Capital Equipment News October 2022

SCREENING EQUIPMENT

Screen ownership can grow organically

Knowing mining sand and gravels will lead to the need for a screen, and hiring one at the start of their business, soon led the owners of Virtigo Sand & Stone to purchase a pre-owned Finlay 683 Screen before purchasing a brand-new piece of equipment from Bell Equipment. Hiring, buying pre-owned and later purchasing new equipment shows how different businesses can be accommodated to ensure quality building materials. By Adriaan Roets

S outh Africans working in the construction industry will remember 2010 as the year South Africa hosted a successful Soccer World Cup, and the year quality materials were put under the microscope. Two people who were aware of the scarcity of quality

construction materials are the father and daughter team of Jannie and Lejandi Burger. They own Virtigo Sand & Stone outside Malmesbury in the Western Cape, and the construction material quality for cement bricks circa 2010 was on their minds when they started operations.

During that time engineers were more prescriptive about the material, and this led to a scarcity of cement bricks that ticked all the quality boxes. Virtigo Sand & Stone was founded in 2013 and the company mines sand and stone, which is sold and distributed across the Western Cape. It was a way of meeting the demand for quality, and it also meant buying equipment to deliver the materials needed post 2010. SA's best sand and stone Jannie learned about construction materials and the transport thereof at his father’s knee. “My late father, Slabbert Burger, was a bit of a legend in the supply of construc

“We always strive to ensure that the cost of ownership is explained to our customers. This includes explaining the service plan intervals and other maintenance-related costs, which are very important for crushing and screening products.” Duncan Zwane, Sales Product Manager (Finlay & Kobelco products) at Bell Equipment

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