Construction World March 2016

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.

“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.

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.