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G.U.D. Holdings invests,
expands operations
G.U.D. Filters invited aBr’s editorial team to its world-class manufacturing facilities in Pietermaritzburg (PMB) and Durban and
to the G.U.D. Holdings head office in Prospecton, as the company revealed its ambitious manufacturing plans for the future.
aBr arrived at Durban’s
King Shaka International
Airport in the company of
fellow industry journalists
and G.U.D’s newlyappointed Heavy Duty
manager, Brian Clarke.
Having been reunited with
our belongings, Clarke
played the role of taxi driver,
delivering the contingent
safely to G.U.D’s PMB
facility to meet the rest of
the sales and marketing
team. These friendly chaps
then proceeded to deliver
a presentation outlining
the company’s vision and
history.
It soon became clear that,
apart from being ambitious,
G.U.D’s plans are
tremendously encouraging
for the local economy.
Putting money
where its mouth is
has resulted in a
R4.3 million investment
in a new heavy
duty assembly line
at the 42, 213m²
Pietermaritzburg
manufacturing site,
which is on course
to produce air filters
for vehicles weighing
3,5 tonnes and
greater.
➲ Welcoming us to the G.U.D. Holdings Pietermaritzburg manufacturing facility
are from left to right: Brian Clarke (National Sales Manager, Heavy Duty);
Attie Schlebusch (Quality Manager);
Judd McLoughlin (Production Engineering Manager);
Malcolm McQueen (Production Manager);
Rodney Naude (Divisional Director - General Manager, Piet ermaritzburg)
Essentially, the private
and proudly South African
company is recommitting to
local manufacturing and to
the country as a whole, as it expands its heavy duty product range
of fuel, oil, cabin and air filters for trucks and buses.
The Pietermaritzburg
facility currently
produces spin-on, radial seal, cabin air and nylon petrol filters for
local and international markets.
➲ “The upgrade to our
manufacturing facility in
Pietermaritzburg is exciting
and provides us with new
opportunities to grow
within this market,” says
Brian Clarke, Heavy Duty
Manager, G.U.D. Holdings.
“Our infrastructure upgrade
with new equipment that
utilises the latest technology
ensures that we continue
manufacturing our premium
products to support the
extensive range of heavy duty
vehicles on SA’s roads.”
| logistics in action
This new line will
be capable of
manufacturing all of
the existing air filter
types as well as some
new designs, including
conical shaped filters
that are, in some
instances, twice the
size of the heavy
duty filters previously
produced at the site.
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➲ The new equipment will allow G.U.D. to produce filters
double the size of any heavy duty filter ever produced
previously in the Pietermaritzburg plant
april 2014