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Harneet Luther, executive director: Tata Automobile Corporation SA, says that βcustomer centricity and connecting aspirationsβ are the keys to success in 2018. GAVIN MYERS chats to him. Looking back at the Futuroad Expo, which happened in September 2017, it was clear that Tata Truck & Bus SA is excited about its future in the southern African markets β despite having had a few vehicle supply challenges tossed its way during the year. A few models were also discontinued β but […]
While leasing as a model is going to be challenged all over the world β due to proposed changes to the accounting standards β there is still the need for the professional services provided by Eqstra Fleet Management. With more than 30 years of experience, Eqstra Fleet Management (EFM) has maintained its reputation as a key player in a highly competitive market. Eqstra is a leading integrated fleet-management solutions provider in sub-Saharan Africa, offering the full spectrum of passenger and […]
While the Powerstar brand of Ever Star Industries performed exceptionally well in 2017, Ever Star Industries still has big plans for 2018 β from introducing a long-haul truck to expanding its business into southern Africa. Ever Star Industries began opertions in South Africa in 2010 and soon became a well-established, highly regarded original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Kits are brought to South Africa from its parent company in China, BeiBen, after which they are assembled at the companyβs Pietermaritzburg plant. The […]
2016, 2017, 2018 β itβs all becoming a blur of similarity. Iβve just paged through the 2017 Transport Managerβs Handbook and read the editorβs letter I wrote for that edition β Iβll admit, with a bit of a giggle… Not because my writing was witty and humorous, but because so much, yet so little, has changed in the interleading time. I commented how 2016 had been seen by anyone with an opinion to be a year theyβd rather forget, and […]
In 2018, the United Kingdom (UK) is set to run a Β£8,1-million (R152-million) truck platooning test. While similar tests have run successfully in other parts of the world, the UK Institute of Road Transport Engineers (IRTE) has some concerns. A two-year platooning trial is set to begin in the UK in 2018, led by the UK Transport Research Laboratory (TRL). DAF, a market leader in the UK, is among the original equipment manufacturers that will participate in the test with […]
The JRA faces an uphill battle as the rainy season has again washed away the best of Joburgβs roads. Humans are strange … arenβt we? Each winter we whine about how cold it is, despite knowing that low mercury levels define the season. Then, as the seasons change, we welcome back the warm embrace of summer and groan about the desperate need for rain. Eventually the rain returns β at which point we moan about it… At least, thatβs how […]
Iveco has brought (one of) its Truck of the Year winners to South Africa β the all-new Eurocargo! Iveco will be opening up the full versatility of the all-new Eurocargo range to the South African market by supplying a staggering 11 000 variants to its customers. It will even be introducing a new tipper model. βWe will meet any technical requirement for the heavy commercial vehicle market,β says Elvis Mutseura, product marketing manager at Iveco South Africa. βWe will carry […]
Joe Mahlo, general manager of commercial at Engen, has spent more than three decades keeping the transport industry fuelled. FOCUS chats to him. Mahlo started his career in the transport industry as an accountant straight out of university. He hated every minute of working as an accountant and soon started spending most of his time in the sales, marketing and other related divisions. While he has been situated in Johannesburg for most of his career, he also spent a few […]
Cargo Carriers helps develop a world-class South African transport industry. With October Transport month behind us, specialised transport provider Cargo Carriers recognises the important role that the larger transport industry has to play in growing the countryβs economy and thereby helping to address unemployment and inequality. Importantly, it also emphasises the need to establish robust partnerships between the private and public sectors to develop a world-class transportation, logistics and supply chain industry in the country. Cargo Carriers continues to demonstrate […]
A career in transport that happened by chance has not kept Ernie Trautmann, vice president of Hino South Africa, from achieving greatness. With a focus on people, customer smiles and approachability, Trautmann hopes to make Hino the number one truck brand in South Africa. Trautmann has spent almost 30 years in the transport industry, but his career choice happened purely by chance. He attended the wedding of a fellow rugby player in Kimberley where he met Calvyn Hamman, the brother […]
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