Sustainability and innovation key for van converter Bri-Stor Systems

It is often said that life begins at 40 and, after celebrating this milestone last year with a record-setting performance, Bri-Stor Systems is well-placed to prove this is true.

The company, which was named Converter of the Year in the 2024 Fleet News Awards, has invested heavily in enhancing its core offering as well as developing a range of innovative and sustainable solutions to help it thrive in the future.

These include a virtual reality service and electrically-powered tyre-fitting equipment for mobile fitting vans, while it is also making its operations more sustainable.

But these are not technological developments for the sake of it: they are all designed to enhance and improve the complicated process of providing commercial vehicles with the right conversions to provide operational, safety and efficiency benefits.

“There are many, many moving pieces in a van conversion, from taking the virgin vehicle from the OEM to delivering to the customer a van that’s ready to pass on to one of their engineers,” says Simon Webb, managing director of Bri-Stor Systems.

“And these pieces move on a daily or weekly basis. It’s a very fluid industry, and it may sound like a throwaway comment, but if it was easy, the OEMs would do it.

“We’ve got the ethos, the ability and a strong supply chain that enables us to be very agile and react really quickly to customers’ demands and needs.”