In the early part of last year, Peter Contractors, of Bloemfontein, formed a relationship with the local branch of Babcock Equipment when it took delivery of its first Volve machine. Today the Volvo complement in the company's plant includes two EC210B..

Over the past ten years there has been a paradigm shift that has seen maintenance become almost synonymous with achieving reliability

RCI Technologies' fuel purifier, available locally from VFP Fuelling & Filtration, is a simple one-step unit that removes 100% of the free water and 95% to 98% of dust, dirt, and other normal and natural contaminates found in all diesel dust

The UN Industrial Development Organisation's competitive industrial performance scoreboard for 2004 reveals that the manufacturing industry in Sub-Saharan Africa has stagnated and lost global market share

The Vipac rammer, unveiled at the beginning of May, is ideal for emerging contractors, small to medium builders and civil contractors and the local hire industry

Wonderstone Quarry in Ottosdal, about 300l, west of Johannesburg, has taken delivery of a locally-manufactured Dezzi 30t 4x2 articulated dump truck (ADT)