Construction World March 2016

ABOVE LEFT: The Manitou fleet of 21 rough terrain machines for all lifting and reaching operations at West End Clay Bricks in Westonaria.

ABOVE: Shaun Roodt (mine manager), Douw Roux (workshop manager) Eric de Wet (Manitou area specialist) and Francois Aveling (operations director) shake hands at the handover of West End Clay Bricks’ new fleet of Manitou machines.

BELOW: Manitou machines work 24/7 to produce 350 000 bricks a day.

BOTTOM: Kobus Esterhuizen provides 24/7 on-site field service at West End Clay Bricks and conducts a 36-point check of each machine every morning.

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“As we are a manual operations plant, everything gets handled by forklifts, telehandlers or loaders. Without them, our production comes to a standstill,” explains Aveling. “The quality of Manitou machines and the exceptional service and support we receive are the reasons why we have relied n them for over 14 years.” West End Clay Bricks employs 250 people at their site in Westonaria, South Africa. The new Manitou fleet includes: three MHT-X 780 and four MT-X 625 rough terrain telehandlers, five MX 50-2 and six MX 30-2 rough terrain forklifts as well as four MI-35 conventional forklifts in their existing fleet.

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