Capital Equipment News August 2015

OPEN CAST MINING

EQSTRA ADDS KOBELCO EXCAVATORS to its best-in-class range

C onsidered to be the world’s most fuel efficient excavator technology, the Kobelco range of excavators, of up to 85 tons operating weight, is now available in South Africa from Eqstra Heavy Equip- ment (EHE), following the signing of an au- thorised partnership between EHE and Toy- ota Tsusho Africa (Pty) Ltd (TTAF). In terms of this partnership, which brings together the strength, reliability and might of two of the major players in the South African market – Eqstra and TTAF, EHE will market the tough, reliable and high performance Kobelco Hydraulic Excavators in South Af- rica, providing the full suite of sales and aftermarket support services. EHE is part of Eqstra’s Industrial Equipment Division. TTAF is a subsidiary company of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan, a Toyota Group company, which has been committed to the development of the South African economy for more than 50 years. “The beauty of Kobelco Excavators is low fuel consumption with high productivity. This is combined with reduced CO 2 emissions and low noise, low vibration operation. As the newly authorized distributor of Kobelco Excavators in South Africa, we at Toyota Tsu- sho Africa are very proud to introduce these productive and environmentally friendly excavators,” says Yoshitaka Shinhara, Divi- sional General Manager of TTAF.

KOBELCO Hydraulic Excavators will be unveiled at Eqstra’s stand at Bauma Conexpo Africa 2015, due to take place at Nasrec in Johannesburg from 15 – 18 September.

“The Kobelco range is the perfect fit with our other Best-in-Class range of heavy equip- ment, enabling us to provide an excavator for every application,” says EHE Managing Director, Ronald Erasmus. “We are proud to be a partner in making these excavators available in South Africa, a brand that is syn- onymous with the highest quality, reliability and user satisfaction. Kobelco’s attention to detail in addressing all its users’ require- ments goes as far as even the colouring of the machines, selecting a human-friendly blue-green, rather than the traditional intim- idating bright yellow.” Forging relationships for life with their cus- tomers, EHE, in partnership with TTAF, offers a comprehensive range of services to the in- dustrial sector, which includes long and short term rentals, parts supply, service and main- tenance contracts, sales of new and used equipment, and operator driver training. Kobelco Hydraulic Excavators will be un- veiled at Eqstra’s stand at Bauma Conexpo Africa 2015, due to take place at Nasrec in Johannesburg from15 – 18 September. Eqstra Industrial Equipment (“EIE”) provides distribution, leasing, rental and value-added services for industrial, materials handling and agricultural equipment in South Afri- ca, various other African countries, the UK and Ireland. EIE has exclusive distribution

agreements with best-in-class brands and operates from 6 branches, 4 depots and many dealerships in Southern Africa, with representation in Angola, Botswana, Mo- zambique, Malawi, Madagascar, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The UK industrial equipment business, Impact Fork Trucks Handling (Impact) is the exclusive distributor for Cat Lift Trucks in the UK and Ireland. EIE forms part of the EQSTRA Holdings Limited Group, which is listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange.

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