Supplier of earthmoving, construction, mining and quarrying equipment ELB Equipment reports that it exhibited its range of equipment at the first bauma Africa exhibition, held at the Gallagher Convention Centre, in Midrand.

As part of its exhibition, ELB showcased a number of quarrying brands including manufacturers of mobile crushing, screening and recycling equipment, Terex Finlay and manufacturers of construction equipment, Dressta. Integrated trading company, Sumitomo, heavy industries company Kawasaki, developers and fabricators of advanced materials, Furukawa and underground construction equipment manufacturers, Ditch Witch are also being exhibited.

ELB’s stand included the new Terex TLB890 backhoe loader, which is used for digging and transporting materials, the Mustang 2056 skid-steer loader, which is able to lift more than 950 kg, the Telestack TS542 radial telescopic conveyor, which is used as a mobile, automatic stockpiling conveyor to eliminate the segregation and degradation of material, the Powerscreen XH320X impact crusher, which can be used for recycled asphalt, limestone and grit stone and the Warrior 800 mobile screen, which can be used with topsoil, recycling, waste, sand, gravel and aggregates. The Dressta TD-25E extra crawler dozer used for pushing, and sometimes crushing, rocks, which was introduced last year by ELB to South Africa, is also on display.

“As one of a few South African companies offering such a broad range of equipment and top brands, we constantly track technological developments and market trends worldwide to source products that are suited to, or can be modified, to suit African conditions, and will assist our client base in significantly adding value and increasing the productivity of their operations,” says ELB divisional director Desmond van Heerden.

“Bauma Africa provides us with the ideal platform to showcase these products, demonstrating our commitment to always staying ahead of the market in bringing the latest developments to our customer base,” he adds.

ELB represents a number of world-renowned manufacturers whose products are designed to meet the strict emission and safety control regulations that apply to the industrialised first-world countries. Offering industry a wide selection of equipment for construction, earthmoving, mining, quarrying and recycling equipment, ELB is based in Boksburg, South Africa and has branches in South Africa in Brits, Cape Town, Durban, East London, George, Kathu, Kimberley and Wolmaransstad, as well as a well-established dealer network throughout South Africa. In addition, in Southern Africa ELB have dealers in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.