Positec the manufacturer behind the Kress brand of outdoor powered machinery has announced it will be revealing their new technological development in battery power to the UK specialist dealer network at some upcoming special events.
The company have organised an official launch of these new products, that have been kept tightly under wraps, at The Majestic in Harrogate on 22nd September - followed by a second presentation at New Hall Hotel in Birmingham on 26th September.
The company also plans another launch at this year’s SALTEX at the NEC.
Service Dealer’s Laurence Gale recently spoke to Don Gao, owner of Positec, for an exclusive interview to be featured in the upcoming November / December 2022 edition of Service Dealer magazine.
Don told Laurence about the new battery technology that’s being launched; “I am very proud in announcing that we are launching a completely new battery system that has the capability to be recharged in less than eight minutes and has a vastly longer battery recycling life span of 3000 times - ten times more than most current battery makes.
“We have for several years been aware that if we want to change the mindset of the professional end users, we needed to develop a battery system and a range of tools that would run efficiently for 6-8 hours without the need for long recharging times. Many current commercial battery systems and tools can only run for about an hour - with the need for a fairly long recharging time of around 40 minutes to an hour. This, for many professional end users, has not influenced them to change their favoured petrol-driven products."
Don continued, “We realised that for us to achieve our goal of meeting our climate change targets, we needed to develop a more efficient battery power system that could offer reduced charging times, but more importantly offer a longer life span of the battery, effectively offering more recycling times for the end user.”
Don also tells Laurence that his company sees specialist dealers as the key to getting this new technology out into the hands of professional users.
Be sure to read the full interview in the next issue of Service Dealer magazine
