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Mechanical Technology — May 2013
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Industry forum
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Goscor Lift Truck Company (GLTC),
part of Imperial’s Goscor Group, has
delivered three new Bendi B318 AC
articulated forklift trucks to leading
Healthcare company Adcock Ingram,
for its new warehouse in Cape Town.
While GLTC is Adcock Ingram’s pre-
ferred supplier, this is the first delivery
to a Cape Town warehouse. “Working
with Adcock Ingram is a privilege, and
we are pleased to be extending the
As part of its continued growth across
the African continent, the Zest WEG
Group has drawn subsidiary company
IMS Cape, the oldest and largest gen-
erator set manufacturer in Cape Town,
into its corporate brand. The business
is now known as the Zest WEG Group’s
Generator Set Division.
“As a Group we’re experiencing real
growth, both in South Africa and in
other parts of the continent, and our
brand is becoming well recognised
in the region,” explains Gary Daines,
Zest WEG Group’s sales and marketing
director. “At the same time, the genset
business has evolved into a genuine
Clyde Bergemann Power and the Swiss com-
pany Explosion Power (EP) will work closely
together in the field of explosion cleaning
under the terms of a recent co-operation
agreement. As of March 1, 2013, CBPG
gains the worldwide license to sell, install and
service explosion generators for on-load boiler
cleaning, developed and fabricated by EP.
For the intense marketing of EP’s
technology, Clyde Bergemann intends to
rely on its advanced worldwide sales and
service network. However, some existing EP
partnerships, for example, in the UK and
Scandinavia, are to remain in place for a
transition period.
Clyde Bergemann and Explosion Power
see this co-operation as a further major step
towards enhancing their offering of com-
prehensive and intelligent system solutions
for boiler cleaning and efficiency improve-
ment. Franz Bartels, president and CEO of
the Clyde Bergemann Power Group, and
Hans Rüegg, president of Explosion Power,
emphasised their determination to “steer
their co- operation towards global success”.
Melco announces
B-BBEE transaction
Internationally-recognised conveyor
equipment manufacturer, Melco, re-
cently announced a 25% +1 Black
Economic Empowerment (BEE)
transaction in relation to its South
African operations.
Melco is one of Africa’s major
conveyor equipment manufacturers
and, since 2006, has been a proud
member of Rulmeca, a worldwide
group of companies that specialises
in the production of rollers/idlers,
motorised pulleys, fabricated pul-
leys and other components for the
worldwide bulk handling industry.
Melco managing director, Gavin
Hall, highlights the fact that trans-
formation has always been a focus
area for the company.
“Melco has participated and will
continue to participate in opportu-
nities to facilitate significant and
sustainable growth for the business,
as well as for individuals in the sur-
rounding communities of Melco’s
operations. Melco acknowledges
the importance of maintaining its
competitive edge with customers by
ensuring that it can assist them in
reaching their procurement compli-
ance targets set out in the Broad-
Based Socio-Economic Charter
for the South African Mining and
Minerals Industry, introduced by
the custodian of all minerals in the
South African State,” he explains.
Clyde Bergemann and Explosion Power
solutions provider and, as such, is
very much a part of the Group’s total
solution. At this point it makes sense
to incorporate this business into the
group brand.
“We have a vigorous business devel-
opment team active from our Johannes-
burg headquarters whose responsibility
is to expand our footprint into Africa.
Integrating the genset business into
the main brand will also strengthen the
presentation of our Group offering, par-
ticularly since many mining operations
in remote areas of the continent are run-
ning off alternate energy sources, such
as diesel and HFO (heavy fuel oil).”
The Zest WEG Group acquired the
generator business in 2007 from the
IMS Group of companies and, with sub-
sequent significant investment in both
infrastructure and manufacturing plant,
has developed this genset manufacturing
concern to a specialist supplier capable
of designing and custom-producing gen-
erator sets to suit specific applications.
The division’s capacities are available in
either stationary or portable configura-
tions from 20 kVA up to 2 500 kVA and
can be increased upwards with multiple
synchronised sets.
Zest WEG Group’s Generator Set Division is capable
of producing custom engineered generator sets for
specific applications.
Zest WEG Group incorporates genset business
Adcock Ingram buys Bendi trucks
relationship geographically,” says GLTC
MD Darryl Shafto.
Regional manager, Alan Burgess,
says: “The Bendi is simply the best
forklift for this application and it is very
competitively priced.
“The Bendi forklift truck operates in
a narrower aisle than a standard reach
truck. It effectively gives us 30% more
pallet space within an equivalent foot-
print,” Burgess says.
GLTC branch manager in the West-
ern Cape, Anthony Fouche, says the
Bendi B318 is designed to give optimal
aisle performance. “It offers significant
space savings over conventional coun-
terbalance and reach trucks. It also has
excellent lift height. And of course, as a
Bendi, it is well built and offers tireless
performance.”
From left: Alan Burgess Adcock Ingram
and Langa Mhlangabezi, a Cape Town
warehouse operator with Goscor’s John
Petrie and Anthony Fouche.
