EVENTS
Vaughan Ellis, MD of Maximum Equipment.
22 _ QUARRY SA | MARCH/APRIL 2018
John Sheath, CEO and director of the CSSA,
says he believes bauma CONEXPO AFRICA
represents an excellent opportunity to further
increase awareness of the support provided
by the concrete-related associations in
South Africa, and provide its target groups
with information to enable them to take
even more profound decisions. Describing
some of the situations currently shaping the
southern African cement mixer market, he
says, “Government programmes have been
encouraging investments to be made in smaller
projects. This is shifting demand from large,
expensive machines and systems to smaller,
less expensive units, which also suit smaller
contractors. In order for us to achieve success
in the market, these systems also need to be
easier to operate than their big brothers as they
will be used by less-skilled workers.”
A large number of international pavilions
will also be present at bauma CONEXPO
AFRICA 2018, including those for China,
Finland, Germany, North America, the UK,
Portugal and Singapore. “This clearly shows
the importance of bauma CONEXPO AFRICA
for international companies,” says Crewe.
“bauma CONEXPO AFRICA is the perfect
platform to meet key decision makers, network
and exchange industry know-how. We pride
ourselves on being a trade fair that gives both
local and international clients a platform to
showcase themselves as leaders in their market,
and we will continue to lead the way in being
the premier trade fair for the mining and
construction industry in Africa.”
The demo area will cover the full product
categories of the trade fair. And in addition to
showing off their equipment and technology,
over the course of the four-day event exhibitors
will also present innovations, case studies,
challenges and solutions for the industry in the
all new Speakers Corner. Changes made to this
capital equipment will not be an easy decision
to make.”
According to Warren, the southern
African construction industry is growing
and aligning to global modernisation trends.
And with an increasingly younger, active
population and the correlated need for
investment in large-scale infrastruct