Capital Equipment News February 2022

COMMENT 2 4 Covid-19-driven trends shaping the future COVER STORY 4 Keeping the construction world in motion Graders 8 Grader innovation helps to achieve new levels of productivity and efficiency on worksites MATERIALS HANDLING 12 Forklifts: workhorses of efficient warehouses TIPPER TRUCKS 16 Tipper truck efficiencies, the quest for payload size and future innovations FINANCING 20 Poor choices place crushing contractors at risk ADT s 24 Alfieri holdings ‘supports local’ with a dozen bell ADTs CONTENTS Capital Equipment News is published monthly by Crown Publications Acting Editor: Mark Botha markb@crown.co.za Features writer: Peter Middleton peterm@crown.co.za Advertising manager: Elmarie Stonell elmaries@crown.co.za Design: Ano Shumba Publisher: Karen Grant Deputy publisher: Wilhelm du Plessis Circulation: Karen Smith PO Box 140 Bedfordview 2008 Tel: (011) 622-4770 Fax: (011) 615-6108 www.crown.co.za Printed by Tandym Print The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the editor or the publisher. FEATURES 36 Freight and cargo insurance –a neglected safety net TRANSPORT NEWS 26 Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa retains Top Employer title for 2022 26 Marcia Noxolo Mayaba joins Isuzu 27 Mercedes-Benz Trucks cements its partnership with Cargo Carriers 27 Volvo Group Southern Africa welcomes new Vice President mining news 29 Apply PDS with planning and engagement for a successful outcome 32 Sandvik’s Harare operation excited about prospects in Zimbabwe CONSTRUCTION NEWS THOUGHT LEADERSHIP NEWS

33 E-machines impress Leonhard Weiss 34 Record-setting sales for Hy-Brid Lifts 35 World’s first all-electric compact track loader unveiled

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