MOVERS & Shakers
Renico Staff
Leading Plant Hire Company in South Africa Counts
on Case for its Rental Fleet
Nico Louw, founder and managing
director of Renico Group, started Renico
Plant Hire with an old backhoe loader in
1998. Since then, the company has
established itself as one of the leading
plant hire companies in the North West
area of Johannesburg and its rental eet
has remarkably grown up to today's count
of over 200 earthmoving machines and
tipper trucks.
“Reliability is a key factor in our
business,” says Nico Louw. “Our results
depend on the equipment performance
and having minimum downtime is
essential. Since its foundation, our
company has been relying on the proven
reliability and performance of Case
equipment”.
Renico Plant Hire is part of Renico Group
which comprises various companies in
the elds of construction, property
investment, quarrying and crushing, civil
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engineering and earthworks in addition
to plant hire. e Group represents a
truly South African success story. Started
off as a real estate agency in 1992, the
company has gone from strength to
strength, investing in different sectors
and dedicated companies as Renico Plant
Hire.
e eet encompasses a total of 38 Case
tractor backhoe loaders, 14 excavators
from 21 to 29 tons, four recently
purchased motor graders and several skid
steer loaders and telehandlers. All
supplied by Case distributor, CSE.
e units are deployed on various job
sites throughout South Africa and
Namibia and they have played a crucial
role in the development of large-scale
civil engineering projects, including
shopping centres, office developments,
casinos, highway upgrades, mining and
various other projects.
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“For example, there is a 21 ton Case
excavator working on the upgrade the
Northern sewer in Johannesburg while
several backhoe loaders are used for
upgrading the K90 road at the Waterford
Estate. Furthermore, our 29 ton
excavators will be soon starting some civil
works at Empire on the hill,” says Louis
Nel, responsible for Operations,
Technical & Procurement at Renico Plant
Hire.
“Ease of use is a very important factor for
our customers,” adds Nel. “We are
committed to provide them with turnkey
equipment solutions that perfectly ts
their needs and applications.” Technical
support and parts availability are also
critical. “CSE is always available when we
need them and they resolve any issues at
speed,” highlights Nico Louw. “What's
more, when we need to renew or expand
our eet, we get from them excellent