Capital Equipment News April 2016

COVER STORY: VW Constellation makes headway in SA market Access equipment

CONTENTS Capital Equipment News is published monthly by Crown Publications cc Editor: Pierre Sanson capnews@crown.co.za Advertising manager: Claudia Bertschy

claudiab@crown.co.za Layout and design: Anoonashe Shumba

Circulation: Karen Smith

2 EDITOR’S COMMENT COVER STORY 4 VW CONSTELLATION MAKES HEADWAY IN SA MARKET ACCESS EQUIPMENT 6 Goscor Access helps Mr Price with new centre 8 Skyjacks invests in new rental fleet 10 Goscor hi-reach makes agri work safer 11 Goscor raises the Mall of Africa 12 Safety for work-at-height workers EARTHMOVING 13 Kobelco delivers first excavator 14 Case 885B series motor grader MINING 16 Atlas Copco 10 t breaker 17 Booyco launches surface mining applications CONSTRUCTION

AGRICULTURE 20 Sew-Eurodrive tailors motors for sugar producers 21 Firestone upgrades tractor tyres USED EQUIPMENT 22 Dura Equipment provides economies in used plant TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS 24 Vanguard moves transformers to DRC 25 Imperial improves efficiency with FleetBoard 26 FAW increases export volumes 28 Mercedes Vito van tested 30 VW crafter a champion of urban deliveries 32 Iveco Daily makes SA debut 34 Fuso electric truck launched in Europe 36 Daimler leads in vehicle connectivity AROUND THE GLOBE 40 Voith couplings for power transmission applications

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18 Sasol undertakes repairs to plant 19 The basics of soil compaction

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