RICHARD BLAGDEN

One of the most experienced people in the industry (let alone our company), Richard Blagden joined Welfaux in July 1989 and has been in the forklift industry since 1987; an impressive 36 years and counting! Richard is our Operations Director, using his vast experience to manage and interact in every part of the business and the day-to-day running of the company. He thoroughly enjoys being able to interact with the whole team at Welfaux and negotiating the juggling act of what we do, be it fixing, selling or organising anything to do with the business to make it work as efficiently as possible. 

Richard has had some fantastic achievements throughout his years at Welfaux. He started at Welfaux as a service engineer before going into sales and being part of the team that secured a contract to supply 40+ forklift trucks to DHL Global Forwarding. Additionally, Richard was promoted to a Director of the company in 2015, as recognition for his longstanding commitment to the company.

His favourite product we sell at Welfaux is the Mitsubishi GRENDIA; the best engine-powered truck on the market. He notes, “It is driver friendly, extremely fuel-efficient and practically bulletproof. Of course, we are all heading towards electric power nowadays and the Mitsubishi EDiA electric range of forklift trucks is proving to be every bit as good as the Mitsubishi engine-powered range.”