MechChem Africa February 2017

⎪ Heating, cooling, ventilation and air conditioning ⎪

Global and local fan specialists offer full ventilation product range

Following majority shareholder acquisitions of MechCaL and TLT ACTOM, Germany-based firm,TLT-Turbo (GmbH), has announced a collaboration structure involving all three firms that will provide a total solutions approach to the development of integrated, reliable ventilation products.

F ollowing three years of sustained effort, TLT-Turbo, MechCaL and TLT ACTOMwill teamup to produce and distribute a full range of ventilation products for the mining, construction, indus- trial and power markets for South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The product lines will be based on the entirety of the group’s proprietary ventilation solutions. This in- cludes maintenance and refurbishment of process, power and primary and secondary mining fans, as well as other value-added services as part of a ventilation-on-demand solution. This venture combines the global resources andexpertiseof TLT-Turbowith the client base, distribution network and product innovation of MechCal and TLT ACTOM. TLT-Turbo’s managing director, Rainer Redinger, says that this move forms part of TLT’s global strategy to be the world leader in air movement services as well as their long termAfrican growth strategy. “Working together opens a doorway to a broader local and international client base. Itwill see all the companies involved benefiting from a larger marketing and services footprint with global support infrastructure fromTLT-Turbo and its parent company Power China Corporation. Power China is a Fortune 200 company and a leading Chinese corporation that services most of themarkets that the TLT-Turbo group focuses on,” Redinger explains. This venture will also help to extend the

of industrial ventilation and process solutions. “The full TLT-Turbo range of fans is sup- pliedtothesub-Saharan market by TLT ACTOM while theMechCaLaux- iliary fan product range will be sold in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa under the TLT MechCaL brand, and internationally under theTLTbrand,” Erasmus explains. “TLTMechCaL

The ‘One TLT for Africa’ management team: Luther Erasmus, managing director of TLT MechCaL and TLT ACTOM; Rainer Redinger, managing director of TLT-Turbo and chairperson of TLT MechCaL and TLT ACTOM; Minggang Wan, joint managing director of TLT-Turbo and Power China representative; and Kgashane Mohale, director of TLT ACTOM.

will also formpart of TLT-Turbo’s globalisation roadmap and play a key role as a composites competency centre for the TLT-Turbo group. TLTMechCaLhasalreadydevelopedproducts and started shipments to the global market,” says Erasmus. Craig Johnston, Operations Director of TLT ACTOM, stated that combining world class German technology with local African knowledge presents a formidable offering. TLT ACTOM will expand its already well- developed footprint in themining industry to include the innovativeTLTMechCaL auxiliary mine fan range. Thiswill lead toTLTMechCaL and TLT ACTOM expanding their projects, service andmanufacturing facilities over time to support the expected growth in themining industry and other industrial applications. q

MechCaL’s jet fan designs are the result of a development focus on the use of advanced materials for customised solutions.

TLT global footprint for the sup- plyofMechCaL’sother advanced composite products. According to Luther Erasmus, recently appointed managing director of MechCaL and TLT ACTOM, MechCaL has been rebranded for the purposes of global and regional distribution of its prod- ucts. Erasmus explained that MechCaL and TLT ACTOM will collaborate closely to devel- op the SSA market, offering a complete range of fans – from auxiliary to large surface fans – for applications in the mining industry, aswell as a broad range

MechCaL’s 45 kW energy efficient axial mine ventilation fans offer significantly lower costs of ownership.

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