Sunward South Africa (Pty) Ltd announced the expansion of their business operations into the South African market during a launch ceremony hosted at the company’s Jet Park premises in Johannesburg.
“The objective of our strategic move to establish direct operations in South Africa is to enhance our support and to provide better service to local dealers and customers through our specialist team as well as through spare parts stock,” said Ferry Meng, General Manager for Sunward South Africa and African Region.
The Sunward range of machines accessible to Africa’s mining sector includes:
- Full range of down-the-hole, top hammer and rotary type drill rigs (drill diameters range from 89mm to 280mm).
- Full range of excavators (with respective working weights from 0.8t to 98t for mini excavators and large machines).
- Loaders (3t, 5t, 6t and 7t).
- Dozers (from 165 and 220 to 320hp).
- Dump trucks (60t, 70t and 80t).
Local customers will also have access to Sunward’s expansive range of mobile jaw, cone and impact crushers as well as heavy duty screens and standard screening plants. A quality range of aerial equipment such as boom working platforms (working heights from 16m to 32m), hydraulic and electric scissor lifts as well as telehandlers (working weights from 2.7t to 4.5t), are also available from Sunward.
Sunward’s route to market in Africa is via dealerships, stressing that they will support customers in South Africa through close collaboration with their dealer partners across the region. “We currently have twelve dealers in Africa, three of whom are based in South Africa,” said Meng.
“The remaining dealerships are in countries including Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. This year will see us further expanding our dealer network with the appointment of ten new dealerships across the African continent including one in South Africa as well as in Zambia, Mozambique, Guinea, Congo, Namibia, Angola, etc.”