
The multi-rail Hyva hooklifts feature manually adjustable 1450mm and 1570mm pick-up hooks with a pneumatic locking safety latch. These enable the truck to lift waste bins to a higher elevation than what was previously possible and to turn the bins to a greater tilt angle than before, allowing for the collection of more waste types.
Liquid waste, collected from sludge bins, can be emptied out and collected with greater ease due to the trucks’ new elevation and angle capacity provided by the hooklifts.
These new capabilities allow Allied Waste Concepts’ combinations to service a greater number of segments and collect a wider range of waste.
“Hyva’s hooklifts help us to service all areas of the market,” said Jay. “In addition to the extra rail widths and bin heights that we can access to transport more waste, we also have the flexibility to move materials that we haven’t previously been equipped to move.
“The hooklifts also provide our trucks with greater stability when lifting waste due to their solid locking system.”
Commenting on Hyva now being under JOST ownership, Jay added, “The JOST brand has a greater capability to hold more stock and will have more branches to access for product availability or service. That will be very exciting.”
JOST is also excited about the Hyva acquisition and its business with Allied Waste Concepts.
JOST General Manager of Sales and Marketing, Corey Povey, acknowledges the shared history between both companies from when JOST Australia was a distributor for Hyva around 25 years ago.
“JOST and Hyva both have a strong brand reputation and excellent product range,” he said. “We look forward to providing national support to the Hyva team and helping the business grow further, especially in the recycling sector.”