Distribution specialist Chris joins LTF

Our operation at Bury-based Lancashire Trade Frames (LTF) continues to grow. To support our ambitious plans, we have recently appointed a distribution specialist, Chris Bates as our Dispatch Manager.

Chris is local. Living in Little Lever, he’s very familiar with the Northwest, its roads and its transport network. He also brings to the role twelve years’ experience with Technical Textiles, a company that, like Lancs Trade, understands its customers’ needs and is committed to serving them.

We asked Chris what he found attractive about the new role. He told us that he was excited by the opportunity to bring skills learned from serving a diverse customer base into a manufacturing setting. He said, “In distribution, you can often be the last link in a complex chain you know little about. But when you’re working inside the manufacturing operation, you see how you fit in and the difference you make.”

Chris is new to the world of fabrication, but not to manufacturing. He was employed in textiles for twelve years, and understands the importance of smooth, efficient processes. With an extensive range of products to deliver – safely and on time, to customers of all sizes, in all sectors – that understanding will be key.

Mark Rowland, our MD, is delighted to have secured Chris’s expertise. He said, ‘We’re of a size now where we need proven strengths in key functions. When we have to seek those strengths outside the business, we look for the best fit possible. We believe we’ve found that in Chris and are very happy to have him on the team.”