Capital Equipment News April-May 2020

Liebherr is supporting several customers in the coal mining region of Mpumalanga.

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Liebherr-Africa supplies a wide range of equipment and services to various industries classified as essential service providers during the lockdown period, including mining, power and port operations

Liebherr-Africa makes the necessary provisions to ensure that all its customers requiring routine and emergency support will be able to operate optimally during the lockdown

in South Africa. Therefore, the services provided by Liebherr to this essential sector are crucial and we will do everything to support our clients during the Covid-19 pandemic.” Apart from coal mines, mainly located in the Mpumalanga area, several other mining activities deemed to be of greater significance to the economy are regarded as essential service providers. Münch advises that Liebherr-Africa, has therefore, applied for a number of permits, mainly related to field service, parts, remanufacturing of components workshop activities and the required administrative staff. “The impact of Covid-19 on the global supply chain has resulted in some interesting challenges for the company to meet all our customers’ requirements. However, due to our well-managed stockholding in South Africa, we are able to overcome the majority of these logistical challenges,” says Schmid. Safety measures From when the first Covid-19 cases were

Since February, the company has implemented measures to ensure maximum safety for all its employees and to prevent the spread of Covid-19

The measures implemented to protect and educate staff range from educational talks, making sanitiser available, introducing social distancing at the workplace, to providing additional PPE and removing biometric time and attendance systems

recorded in South Africa, the core of Liebherr-Africa’s priorities has always been the health and safety of its employees, while ensuring the continuation of operations to fulfil the company’s commitments to its customers. “Since February, we have implemented measures to ensure maximum safety for all our employees and to prevent the spread of Covid-19,” explains Schmid. The measures implemented to protect and educate staff range from educational talks, making sanitiser available, introducing social distancing at the workplace, providing additional PPE (personal protective clothing); to removing biometric time and attendance systems, limiting the number of people in meetings, as well as the suspension of breathalyser tests. In addition, daily temperature measuring of all employees and visitors on company sites has been implemented. As it became clear that the virus was spreading in the Far East and Europe and subsequently to South Africa, Schmid says Liebherr-Africa also curtailed all business

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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS APRIL-MAY 2020