rench special vehicle manufacturer NICOLAS was honored by the French plant manufacturer Technip with the Supply Star award. With more than 25,000 employees, Technip has a worldwide presence. When transporting oversized cable reels for off and on-shore pipeline systems, Technip relies on reel carrier vehicles from NICOLAS and acknowledged the high quality of cooperation with NICOLAS well as the excellent service through the Supply Star, which was presented for the tenth time in 2014
Each year, Technip presents its best and most reliable suppliers with the Supply Star award. The key criteria are overall performance, reliability, responsiveness and risk management. In the process, various suppliers from service providers to raw material suppliers are evaluated. NICOLAS said it has good reason to stand out when one just considers the dimensions of the supplied product: the NICOLAS Reel Carrier is approx. 25 meters high and up to 20 meters wide, and is used to move drums of off and on-shore hose and cables at Technip facilities. In spite of its huge dimensions, the Reel Carrier must be able to position the loads with pinpoint accuracy. Electronic controls provide the necessary precision and facilitate a range of driving maneuvers in order to optimize in-plant processes.