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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS
JUNE 2016
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TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS
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linigen South Africa is part of the
Clinigen Group which is a rapid-
ly-growing global specialty pharma-
ceutical and services company. It focuses
on delivering the right medicine to the right
patient at the right time to improve the qual-
ity of people’s lives around the world. The
Group consists of five synergistic business-
es focused in three areas of global med-
icine supply: clinical trial, unlicensed and
licensed medicines. The complementary
businesses operate efficiently in a complex
global regulatory environment and can en-
sure that precious medicines are delivered
securely and effectively, wherever they are
needed throughout the product lifecycle.
A key strategy of the South African op-
erations, whose pharmaceutical range
consists of both propriety and unlicensed
products, is a commitment to building
lasting relationships with blue chip phar-
maceutical and medical technology com-
panies throughout the world. They support
key customers and hospital pharmacists
throughout the region as there is increas-
ing demand for speciality hospital based
oncology, anti-infective, orphan and other
crucial drugs in emerging markets. With
their underlying philosophy of getting the
right medicine to the right patient in the
quickest possible time, no matter the lo-
cation, Clingen South Africa has upgraded
its vehicle fleet to provide such services.
At a recent handover of two New Iveco
Daily vans to the Group, Benjamin Miny,
Managing Director: Africa of Clingen, said,
“We acquired these two Iveco Daily’s to re-
place the ageing vehicles which had given
us service for the past five years. Our busi-
ness has achieved significant growth in
those five years and we therefore required
a more cost effective delivery system. We
found that the previous vehicles only had
capacity of 2,5 to 3 pallets per load whilst
the Iveco’s are able to accommodate up to
5 pallets at a time, thereby decreasing our
daily turnaround times.”
“We had excellent service from the Iveco
dealer, Truck Centre Wadeville and es-
pecially their Sales Executive, Sue-Ellen
Fouche who assessed our requirements
to the full in order to supply the correct
specification vehicles, suited to cater for
our bulk deliveries that often stretch more
than 200 km from our warehouse. With
our drivers in mind we were able to nego-
tiate the ‘comfort spec’ option which will
improve overall deliveries and driver com-
fort,” added Miny.
The Iveco Daily 50C15V16, supplied to
Clinigen South Africa is fitted with the
latest generation common rail system on
the 3.0 litre Euro IV engine, delivering 146
hp @ 3000 - 3500 rpm and a torque of
300 Nm @ 1400 – 2000 rpm. Mated to a
6-speed manual, synchromesh transmis-
sion, the Daily has some new features for
reducing fuel consumption, including the
EcoSwitch, enabled by the driver to modu-
late the engine torque. The EcoMac intelli-
gent cooling system and the alternator that
operates only in the energy recovery phase
contribution to the reduction in fuel. The
voluminous 16 cum load area with the low
55 mm load height makes for precise and
economical load placement in the vehicle.
“The overall design of the load area and
the strength of the bodywork will enable
us to fit insulation in the van that will
be an advantage for us in transporting
pharmaceuticals that are required to be
kept at specific temperature,” concluded
Miny.
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Clinigen South Africa
ACQUIRES NEW IVECO DAILY VANS