DELICATE IN THE DETAIL
THE GREAT thing about road transport is the variety. There are so many different areas within our industry, from drivers and loaders to allocators and managers, store people and office workers to salespeople and detailers. Therefore, when I’m looking for volunteers for my ‘Woman in Trucking’ profiles, there is a vast array of options.
For my second Woman in Transport feature I decided to step away from the driver’s seat side of things and look into affiliated businesses.
I got very lucky when I met an extremely motivated and driven young woman who has built a successful business that caters to a tremendously important aspect of our industry, making sure our trucks look cool!
Maddison Lawrence is the young lady that I’ve lined up for this story and Slick Azz Protective Films is the business that she started.
The Brisbane-based company specialises in applying paint protection film to heavy vehicles. It’s a high-end film that shields the vehicle from the wear and tear of the tough industry we work in. The bonus side being it makes maintaining shine and cleaning trucks a hell of a lot easier.
The question is, how has a 27-year-old woman, with no family affiliation to transport, managed to not just break into the transport industry but thrive and fall in love with it. Easy really, she’s a bloody hard
