MANTRAC GHANA TO PROMOTE CATERPILLAR'S ROAD CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT (BUSINESS PAGE)

24/04/08
MANTRAC Ghana, dealers of heavy duty equipment is to promote Caterpillar’s (CAT’s) comprehensive range of road contruction equipment by launching an integrated road construction campaign in Accra.
The aim of the campaign is to highlight the complete package of machines for road construction and the advantages of CAT machines and Mantrac support.
According to the National Sales Manager, Mr Ahmed Saad, the geography of Ghana, its size, diversity and dispersion gave roads a special position in the integration of the national economy.
He said that roads particularly served rural areas where the majority of the people lived than any other dwelling place.
The National Sales Manager said the road network infrastructure had an effective role of contributing to the social and economic development of Ghana.
He indicated that the network performance had continued to grow due to government efforts of building new reliable road networks to maintain the existing ones.
“In collaboration with government’s efforts Caterpillar and Mantrac its sole authorised dealer in Ghana understands how success depends on the reliability of the machines used in the road construction industry”, he said.
Mr Saad said caterpillar motor graders and asphalt compactors have long been working with the road construction industry in Ghana and have played and continue to play a key role in infrastructure development.
He said Mantrac and Caterpillar had acquired decades of experience in the road construction industry offering a complete range of road construction machines supported by an outstanding network and exceptional financial incentives.
He mentioned that Caterpillar was the only manufacturer to offer the complete package of road building solutions; from earthmoving and soil stabilisation, to paving and finishing, through road rehabilitation equipment needs, and ensuring that road contractors will not look further for their needs of road construction equipment.
Mr Saad said each machine supplied is a class leader, enhanced with best-in-the-industry feature and its full line of equipment include Rotary Mixers, Track Type, Tractors & Loaders, Motor Graders, Soil Compactors, Cold Planers, Asphalt Pavers, Asphalt Compactors, ensuring that its customers achieve consistently high levels of productivity and reliability, and an outstanding return on their investment.
He said the antecedent to the success story of Tractor and Equipment when it took its new name Mantrac.
He said the new name carried with it a renewed pledge of excellence, professionalism and a corporate mindset of a responsible partnership in service delivery in Ghana.
The National Sales Manager said the Mantrac Group was recently awarded the exclusive right to distribute and service O&K’s range of heavy mining hydraulic excavators. The deal is part of a global agreement that will allow caterpillar dealerships in over 40 countries to sell and service the equipment.
“The New Development will bring the world’s most successful manufacturing of heavy mining diesel and electric hydraulic excavators together with the world’s biggest manufacturer of construction and mining products, both of which can now be sold and service by the Mantrac Group”, he stated.