Author:focus-on-transport

It is not very difficult to assess the impact that AFRIT has had on changing the way trailer manufacturing in South Africa is undertaken. With a current market share of approximately 25%, AFRIT remains a family business, as KERRY DIMMER describes, to continue its legacy with the generations of Van de Weterings to come.

Transpec – a 2009 Focus on Excellence Award nominee – prides itself on the fact that it is able to meet virtually any customer need. If a transport operator needs a specific trailer designed and built for a particular application, Transpec can deliver. FOCUS finds out how the company manages to accomplish this.

As a nominee for six out of a possible seven awards in this year’s annual FOCUS on Excellence Awards, Hino is proving the success of its recent shift in corporate strategy, although the manufacturer vows it will not rest on its laurels.

Trucks are the backbone of the commercial transport sector, and as such must be able to give operators precisely what they and their businesses need. Which is why Nissan Diesel SA has always concentrated on being evolutionary, rather than revolutionary.

What’s in a name? Plenty if your business has a half-century-old global world leader behind it, and plenty more on the dawning of its own 45th anniversary. Bandag Southern Africa has a reputation in which the trucking industry seemingly has absolute faith. Not only does Bandag continue to excite with the latest worldwide technological advances in truck tyre retreading, but is also, suggests KERRY DIMMER, the Big Brother of solutions.

Being selected by customers as a Focus on Excellence Award finalist is a notable achievement. Receiving a nomination while navigating turbulent economic waters, however, is particularly impressive. FOCUS finds out how Top Trailers managed to accomplish this.

As one of the few manufacturers to enjoy success in both the truck and bus transport sectors, MAN Truck & Bus has perfected the art of providing the right transport solutions for its clients. FOCUS chats to the company’s management about its six nominations in this year’s FOCUS on Excellence Awards.

Tyre management solutions specialist, Maxiprest Tyres, has been nominated for a third consecutive Focus on Excellence Award this year. FOCUS finds out why the company is so well respected within the transport community.

Keeping customers happy is what truck manufacturers and dealerships are all about, but it’s important for manufacturers to have their own identity as well, not only through their product, but also through their corporate identity. NADINE VON MOLTKE recently attended a press day where Isuzu Truck SA reiterated its position as an “after-sales company that happens to sell trucks”, as well as a company that is proudly South African.