AFRICA NEWS
Wacker Neuson joins forces with Wirtgen SA
Wirtgen South Africa is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Wirtgen Group, a John
Deere company, distributing leading
brands such as Wirtgen, Vögele,
Hamm, Kleemann, Benninghoven and
Ciber. The Wacker Neuson Group has
successfully collaborated with the
Wirtgen Group in other parts of the
world, so the South African agreement
is a natural fit.
The agreement is bilateral and also
sees Wirtgen South Africa offering light
compaction equipment from Wacker
Neuson, which encompasses rammers,
pedestrian rollers and vibratory plates
under the Wacker Neuson brand to the
South African market.
Service and after-sales service are
integral to the success of the agreement
which sees both companies take
responsibility for conducting their own
service. Vietze assures customers
that they can continue to count on the
positive and professional after-sales
experience that they are accustomed to.
To help the sales and technical
teams be up to speed with their
products, professional product
service and operator training
workshops were conducted at Wacker
Neuson’s Roodepoort premises in
Johannesburg. Based on further
training needs and requirements,
Wacker Neuson undertakes to
continue with refresher training on a
quarterly basis.
“We anticipate new market
opportunities that will effect an
extension of Wacker Neuson’s footprint
in South Africa. Through the continuous
enhancement of our product portfolio
and a steadfast commitment to service
excellence, we endeavour to remain our
customers’ preferred compact machine
and light equipment solutions partner,”
concludes Vietze.
Wacker Neuson South Africa recently
entered into an agreement with Wirtgen
South Africa for the supply of the large
HAMM 3000 series soil compaction
rollers, which will be marketed by
Wacker Neuson under its own brand
as RC110 (10 ton), RC120 (11 ton) and
RC190 (20 ton) in South Africa.
Wacker Neuson is a market leader
in its compaction equipment offering
of rammers, rollers and vibratory
plates. “It is our objective to maintain
this leading position. For the South
African market, we see huge potential
in the heavier roller segment,” says
Dennis Vietze, managing director of
Wacker Neuson Sub-Saharan Africa.
“Our agreement with Wirtgen South
Africa is without any doubt a positive
step towards achieving this goal as
we are now able to enrich our existing
product portfolio with 10- to 20-ton soil
compaction rollers for South Africa.”
Dennis Vietze, MD Wacker Neuson Sub-Saharan Africa (left) and Heinrich Schulenburg, MD Wirtgen South Africa shake hands
and solidify their new agreement while Tessa De Bruyn, Wacker Neuson sales admin manager and Calvin Fennel, business
development manager at Wirtgen, look on.
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JUNE 2019
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