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While the Powerstar brand of Ever Star Industries performed exceptionally well in 2017, Ever Star Industries still has big plans for 2018 – 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 company’s Pietermaritzburg plant. The […]
2016, 2017, 2018 – it’s all becoming a blur of similarity. I’ve just paged through the 2017 Transport Manager’s Handbook and read the editor’s letter I wrote for that edition – I’ll 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 they’d rather forget, and […]
In 2018, the United Kingdom (UK) is set to run a £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 Joburg’s roads. Humans are strange … aren’t 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 – at which point we moan about it… At least, that’s how […]
Iveco has brought (one of) its Truck of the Year winners to South Africa – 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. “We will meet any technical requirement for the heavy commercial vehicle market,” says Elvis Mutseura, product marketing manager at Iveco South Africa. “We 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 country’s 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 […]
GAVIN MYERS chats to four of Scania South Africa’s top leaders to find out how they drive – and are driven by – the company. With its continually climbing market share, an expanding solutions portfolio and the responsibility of managing seven southern African markets, Scania South Africa is undoubtedly on a good path. Maintaining that trajectory requires a solid leadership base. These are the men who carry that honour in this “big little company” … as they like to call […]
Carmelo impelluso, MD of Iveco South Africa, is not a stranger to managing a business during an economic downturn and is now face-to-face with South Africa’s current economic situation. FOCUS learns more about Impelluso and his plans for Iveco South Africa. When Impelluso graduated with a degree in economics from the University of Turin in Italy, finding a career in the transport industry was not even a thought in his mind. He joined the Iveco team in 2001, where he worked […]
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