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27/10/2017

McHale Plant Opens UK Logistics Centre Near Leeds

McHale Plant Sales has opened a UK logistics centre near Leeds in West Yorkshire.

The construction plant and machinery distributor will used the facility as a transportation, storage and transit centre for its growing trade in used machinery.

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The facility will also provide an additional benefit in the future, should McHale require a UK operational base post Brexit.

(LM/MH)

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