EVENTS
Elrene Smuts, group communications manager for Chryso
Southern Africa Group.
Mark Hughes, director of sales and marketing at Bell Equipment
Sales South Africa.
number of exhibitors will also be using bauma construction market has been very down,” that over the next few months and years,
CONEXPO AFRICA 2018 as a springboard to says Burger. “Our aim is to show visitors to Zimbabwe is the country to keep an eye on.
launch new products, services, and offerings the show that we are here to stay.” Chryso Southern Africa Group is another
to a market they believe is finally beginning to
recover from a tumultuous few years.
When it comes to mining, Burger believes
exhibitor that has been involved in the show
that coal and chrome are the sectors to watch since it first started in 2013, and based on
and that they will remain steady throughout previous experience, the group is expecting
Since the beginning 2018. “The equipment industry is heavily an excellent visitor turnout from within the
BurGerS Equipment & Spares, distributor influenced by the political situation, with the mining and construction industries. According
for Chinese construction equipment price of imported machines dependent on the to group communications manager Elrene
manufacturer LiuGong in South Africa exchange rate, which thus plays a significant Smuts, the company expects to see growth
and Namibia, has attended both previous role in getting the machines to the end user in export volumes, with generally flat volume
editions of the show, according to MD at the most competitive price possible. growth in the construction sector and an
Tiaan Burger, and expects this year’s event While things are currently stable, this could increase in mining volume growth.
to surpass the previous ones. “Our hope potentially change at any time.”
is that the construction market will pick up
this year, because for the last few years, the
While the company’s primary focus is on
South Africa and Namibia, Burger believes
“While there are very low activity
levels in the building sector, the demand
for construction chemicals is significantly
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