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Member News Terex Trucks Remains Rigid in Zimbabwe
Terex is bullish in Bulawayo. Truck manufacturer Terex Trucks has supplied Davis Granite with its fourth rigid dump truck to granite quarries in Bulawayo and Harare in Zimbabwe. The TR45 has been added to a fleet of four Terex Trucks rigid haulers, which includes two TR45s and two TR60s, said the company. The machines haul around 80,000 tonnes per month of stone products, 12 hours a day and five days a week. The maximum payload of the TR45 is around 41 tonnes, making it “ideal for the job” at the Bulawayo quarry, added Terex. Davis Granite is Zimbabwe’s largest producer of granite aggregates, and requires rigid dump trucks to haul high-quality stone from the pit to crusher. “We have operated Terex Trucks rigid haulers for three years and they consistently
deliver a powerful and reliable performance. When looking to purchase a new truck for our Bulawayo quarry, we were confident that an additional TR45 would be a safe bet once again,” said Ben Louw, group production director at Davis Granite. In addition to providing the right kind of trucks for their quarrying operations, Terex Trucks also delivers technical support within Zimbabwe and regionally, in South Africa. “This was really what made Terex Trucks stand out from the competition,” said Ken Gerrard, chief executive of Davis Granite Group. The trucks, Gerrard added, were also reliable, cost-effective, with little downtime and fuel efficient, making them well-suited for his company’s extensive mining operations.
Change at the Top Finning UK and Ireland has announced that managing director Neil Dickinson is to retire from the company following a distinguished 36 year career. Kevin Parkes (pictured), current director of the equipment solution division, has been appointed managing director to succeed him. Parkes will assume the role on February 1, 2016, with Dickinson assisting in the transition in an advisory capacity until the end of March 2016. As managing director, Kevin Parkes join the company’s senior leadership team and report to Finning’s chief executive officer Scott Thomson. Commenting on his retirement, Dickinson
said: “I believe this is the right time for me to retire from Finning and for Kevin to assume his place as the leader of the UK and Ireland operations. I am proud of our accomplishments as a team, particularly our adaptability in a competitive environment and our strong safety results. I’m confident that under Kevin’s leadership, the Finning UK and Ireland business will continue to drive business results and exceed customer expectations.” Kevin Parkes brings considerable experience with Finning to his new role, most recently leading the equipment solutions division. He joined Finning as a graduate trainee in 1996 and held a variety of progressively senior roles in the equipment solutions division. From 2010 to 2015, he was chief executive officer of Hewden. Following Finning’s divestiture of that business. Parkes returned to Finning to take on the role of director, equipment solutions.
STOP Thief! Datatag ID Unveils ‘Micro CESAR’ Datatag ID, the power behind the official CESAR Scheme, has launched a new antitheft system for small tools and equipment at the most recent CITS conference held at JCB’s world headquarters in Rocester called Micro CESAR. Leading insurers, manufacturers and industry bodies have raised the issue of small tool theft and Micro CESAR is the response from the Construction Equipment Association (CEA), who initiated CESAR, and Datatag. The Micro CESAR identity system, with Datatag technology including a unique RFID tag and a warning/registration label with an integrated QR code, will have the same effect that the CESAR Scheme has in deterring theft and assisting in recovery. CESAR, launched in 2007, has contributed to a 70+% reduction in the theft of large construction equipment since launched. Micro-CESAR is poised to make a similar impact protecting small construction and landscaping equipment such as power tools, cut-off saws, hand-held hydraulic breakers and compaction plates. As an added bonus to many companies the technology in the Micro-CESAR system can also be used as a stock management tool helping companies track tools in and out of jobs and allowing users to easily access on line health and safety advice and user manuals through the unique QR code and mobile enabled Micro CESAR website. The 8th annual CITS conference, ‘Small tools Big losses’ was broad in scope with a range of specialist speakers covering the gamut of crime within the industry. It reflects the industry’s concern over the changing shape of equipment theft and it is the ideal venue to launch Micro CESAR to not only 200+ construction industry, plant and tool hire delegates, but also over 150 police officers and the trade press.
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