Considered to be the world’s most fuel efficient excavator technology, the Kobelco range of excavators, of up to 85 tons operating weight, is now available in South Africa from Eqstra Heavy Equipment (EHE), following the signing of an authorised partnership between EHE and Toyota Tsusho Africa (Pty) Ltd (TTAF).  In terms of this partnership, which brings together the strength, reliability and might of two of the major players in the South African market – Eqstra and TTAF, EHE will market the tough, reliable and high performance KOBELCO Hydraulic Excavators in South Africa, providing the full suite of sales and aftermarket support services.  EHE is part of Eqstra’s Industrial Equipment Division.

TTAF is a subsidiary company of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Japan, a Toyota Group company, which has been committed to the development of the South African economy for more than 50 years.

“The beauty of KOBELCO Excavators is low fuel consumption with high productivity. This is combined with reduced CO₂ emissions and low noise, low vibration operation. As the newly authorized distributor of KOBELCO Excavators in South Africa, we at Toyota Tsusho Africa are very proud to introduce these productive and environmentally friendly excavators,” says Yoshitaka Shinhara, Divisional General Manager of TTAF.

“The Kobelco range is the perfect fit with our other Best-in-Class range of heavy equipment, enabling us to provide an excavator for every application,” says EHE Managing Director, Ronald Erasmus. “We are proud to be a partner in making these excavators available in South Africa, a brand that is synonomous with the highest quality, reliability and user satisfaction. Kobelco’s attention to detail in addressing all its users’ requirements goes as far as even the colouring of the machines, selecting a human-friendly blue-green, rather than the traditional intimidating bright yellow.”

Forging relationships for life with their customers, EHE, in partnership with TTAF, offers a comprehensive range of services to the industrial sector, which includes long and short term rentals, parts supply, service and maintenance contracts, sales of new and used equipment, and operator driver training.  

KOBELCO Hydraulic Excavators will be unveiled at Eqstra’s stand at Bauma Conexpo Africa 2015, due to take place at Nasrec in Johannesburg from15 – 18 September.

Further Information

For further information contact           Thabo Zulu

                                                            National Sales Manager, Eqtstra Heavy Equipment

                                                            Tel: +27 11 966 2400
                                                            Cell: +27 71 680 8464

Email: tzulu@eiegroup.co.za

Website: www.eiegroup.co.za