Category:Corporate Profiles

Doing it properly
January 1, 2012

Doing it properly

With sales that had tripled during 2011 over the preceding year, Hyundai Commercial Vehicles is looking forward to continuing the trend into 2012.

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Expanding the family
January 1, 2012

Expanding the family

Powerstar, approaching all innovative design and applications with a meticulous business vision in mind: to equalize the benefit of low production cost to customers’...

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Flying the rebranded flag: EQSTRA FLEXI FLEET launches Flexi Logistics, while aligning itself with the overall EQSTRA brand.
January 1, 2012

New look, same values

EQSTRA FLEXI FLEET has a rich history of providing fleet management solutions to the South African commercial vehicle market. Even though the company underwent...

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Neil Hattingh, chief executive officer of Skygistics, aims to make the company a one-stop-shop for all communication needs.
January 1, 2012

Taking the lead

Skygistics aims to be a global one-stop-shop for all communication needs, ranging from fleet management to providing telecommunication infrastructure in mining, construction and government...

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Van Zyl’s impressive career with Mercedes-Benz South Africa is due to his passion for truckers, trucks and trucking.
December 1, 2011

Leading the charge

Mercedes-Benz is changing the way South Africa goes trucking. Kobus van Zyl, vice-president, commercial vehicles at Mercedes-Benz South Africa, is one of the reasons...

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Richards started his career with UD Trucks South Africa as a mere contract worker in 1982.
December 1, 2011

Staying power

One man; 10 positions; one company; 30 years – that’s the impressive history of Johan Richards’ tenure at UD, writes GAVIN MYERS.

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ford
December 1, 2011

Fanatical for Ford

Coming into Africa to head-up the local division of one of the world’s greatest brands can be a daunting task, but Jeff Nemeth is...

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aerotruck
December 1, 2011

The aero-man

Cameron Dudley-Owen knows a thing or two about truck aerodynamics. After all, that’s all he’s been doing since 1986. GAVIN MYERS got to know...

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This innovative multi-temperature double-deck trailer won Musgrave Retail Partners Ireland Thermo King’s “Energy Efficiency Leader Award”.
December 1, 2011

King of cool

GAVIN MYERS followed the rainbow to Ireland and – while he didn’t discover those elusive pots of gold, leprechauns or four-leaf clovers – he...

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Dr Casper Kruger, vice-president of Hino in South Africa, joined the company in 2009 – just as Toyota SA Trucks was being consigned to the annals of history.
December 1, 2011

Hooked on Hino

From the academic world to the home of Hino. That’s the story of Dr Casper Kruger. CHARLEEN CLARKE discovers that this amazingly humble man...

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