Orwell Truck & Van open new ATF in Ipswich
East Anglia’s Mercedes-Benz dealer Orwell Truck & Van has spent £600,000 on a new VOSA-approved Authorised Test Facility (ATF).
The dedicated lane is at Orwell’s headquarters on the Martlesham Heath Business Park, Ipswich. Service director Steve Webb says: “We have always prepared vehicles for MoT testing. But the big advantage for customers is that they can now have those tests carried out in our workshop, negating the need for a time-consuming trip to a VOSA site.
“Tests can also be carried out when their vehicles are in for routine maintenance or repair. This means their trucks will spend less time off the road and more time out on the road, doing their job and earning their keep,” he adds.
Orwell, which also has sites at Colchester, Newmarket and Norwich, will offer Class 4, 5 and 7 MoT testing on cars and vans at Ipswich.
“Our aim is to offer our customers a true ‘one-stop shop’ service. We have begun marketing our ATF to new customers, even those who run other makes of truck rather than Mercedes-Benz. And we’re confident that once they’ve seen the quality of our people, our products and our facilities, they’ll soon start putting other business our way too.”
The ATF testing bay is currently accepting bookings on Mondays and Tuesdays, from 8am to 3pm, with Orwell planning to extend testing to a third day from April. For more information call 0845 4 850 500.