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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS
AUGUST 2015
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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.
“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.
EQSTRA ADDS KOBELCO EXCAVATORS
to its best-in-class range
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.