Capital Equipment News November 2017

MINI EXCAVATORS

HPE Africa, the exclusive distributor of Hyundai Construction Equipment locally, boasts a fair share (in excess of 13%) of the mini excavator market.

GAINING A STRONG FOOTHOLD The African mini excavator market remains a very small segment of the continent’s overall construction equipment market, but all indications are that it has to grow. This is in line with global trends, with available data showing that the compact excavator sector is one of the most competitive areas of the global construction equipment market, worth an estimated US$5,85 billion annually, writes Munesu Shoko

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Mini excavator segment is one of the most competitive areas of the global construction equipment market, worth an estimated US$5,85 billion annually

W ith almost 200 000 units sold worldwide each year, avail- able statistics suggest that the compact excavator market might be the single largest sector of the annual global 700 000-unit construction equipment mar- ket. The mini excavator, also known as the compact excavator, has earned an increas- ingly popular reputation in the developed world through its size and utility, especial- ly considering that most construction work in these markets is based on reconstruc-

tion of existing infrastructure, often calling for compact pieces of equipment that can navigate space constrained jobsites. But, what about the African market? We are a little bit late to the mini excavator party, but all indications are that this sector has to grow. Tom Bloom, general manager for Construction Equipment at Smith Power Equipment, the authorised distributor of the Kubota range of mini excavators in South Africa, predicts that the market for compact excavators in South Africa to be

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