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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
OCTOBER
2014
EQUIPMENT
The transfer of Barloworld’s Metso business, previously
part of Barloworld Equipment, to Barloworld Handling
has the support of Metso Minerals Southern Africa. Metso
Minerals Southern Africa 10 years ago appointed Barloworld as
sole distributor of the full range of Metso mobile crushing and
screening equipment in southern Africa.
For Metso mobile plant customers in Southern Africa, it will
be business as usual, with added focus provided by a dedicated
resource. The Barloworld Metso team remains in place, headed
up by new GM Brandon Arnold, and will continue to provide opti-
mised mobile crushing and screening solutions to construction,
quarrying and mining customers in Southern Africa, with full
aftermarket care.
Barloworld Handling is geared to help broaden Metso’s market-
leading mobile footprint in Southern Africa, says Barloworld
Handling SA chief executive Godfried Heydenrych. “The new
business unit will benefit from synergies within the Handling divi-
sion, which has an extensive sales, service and support network
throughout the region. Our existing markets inlude those of
Barloworld Metso, making this a good fit.”
Barloworld Handling has been the Southern African Hyster lift
truck dealer for more than 80 years and also distributes the Massey
Ferguson and Challenger product ranges through its Agriculture
business unit. Over the past six years Barloworld Handling’s strong
customer support infrastructure has been instrumental in estab-
lishing SEM as a leading utility wheel loader brand in the local
market. Similar synergies will benefit Metso, says Heydenrych.
Focus areas will include the strengthening of BarloworldMetso’s
service capability and parts availability throughout Southern Africa.
“Our ultimate objective is to provide more dedicated time and
support for the Metso product, ensuring that customers have the
correct equipment, excellent parts availability and the highest
levels of technical support in order to maximise their uptime and
increase their production capability,” says Heydenrych.
GIVEN NEW TRACTION
Metso’s mobile crushing and screening
solutions footprint in Southern Africa has
been given new traction with the launch
on 1 October 2014 of Barloworld Metso as
an independent business unit within the
handling division of the Barloworld group.
Providing cost-effective solutions in mobile crushing and
screening, Metso's track-mounted Lokotrack range is a
market leader in Southern Africa.
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