Capital Equipment News August 2016

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS

AUGUST 2016

TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS

lobal beverage giant SABMiller and

its affiliate ABI are ensuring uninter-

rupted production and supply of their

world-famous beer and soft drink brands

that provide refreshment and sociability to

millions of people all over the world who en-

joy their products. Reliable power supply is

a fundamental aspect of this, and SABMiller

has installed standby power generation solu-

tions supplied by Cummins at six important

facilities nationwide.

The SABMiller Alrode Brewery, south of

Johannesburg, was supplied with four fully

containerised C2500 D5A generator sets,

which were supplied and commissioned

onsite by Cummins. Cummins Southern Africa

General Manager for Power Systems, Warrick

Gibbens notes that the gensets were installed

for emergency standby power.

“The generators were imported with a 50 ºC

radiator mounted, before being containerised

in modified 12 m shipping containers and

electrically assembled in collaboration with

our South African engineering partners. The

6,6 kV generators boast a prime rating of

1 800 kVA, and are powered by a Cummins

QSK60G8 engine,” he explains.

The SABMiller Polokwane Brewery in Limpo-

po was supplied with two fully containerised

C1675 D5 gensets. The 11 kV gensets fea-

ture a prime rating of 1 400 kVA, and were

installed for standby power generation. The

generators were also containerised in mod-

ified 12 m shipping containers by Cummins

Power Generation, in close collaboration with

its South African engineering partners.

Gibbens points out that the scope of work at

the Prospecton Brewery in KwaZulu-Natal in-

volved the supply, installation and onsite com-

missioning of three C2250 D5 gensets. The

generators were delivered directly to the site

for installation into a purpose-built generator

room. In addition to the supply of the genera-

tors, Cummins also supplied and installed the

sound attenuation equipment for the genera-

tor room.

In addition to the breweries, Cummins supplied

power generation solutions to Amalgamated

Beverage Industries (ABI) – one of the leading

soft drink businesses in the international

SABMiller group of companies, and one of

the largest producers and distributors of the

Coca-Cola Company brands in the southern

hemisphere. ABI is the biggest bottler for

Coca-Cola South Africa, representing just

under 60% of local volumes.

“To this end, uninterrupted power supply

is essential at all times. The contract with

ABI included three sites, namely, Devland in

Soweto, Gauteng, ABI Pretoria in Gauteng

and Phoenix in KwaZulu-Natal. The contract

involved the supply and onsite commission-

ing of three C1675 D5 gensets for Devland,

three C1675 D5 gensets for Phoenix and two

C1675 D5 gensets for Pretoria, as standby

power,” Gibbens concludes.

The SABMiller installations at Alrode, Pros-

pecton and Polokwane included the supply

and commissioning of a DMC300 Master

Controller to allow for synchronisation with

a dual incoming utility mains supply. The ABI

Phoenix and Devland sites were equipped

with a DMC1500 for synchronisation with a

single incoming utility mains supply.

Uninterrupted supply

WITH CUMMINS STANDBY POWER

NAAMSA COMMENTS ON NEW VEHICLES SALES

at year’s midway mark

The 6,6 kV generators boast a prime rating of

1 800 kVA.

ommenting on the new vehicle sales

statistics for the month of June 2016 –

released in July for public consumption

on the website of the Department of Trade &

Industry – the Association pointed out that the

recent weaker trend in domestic new vehicle

sales had continued during the month with all

segments, except heavy commercial vehicles,

registering declines compared to the corre-

sponding month last year.

At the half way mark, the new car market re-

flected a fall of 10,4% compared to the corre-

sponding six months of 2015, light commer-

cials were down 8,9%, medium commercials

were down by 19% whilst heavy trucks and

buses were down 4,4%.

June 2016 aggregate new vehicle sales at

44 939 units had registered a decline of

5 311 vehicles or a fall of 10,6% compared

to the 50 250 vehicles sold in June last

year. Aggregate industry export sales at

30 965 for June 2016 reflected a marginal

decline of 454 vehicles or a fall of 1,4%

compared to the 31 419 vehicles exported

in June last year.

Overall, out of the total reported Industry sales

of 44 939 vehicles, an estimated 37 575 units

or 83,6% represented dealer sales, 11,9%

represented sales to the vehicle rental indus-

try, 3,2% represented industry corporate fleet

sales and 1,3% sales to government.

The new car market had continued to ex-

perience pressure during June 2016 and at

29 070 units reflected a decline of 3 850 cars

or a fall of 11,7% compared to the 32 920

new cars sold in June last year. This was de-

spite a strong contribution by the car rental

industry which had accounted for 16,8% of

new cars sold during the month.

Domestic sales of industry new light com-

mercial vehicles, bakkies and mini buses at

13 398 units during June 2016 reflected a

decline of 1 433 units or a fall of 9,7% com-

pared to the 14 831 light commercial vehicles

sold during the corresponding month last year.

Sales of vehicles in the medium and heavy

truck segments of the Industry at 779 units

and 1 692 units, respectively, reflected a

mixed picture and showed a decline, in the

case of medium commercial vehicles, of 71

units or 8,4% and, in the case of heavy trucks

and buses, a modest improvement of 43 vehi-

cles or an increase of 2,6% compared to the

corresponding month last year.

Industry new vehicle exports during June

2016 had registered a modest decline of 454

vehicles or a fall of 1,4% from the 31 419 ve-

hicles exported in June last year to 30 965 ve-

hicle exports. The momentum of new vehicle

exports should improve during the second half

of 2016 as a result of an expected increase

in light commercial vehicle exports to Europe.

In contrast to the continuing difficult domestic

trading environment, new vehicle export sales

should support the industry’s vehicle production

levels and South Africa’s balance of payments.

In this regard, indications from exporters antic-

ipated an improvement in vehicle export sales

during the second half of 2016.