Modern Mining February 2016

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that can be calculated per kilometre, per hour or per tonne of material being transported. Scania builds its vehicles according to a 70-year tradition of modular design – which makes for tremendous flexibility and also con- tributes to shorter lead times for delivery. “We import the knocked-down chassis kits from our production plants overseas and, together with the bodies, they are assembled here in South Africa to the customer’s specification,” Smith explains. “This means that we can also supply specialist vehicles such as lubrication trucks, water tankers, staff transporters, stemming units and service vehicles.” Smith, a Canadian who started her career with Lafarge Canada, has been in South Africa for 12 years. Based at Scania South Africa’s headquarters in Aeroton, Johannesburg, she reports to Steve Wager, the Managing Director of Scania South Africa. She is assisted by two newly appointed key account managers, Reuben Govender and Charnie-Lee Kruger, who will focus on clients in the mining and quarry- ing industries. The mining team is still building up with the next key appointment being a ser- vices manager dedicated to mining.

Scania South Africa was established in 1995 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Scania CV AB in Sweden. It initially assembled vehicles in Elandsfontein but – following increased demand – opened a new purpose-built plant in 2003 alongside the head office complex in Aeroton. The South African assembly plant is Scania’s largest knocked-down kit assembly operation outside Brazil and is seen as a model for all future facilities of this type within the worldwide Scania organisation. 

A Scania tipper working in a demanding mining applica- tion (photo: Scania).

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