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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
MARCH
2016
ABOVE LEFT:
The Manitou fleet of 21 rough terrain machines for all lifting
and reaching operations at West End Clay Bricks in Westonaria.
“As we are a manual operations plant,
everything gets handled by forklifts,
telehandlers or loaders. Without them, our
production comes to a standstill,” explains
Aveling. “The quality of Manitou machines
and the exceptional service and support we
receive are the reasons why we have relied n
them for over 14 years.”
West End Clay Bricks employs 250 people
at their site in Westonaria, South Africa. The
new Manitou fleet includes: three MHT-X 780
and four MT-X 625 rough terrain telehandlers,
five MX 50-2 and six MX 30-2 rough terrain
forklifts as well as four MI-35 conventional
forklifts in their existing fleet.
ABOVE:
Shaun Roodt (mine manager), Douw Roux (workshop manager)
Eric de Wet (Manitou area specialist) and Francois Aveling (operations
director) shake hands at the handover of West End Clay Bricks’ new fleet
of Manitou machines.
BELOW:
Manitou machines work 24/7 to produce 350 000 bricks a day.
BOTTOM:
Kobus Esterhuizen provides 24/7 on-site field service at West End
Clay Bricks and conducts a 36-point check of each machine every morning.
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