October 2011
This month's cover says it all - JIMS is coming to town! (Johannesburg International Motor Show.) While we will be covering this amazing event next month, Scania is enticing us all with the incredible spectacle of their 39-er suped-up hotrod. Make sure you visit the show and drool over this beastly machine and read the Cover Story to find out how this Swedish OEM makes trucks for all seasons.
In the Construction: Earth moving equipment focus this month, we look at a phenomenal piece of machinery, seen at CONEXPO earlier this year. Designed to handle severe frost and rock removal jobs, the Leading Edge Attachments, Inc.'s Multi-Ripper BucketTM is an engineering breakthrough.This unique patent pending design has demonstrated that it can dig faster than using a single pointed ripper tooth. Under severe digging conditions, the Multi-Ripper Bucket is the absolute best and most productive ripper bucket combination available on the market. It is available to fit any excavator or backhoe above 11 000 pounds.
In our latest addition to CEN, Captain of Industry, we highlight people in the industry who are leaders in their field, with our first being SEW SA's Managing Director, Ute Bormann. Have an informal peek at what makes her ‘tick'.
In the transport and yellow metal sectors, Health and Safety is uppermost in the minds of conscientious companies. This month CEN focuses on three companies who are contributing to making the working environment safer as well as taking some of the practises over the border, to neighbouring states.
Our Happenings page keeps you all up to date with what companies are doing behind the scenes to improve the environment, working conditions and productivity. Read how IMPERIAL Logistics is on a sustainability-focused growth path that balances people, planet and profit - a factor that contributes to the Group being a leading global logistics and supply chain player. The company has once again been recognised for its ‘green logistics' evolution, this time with Marketing Director, Abrie de Swardt receiving the Green Supply Chain Industry Leadership Award 2011.
So, be informed and enjoy the read!
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Industry Insight
Dylan Chicken, from Shantui, believes that the market's confidence is up "based on what we went through last year, and in comparison with 2010, but it is still a flat market." Read what he thinks is happening locally and around the globe.
Company Profile
Hatch Africa is a multidisciplinary professional services firm that delivers a comprehensive array of technical and strategic services, including consulting, information technology, engineering, process development, and project and construction management to the mining, metallurgical, energy, and infrastructure sectors. Hatch was recently named one of the 50 Best Managed Companies in Canada, and has won more than 30 project excellence and safety awards.
Finance
There are numerous challenges encountered by the transport industry on a daily basis. CEN asks i-truck ̶ a holistic transport solution provider, within the heavy commercial vehicle industry ̶ to identify some of the more common and serious recurring obstacles faced by this sector.
Next month
Yes, we cover JIMS next month. If you missed the show, catch is between our pages as an A3 pull out to slaver over. CEN covers this amazing international event in a photo-montage to whet any petrol-head's appetite, and also on a high note, we have the last Lifting feature for the year.
