EQUIPMENT FINANCE, RENTAL AND LEASING
National Plant & Equipment, last year, delivered
a Liebherr R 9800 excavator and three new
Komatsu 930E dump trucks to Idemitsu’s
Boggabri coal mine in Queensland, Australia
machine such as a (Cat) D10 bulldozer, D11 dozer
or grader – can still take 12 months or more
because coming out of the OEM factories can
take some time. It really depends on the type of
equipment.”
He said the National Group had recognised
this trend and, on average, had a new piece of
equipment arriving on a weekly basis.
“The availability of our equipment and our
expansive fleet in a market where demand
continues to outstrip supply is one of the many
factors that continues to give us our competitive
advantage,” he said.
Like the mining equipment finance providers,
the National Group and its subsidiaries do more
than simply rent equipment to mining companies,
according to Ackroyd.
“We often generate further business due to the
strength of our relationships with clients. We
have been able to build that relationship further
by offering value added services and cost savings
through our complementary entities,” he said.
“This approach has been pivotal to our
success, as the National Group has effectively
become a ‘one-stop-shop’ for the mining
industry. The National Group also has a flexible
approach and is able to offer choices unlike
many of our competitors.”
He said the National Group can deliver
equipment nationally and internationally through
in-house subsidiaries such as National Heavy
Haulage and International Global Logistics.
“This has proven invaluable, as the
complexities of transport logistics can often be
underestimated,” he said. “Journeys can consist
of police escorts and road closures to
accommodate the immense size of the vehicle
components.
“It is also a fairly big task to organise
transport and get them assembled on site, with a
lot of planning and procedures to do so.”
National Plant & Equipment is not alone in the
Australia equipment rental market.
Emeco Holdings, for instance, has been
building up its capacity in this field, having last
year acquired Matilda Equipment.
The company has made plans to bolster its
equipment ranks, recently saying it would spend
A$90 million ($64 million) on new assets to
boost its earnings and cash flow in its 2020
financial year.
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