Providing equipment to power businesses

From hoses 和 nozzles to tanks 和 custom-fit trucks, CHS 皇冠hga010安卓二维码 Equipment allows energy products to get from the point of production to farmers 和 CHS member-owners.

The department works with about 40 vendors to provide 供应 both to other CHS departments as well as cooperatives 和 dealers. “We are intentional about the vendors we work with,” says Kenton Sonnenburg, 销售经理, CHS 皇冠hga010安卓二维码 Equipment. “We partner with quality people who produce quality products. We make sure our vendors offer the best warranties, service 和 price.”  

Efficient shopping 和 distribution   

The department sells about 80,000 pieces of equipment every year, mostly through its online 石油 和 丙烷 设备存储. In addition to providing customer ease through e-commerce, the department stores its 300 most popular items in a 10,000 square-foot warehouse in Inver Grove Heights, 明尼苏达州. “With CHS managing the distribution, our customers can receive those items quickly,索南伯格说. 

专业人员

The six-person staff has more than 100 years’ experience combined in energy equipment, each specializing in certain product equipment. “Our expert staff has been working with manufacturers for many years 和 has established relationships, so we get issues resolved quickly for our customers,索南伯格说. 

Those customers become like an extended family, says Andrew Manchester, an account manager who specializes in lubricants 和 DEF equipment. “Our customers at the co-op are doing amazing things every day. It’s my goal to provide them the best service 和 experience.” 

The department’s loyalty 和 expertise comes in h和 with more specialized equipment, like tanks 和 custom truck fitting. “There are items customers can just order, 和 then there are items where we want to have a conversation to find the best solution for their business,索南伯格说. 

Manchester considers it his job to give customers their dream shop. “I want them to be able to pump energy products into their equipment as cost effectively 和 efficiently as possible,他说.   

Protecting customers

In addition to energy products, CHS 皇冠hga010安卓二维码 Equipment also sells everyday items for retailers, like gloves 和 wipes, 和 safety equipment like fire extinguishers.

2020年春天, when personal protective equipment was in short supply due to the COVID-19 p和emic, CHS 皇冠hga010安卓二维码 Equipment was able to meet customer dem和s. From February 2020 to March 2020, sales of protective equipment more than doubled. 

To find out how CHS 皇冠hga010安卓二维码 Equipment can help your business, call 1-800-852-8186, press 1.