Medical Equipment Courier for Exhibitions and Trade Shows

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Unless you are involved in the sphere of medical equipment, whether as a manufacturer, importer, supplier or user, you might be surprised to discover just how many exhibitions and trade shows there are for medical equipment throughout the passage of a single year. We did a bit of research and very quickly we came up with 15 of them dotted around the UK and Ireland. So, what did this tell us? Clearly there is a need for a courier service that can ensure any medical equipment is carefully transported to venues and set up ready for use where appropriate.

Why use a specialist medical equipment courier?

Interestingly, it is very rarely that medical equipment gets damaged during transportation. The reason for this is because of the very delicate nature of medical equipment, so considerable thought and effort is put into the packaging and crating of the equipment to ensure its safe transport. However, with all that packaging and crating, there are two particularly critical moments when damage is most likely to occur, and it is for this reason you are much better off using an experienced, professional medical equipment courier. So, what are we talking about?

Packing and unpacking of medical equipment requires a great deal of experience if you want to minimise the risk of any damage. Now, in the scenario of the delivery to a customer, in the horrific event the equipment does get damaged, a replacement part of replacement machine can be installed a few days later. It is hugely inconvenient, but it is not a disaster. However, if you damage equipment that is needed for a medical trade show or medical equipment exhibition, then that could be a complete disaster as you could end up being there for two days with a machine that doesn’t work. In reality, you might as well not be there at all as a broken-down machine does not create the right image when you are trying to sell one.

There is no substitute for experience where a medical equipment courier is concerned

One of the greatest mistakes made when it comes to transporting medical equipment to trade shows and medical equipment exhibitions is not having sufficient manpower available. We have heard many stories of the equipment being transported by one single person who is then totally reliant on people at the exhibition to help with the unloading and unpackaging. We have also come across situations where medical equipment has been successfully unpacked, but then all the packaging materials were discarded so that when it came to transport the equipment back to the business premises, there was a major problem. As we tell all our clients, leave the transportation, the medical equipment logistics up to us, and you just concentrate on promoting it and selling it.

What is involved when using a medical equipment courier for exhibitions and trade shows?

As with all our clients, it begins with either a phone call or an email enquiry. Medical equipment logistics aren’t something every courier can handle and this is why a courier like Distribusha should be your chosen option. This is primarily because of four main factors:

The size and weight of most medical equipment means that more than one member of Distribusha’s staff will be needed to ensure that the equipment is moved unpacked and repacked safely. We can provide up to three members of staff for particularly bulky and heavy medical equipment. Few couriers can offer that.

A door-to-door collection and delivery service is required and, more important, this is usually time sensitive – in other words the collection and delivery of the equipment has to be at a specific time and not just at some point during the day. When you think about it, that makes perfect sense as, particularly at the exhibition centre or venue, you don’t want to be waiting around aimlessly for half a day wondering when/if your equipment will turn up. For extremely busy exhibition centres, they will only allow collection and drop-off during certain times.

On many occasions, delivery to an exhibition venue includes setting the equipment up so that it is fully operational. We are frequently asked to do this by our clients as they know we have delivered and installed medical equipment to their customers, and so they trust us with such an important aspect of the courier service we offer. Our drivers and staff are all very experienced, having worked for Distribusha for many years, and you cannot put a value on their experience.

In between delivery and collection of the medical equipment at the exhibition centre or trade show, we will safeguard the original packing materials so that when it comes to bringing the equipment back from the venue, it is well protected against any damage.