Modern Quarrying Q2 2025

MARKING A NEW ERA

With a wide range of new Volvo machines making the official debut, Babcock is marking a new era for its Southern African customers. At an official launch event to be held at its Middelburg branch in June, Babcock will unveil a new range of excavators in the 21-30 tonne (t) class, together with the much-anticipated new-generation articulated haulers. L atest from Babcock, the sole Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) distributor in Southern Africa, is a range of new-generation Volvo excavators that places a special design focus on simplicity, without sacrificing The new Volvo excavator range combines cutting-edge technology, robust design and industry-leading efficiency to benefit various industrial applications.

COVER STORY

innovative features that speak directly to increased reliability, productivity and fuel efficiency. The result is a competitively priced excavator range that significantly lowers total cost of ownership – a key parameter in the fiercely-contested, price competitive 20-22 t market segment. David Vaughan, MD of Babcock’s Equipment division, says the new excavators come at a time when the South African construction frater nity, an industry that has generally endured a protracted downturn during the past decade, antici pates a potential record R1-trillion infrastructure rollout programme. Ahead of the June launch, the first units of these models have already arrived on South African shores. Babcock will initially unveil three excavator models comprising the EC210, EC220 and EC300. The 21-t EC210 replaces the previous EC200DL, while the EC220 replaces the old-generation EC210DL, ush ering in a new era in the 20-22 t market, the most popular size class

SNAPSHOT

Babcock will initially unveil three excavator models comprising the EC210, EC220 and EC300.

This is a competitively-priced excavator range that significantly lowers total cost of ownership – a key parameter in the fiercely contested, price-competitive 20-22 t market segment.

The new Volvo excavator range combines cutting-edge technology, robust design and industry-leading efficiency to benefit various industrial applications.

To help customers sidestep the challenging financing landscape, Babcock has partnered with Volvo Financial Services, the captive finance arm of the Volvo Group.

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