In five years to 2015, sales of larger crawler excavators have dropped from 33% to 24% of total machine sales, while mini-excavators have improved from 15% to 24%. The world market for earthmoving machines closed 2015 with 628 000 units sold, down 14% compared to 2014,
2006 was a fantastic year for the South African construction sector. Contractors were getting ready to start building the large stadia for Soccer World Cup, major highways were undergoing major upgrades, construction on the Gautrain had started in earnest and Eskom’s Medupi was looming large. This
Doosan South Africa has long-term plans to move more of its articulated haulers into the local market. DISA Equipment, which operates as Doosan South Africa, the exclusive dealer for Doosan in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, has a long-term target to grow the volumes of its
The first Bell B30E ADT has arrived in Argentina following the appointment of Repas SA as a Bell dealer in that country. The appointment of three new dealers in South America in recent months has positioned South African heavy equipment manufacturer and articulated dump truck (ADT)
Modi Mining relies on load and haul equipment from Bell Equipment. Ever since Sam Molefi had qualified as a mining engineer at the Witwatersrand Technikon and had gone on to work, first as a learner official before taking on more responsibilities in this challenging field, he
Neil Wilson, Goscor Group CEO (left) and David Xiao, MD of Sany Southern Africa (right), shaking hands after signing a distribution deal. The Goscor Group, a South African industrial equipment specialist, has signed an agreement to become the official dealer of Chinese OEM Sany’s earthmoving equipment
ICerMax, a manufacturer of the DuoAquaTrap, is looking for agents in sub-Saharan Africa, Equipment Africa can report. The company’s technology addresses free and suspended water and particulate contamination, and features a three-stage filter process, comprising a water trap, on-board spin-on filter and depth synthetic filter. Its design
Wacker Neuson has launched new excavators. Wacker Neuson’s new excavators between six and 10 tons operating weight include the EZ80, a zero tail model without overhang, the ET65 and ET90 tracked units and the EW65 and EW100 wheeled machines. The EZ80 is the latest model in this
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The deal was concluded at the recently ended bauma 2016. Babcock, the exclusive southern African distributor of leading construction brands including Volvo, Terex Trucks, Tadano, SDLG and Winget, has concluded a deal with Sennebogen which will see the German construction equipment company’s range of duty cycle,