Handling Specialty Manufacturing Adds Rail Equipment Specialist to Sales Team: Anticipates Growth

Jan. 9, 2012 - PRLog -- January 2012 (Grimsby, ON): Handling Specialty Manufacturing Ltd., a provider of custom engineered and manufactured material handling equipment to companies worldwide, is proud to announce the addition of Richard Breznik, P. Eng. – a 30 year veteran of the rail industry – to its team to further meet the growing needs of current and future rail customers in Canada and around the world.

“We are extremely excited to bring Richard Breznik onto our team,” says Handling Specialty President Thomas Beach. “Handling Specialty has a 30-year history of working in the rail industry, providing heavy duty, reliable, safe material handling solutions to help rail customers perform regular operational tasks like wheelset changeouts, rail car painting, nose cone maintenance and various other service tasks. With the addition of Richard to our team, our capabilities and expertise continue develop and flourish.”

Richard’s experience includes 20 years at Procor in engineering, which was followed by the creation of his own consulting firm. He most recently provided his sales expertise to Whiting Equipment Canada Inc. in Welland, the parent company of Handling Specialty.

“Strategically, adding Richard to an already-experienced Handling team significantly boosts our expertise in providing equipment to the rail industry,” says Mr. Beach. “Add to that Whiting’s longstanding reputation providing heavy duty rail equipment such as electric jacks, drop tables, turntables, transfer tables and various body supports and hoists, and we feel there is no material handling challenge in the rail industry that we cannot solve.”

Mr. Breznik agrees: “I am very confident that with the experience I have gained through providing Whiting’s tried-and-true rail industry products to customers, and adding to that the proven history of Handling Specialty’s ability to solve even the most complex lifting challenges with innovative custom solutions, I bring the knowledge, tools and reputational backing to confidently meet the needs of rail customers in any situation.”

To contact Mr. Breznik (located at Handling Specialty’s Grimsby, Ontario office), please call (905) 945-9661 ext. 233, toll-free at (800) 559-8366 ext. 233 or email rbreznik@handling.com.

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To learn more about Handling Specialty’s rail expertise, or to arrange an interview please call:
Mary Haurilak, Marketing
Tel: 905.945.9661 ext 264
Cell: 905.979.8655
Email: mhaurilak@handling.com
Or visit our website at www.handling.com and see “Transportation”

About Handling Specialty Manufacturing Ltd.:
Handling Specialty is one of the world’s most pre-eminent custom designers and manufacturers of material handling solutions since 1963. The company’s reputation is one of a competent problem-solver because it has built a strong history of providing unique, custom-engineered solutions. This ability to solve problems has allowed Handling Specialty to achieve success in many sectors including transportation, automotive, aerospace, entertainment and metal processing industries.
Website: www.handling.com
About Whiting Equipment Canada Inc.:
Whiting Equipment Canada Inc., a subsidiary of Whiting Corporation, is a diversified designer and manufacturer of heavy industrial equipment with 127 years of continuous improvement.  Whiting is an acknowledged leader in the specialized fields of chemical processing, metallurgical, railway/transit vehicle lifting equipment including Trackmobile railcar movers, materials handling equipment, services and custom fabrication.
Whiting and its subsidiaries have design and manufacturing operations in 11 locations in North America and China, and actively export to six continents and Oceania.

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About Handling Specialty Manufacturing Ltd.:
Handling Specialty is one of the world’s most pre-eminent custom designers and manufacturers of material handling solutions since 1963. The company’s reputation is one of a competent problem-solver because it has built a strong history of providing unique, custom-engineered solutions. This ability to solve problems has allowed Handling Specialty to achieve success in many sectors including transportation, automotive, aerospace, entertainment and metal processing industries.
Website: www.handling.com