Construction World January 2017

ROADS & BRIDGES

Investing in SA’s future Stampede Compaction Equipment, South Africa’s only designer and manufacturer of light to medium compaction equipment in its class of walk-behind and ride-on rollers, has recently been acquired by a consortium of investors, including its management, to expand manufacturing and distribution in Southern Africa.

The manufacture of a world-class range of compaction equipment machines, made in Isando – South Africa, has received an injection of fresh capital into the business, in accordance with its strategy for aggressive expansion both locally and into sub-Saharan Africa. In November 2016 Stampede entered into a landmark distribution agreement with Dezzo Equipment and its consortium of dealerships throughout South Africa to sell and maintain Stampede equipment. The Dezzo Consortium is well-known Level 1 BBBEE distributor of amongst others, Manitou products and have a long standing reputation in the mining, power generation, construction and agricultural industries of high service standards and professionalism. “The Dezzo distributor agreement provides Stampede with a strong national footprint of sales outlets and highly qualified after-market workshops to service

our customers’ machines throughout the country,” says Marco Capazario, Stampede’s sales director. “It also ties in with our strategy of focusing on developing and manufacturing world-class products, maintaining a high level of customer-centricity while aggressively growing our share of the market in the areas we operate.” Stampede has been building its popular range of walk-behind and ride-on rollers since the early 1990s. The recent capital injection into the production plant and processes has transformed the quality of Stampede machines to match those built elsewhere in the world. “Our full product range of rollers are designed to ensure simplified operation, yet with robust and quality performance to suit Africa’s harsh operating conditions,” says Capazario. Stampede manufactures a wide range of

double-drum roller compactors, from the 39 cm trench compactor, to the 62 cm, 75 cm and 90 cm walk-behind rollers. Stampede’s recent addition is the popular 2,7 ton ride-on roller. Over the past year, Stampede machines have undergone improvements to the hydraulics componentry and assembly processes, along with a new increased vibratory mechanisms for improved compaction performance. 

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