Capital Equipment News September 2018

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SCANIA SERVES BEYOND EXPECTATIONS After running a one-brand fleet for many years, in 2015, southern Africa’s largest waste management company, EnviroServ, decided to diversify and went on to purchase one Scania truck. Three years later, the fleet has expanded to 23 units, and counting, as both Scania South Africa and the product continue to serve beyond expectations, writes Munesu Shoko .

A s the largest waste fleet owner that runs about 250 trucks, all the way from 4-t units to the extra-heavies. Apart from South Africa, which constitutes 80% of the company’s business at this stage, EnviroServ also has operations in Mozambique, Kenya and Uganda. The majority of the fleet runs across its four major centres in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, KwaZulu-Natal and Johannesburg. “Most of our business is in the industrial sector, including cement, petrochemicals, construction, manufacturing, metallurgical, mining, oil & gas and power generation, among others,” explains Rakesh Seetal, Head of Procurement: Southern Africa at EnviroServ. “We also do a lot of municipal work, and these partnerships with local governments form a crucial part of our business.” Considering the uptime conscious nature of EnviroServ’s application range, the company has always placed premium products at the heart of its business. Having management company in southern Africa, with a specific focus on the industrial sector, EnviroServ is a big

“I am of the view that running a single brand, especially when you have such a big fleet as ours, is an unhealthy practice. One of the critical considerations for any procurement department should be diversity of the fleet. It ensures that each supplier-client relationship becomes stronger, mainly because of the competitive landscape.”

Rakesh Seetal, head of procurement: Southern Africa at EnviroServ

“From the tests we did with EnviroServ, they were impressed by Scania’s fuel consumption. The truck averaged about 44 ℓ of diesel per 100 km in a skip loading application compared with 48 ℓ they achieved with the other brand.”

Naas Burger, sales executive at Scania South Africa

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