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UD Trucks 2014 and Beyond:
Modern and Smart Transport Solutions for the African Continent
UD Trucks Southern Africa is set for a ground-breaking era during the next five years. As one
of the country’s leading truck manufacturers for the past 50 years, the company is currently
planning the introduction of game-changing new products and services to customers.
“The future plans of UD Trucks is all
about enhancing our customers’ transport
and service experience with us,” said
Jacques Carelse, managing director of UD
Trucks. “We are committed to supporting
our customers in a smart and modern
way, and going the extra mile in everything
we do.”
As has always been the case, UD Trucks
will provide customers with transport
solutions that offer the right balance
between features, cost and efficiency.
UD Trucks assemble its range
of medium, heavy and extra heavy
commercial vehicles according to worldclass quality standards at its plant in
Rosslyn, Pretoria. The company’s team
of engineers are continuously researching,
developing and testing the UD Trucks
product range to ensure they are suited
to southern African road and operating
conditions.
Although UD Trucks are made for Africa
- tough, hard-working and dependable
- they are also equipped with modern
equipment and technology to ensure the
best possible lifecycle costs for customers.
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The future plans of the
company also include the
introduction of new ranges
that are set to change the
way southern African fleet
owners think about trucks.
By combining the
power of the company’s
Japanese heritage of
quality engineering and
manufacturing, and the
global strength, modernity
and resources of one of the
world’s leading commercial
vehicle manufacturers, with
their local expertise, skills and support, UD
Trucks is in a very unique position to offer
customers transport solutions for the here
and now.
“As part of this process, UD Trucks
Southern Africa is currently evaluating
the new Quester range, which had its
international debut in September 2013, for
local start of production in late 2014,” said
Carelse. “Quester will not replace any of
our current line-up but will simply enhance
our offering to our customer base.”
UD Trucks has a proud heritage of
developing high quality trucks for the
Japanese market but this is the first
time that the company has specifically
developed a truck range with African fleet
owners in mind. With all of the company’s
future product launches, UD Trucks’
strategy will be all about fuel efficiency,
productivity, uptime and quality aftermarket
support.
“Most importantly, we believe our
local customers are set to profit from our
upcoming product ranges’ positioning in
the market, including its level of technology
and quality through to the new scope of
support offered by our regional dealer
network,” said Carelse.
UD Trucks is also constantly developing,
strengthening and training its already
comprehensive regional dealer network.
The 64 UD Trucks dealers across southern
and eastern Africa are always ready to
support customers with manufacturerendorsed sales, service, parts, as well as
financial and fleet solutions.
Represented all along the major routes
and trade corridors across the region, UD
Trucks Southern Africa is able to provide a
speedy response, knowledgeable technical
advice and service, as well as ultimately
dependable trucks that get the job done.
UD Trucks Southern Africa has also
invested more than R4.8 million over the
past two years in the training of its staff
and members of the community in various
developmental and training programmes.
“We passionately believe in the vital
importance of training and investing in the
future of our employees and surrounding
community,” said Carelse. “The objective
of the programme is to provide on-going
developmental opportunities that not only
allow us as a company to achieve our
business objectives, but also to empower
and contribute to the overall development
of the participating learners.”
For more information, visit
www.udtrucks.co.za