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June 2005 |
New waste fleet
for Cape Town
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| LOW MAINTENANCE requirements got the nod for the Faun Rotorpress. |
TFM Industries has delivered the first 17 Faun Rotopresses in a R14-million order from Amasondo Fleet Services, a leading empowerment fleet management company, which will manage and operate the fleet on behalf of the City of Cape Town.
Amasondo is 51% owned by empowerment group Ukhamba Holdings and 49% owned by Imperial Holdings and is fully supported by Imperial Fleet Services. Amasondo was awarded a five-year contract to supply and maintain the City of Cape Town's new waste compactor fleet on a Full Maintenance Lease contract.
TFM was selected to fit the Rotopress bodies to the Isuzu FVZ 1400 chassis, as specified by the municipality. That's a good one for Isuzu. The mobile waste compactors, which each have a maximum payload of 12 tons, will operate in domestic waste collection areas in the city.
TFM director Shaun Harrop says the Rotopress's main advantage over conventional packer plate systems is its low maintenance requirements. "Conventional packer plate systems have 37 essential parts whereas the Rotopress has only 13 essential parts which reduces repair and maintenance costs and operational downtime creating economic benefits for the operators."
Rotopresses have already proven their efficiency in the municipal waste collection sector as both Pikitup, which operates in the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan area and Durban Solid Waste, which operates in the Ethekwini Municipality, are benefiting from the efficiencies this waste compactor creates.
TFM Industries is a leader in the provision of waste compactors, front and rearend loaders to the South African waste management sector and counts several municipalities and fleet operators among its customers.
The specialist truck body manufacturer has forged many international alliances to help develop costeffective and compatible solutions to meet the needs of the waste management industry.
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| NOW HERE'S a happy crew, from left: Ian Bell, chairman Reeds Motor Group; Monique Frey, MD of Amasondo Fleet Services; Andre du Toit, interim coordinator Solid Waste; Malcolm Gauld, sales & marketing director, General Motors; Wouter Loots, director Solid Waste, City of Cape Town (CCT); Lot Mlati, GM, Amasondo; Johan Schwartz, manager Solid Waste CCT; Walter Hill, non executive director, Amasondo; John Esterhuizen, technical co-ordinator Shared Fleet Services CCT; Alan Dyer, manager transport, CCT and Willem Janse van Rensburgh, fleet manager CCT. |
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