Following the announcement of its dealership agreement with MDS International earlier this year, ELB Equipment has brought the first MDS unit into South Africa, the M515 heavy-duty track trommel. A key talking point is the machine’s ability to take feed sizes up to 800 mm and produce much larger material sizes than conventional screens and grizzlies. By Munesu Shoko.
John Deere Africa Middle East (AME) recently held its annual awards ceremony to honour its dealers for their commitment to the growth of the brand. For the first time since its launch in March 2021, the Construction and Forestry Division also celebrated its dealer partners, highlighting the crucial role its ‘foot soldiers’ have played in the division’s rapid market share gains in just 34 months. Munesu Shoko attended the event and filed this report.
Having taken the reins as MD of Wacker Neuson Sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, Dennis Vietze implemented a business expansion programme in 2019, which largely hinged on expanding access points for customers in the region through carefully selected dealer partners, and diversifying into new market segments and territories. He tells Quarrying Africa that to date the strategy has paid dividends, with the business doubling turnover in just four years. By Munesu Shoko.
To expand its contract mining service offering, Trollope Mining Services established a crushing and screening division in 2016. Amid growing demand for these services, the company has expanded its crushing and screening division with a large fleet of Metso machines supplied by Pilot Crushtec International. By Munesu Shoko.