Author:focus-on-transport

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 […]

As BPW in Germany heads to its 120th anniversary, its tagline “We Think Transport” is more pertinent than it has ever been. GAVIN MYERS chats to Andre Cilliers, MD of BPW Axles South Africa, about some of the company’s current initiatives that make it a leading parts supplier in the South African transport industry. BPW Axles South Africa can trace its roots back to 1945 and, despite some name and ownership changes here and there, has always remained true to […]

In his previous position as MD at Mercedes-Benz Trucks in the Netherlands, Jasper Hafkamp almost doubled the brand’s market share. GAVIN MYERS finds out how the new executive director of Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa will apply this success to South Africa. By his own admission, there are three characteristics that define Jasper Hafkamp. First, he’s always been a people person. Second, he’s exceptionally driven, and, finally, he’s always been a Daimler man. Together these three traits have resulted […]