A trailer maker has created a mobile command centre for the world’s biggest car salvage company.
The office-on-wheels has been made by Ifor Williams Trailers for American-owned Copart who recover and sell on 500,000 damaged cars a year in the UK alone.
The company’s base in North Wales is across the road from the trailer firm’s factory in Sandycroft on Deeside.
Copart has its headquarters in Dallas, Texas, and provides online vehicle auction and remarketing services in the US, Canada and the UK.
The bespoke catastrophe response centre is based on the Welsh firm’s versatile business-in-a-box trailer which can be adapted for a huge range of commercial uses.
The Copart command centre includes a reception area, work stations and comfy seating, as well as its own generator which means it doesn’t need a power supply.
Copart works closely with insurance companies when vehicles are damaged in accidents or by natural disasters like flooding or storms.
Joe O’Leary, Copart’s senior director of equipment, safety and environmental compliance, said: “We had flooding in Houston, Texas, which was caused by a big rain event and we had about 8,000 cars. But that’s small for us in the United States. As a result of Hurricane Harvey two years ago we pulled in 92,000 cars.
“The purpose of this trailer is to go remotely away from one of our sites, and provide a command centre for the customer service representatives who will be interfaced with our computer system.
“This is my first command centre from Ifor Williams Trailers and it’s magnificent.
“It was everything I thought that it would be, it really is.”
