NEW EQUIPMENT
HIGHER PRODUCTION
IN FEWER MOBILITIES
By Tarren Bolton
To meet the asphalt needs
of a newly awarded road
rehabilitation project in
Mpumalanga, asphalt
specialist Actop Asphalt
invested in a new Ciber
continuous mobile asphalt
plant, which sets new
standards with its range
of innovative technologies
and, more importantly, its
‘super mobility’.
W
hen recently contracted to
supply 38 000 tonnes of hot
mix asphalt for the Bambi–
Lydenburg Road in Mpumalanga, Actop
Asphalt, part of the Actophambili
Group, went straight into the market
for a new asphalt plant and purchased
a new iNOVA 2000 continuous mobile
asphalt plant, manufactured by Brazil-
based original equipment manufacturer
Ciber, part of global road technologies
leader Wirtgen Group. The unit is the
first of the new Ciber range to arrive in
South Africa.
The new plant, which can produce
up to 200 tonnes of asphalt per hour,
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Growing capacity three years, the pattern has started
The new Ciber plant brings to four the to change in recent months with a
total number of asphalt plants in Actop sturdy flow of external contracts.
Asphalt’s stable in the three years of Kemp reiterates that the quality of
its inception, which is testimony to the the product is the company’s major
company’s strong growth trajectory in a competitive edge.
brief period, in the face of a constrained Quality is the mantra at Actop
construction market in South Africa. The Asphalt, the figure of merit — and
company’s sturdy growth over the past is a core parameter that is sought
three years has hinged on its relentless in every aspect of the company’s
focus on quality asphalt production, business. And that also extends to
according to managing director, its equipment needs: Actop Asphalt
Francois Kemp. never compromises on the quality of
“As a result, we have done
its machinery, which is key to both
is a contract-specific investment extremely well in the three years of reliability and quality of its asphalt
to service the Bambi–Lydenburg our existence. Our early success has supply. The very same core principle
Road rehabilitation project over an hinged, to a large extent, on our informed the decision to invest in a
18-month period. Actop Asphalt will affiliation to the larger Actophambili new, technologically advanced Ciber
supply asphalt to its sister company, Group, a key player in the road iNOVA 2000.
Actophambili Roads, a specialist road construction sector in South Africa,” surfacing contractor that has been says Kemp. While almost 90% of Optimised production
subcontracted by the main contractor Actop Asphalt’s work stream has come To ensure high production capacity,
on the project, Klus Civils. from Actophambili Roads in the past the Ciber 2000 fit the bill at a capacity
FEBRUARY 2019
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