Company Announcement - Chicago Pneumatic Construction Equipment is expanding its footprint and bringing its high quality, high performance range of light construction, compaction and concrete equipment ever closer to customers through the appointment of BO’s Hire & Sales (Pty) Ltd as its construction dealer throughout South Africa.

Jacques van der Westhuizen, Chicago Pneumatic Construction Equipment South Africa’s Business Development Manager, explains that the Chicago Pneumatic range of construction equipment’s route to South and southern African markets is exclusively through a dealer network. “BO’s success in growing market share in segments where Chicago Pneumatic Construction Equipment would like to gain momentum is a true testament to their commitment to the brand. In only six months BO’s has become our overall number one Chicago Pneumatic Construction Equipment dealer showing record sales in the new light compaction range. This unprecedented growth over the past 12 months has naturally had an extremely positive effect on Chicago Pneumatic Construction Equipment Southern Africa’s sales figures and becomes even more impressive when taken within the context of a virtually stagnant economic climate.”

BO’s is a leading equipment solutions provider headquartered in Durban and supported by an extensive national sales and distribution footprint of twelve outlets strategically located throughout South Africa. The Level 4 B-BBBEE certified company is perfectly positioned to offer one of the largest and most diverse hire equipment ranges, from small to large plant, throughout southern Africa, ably supported by excellent service delivery. BO’s Managing Director, Craig Cook and National Equipment Sales Manager, Malcolm Edwards, are extremely upbeat about the recent dealership appointment. “The partnership makes perfect mutual business sense as we share a number of synergies with Chicago Pneumatic Construction Equipment in terms of equipment, customers and market sectors. Furthermore, the highly reputable Chicago Pneumatic brand augments our quality equipment solutions, enabling BO’s to make an even bigger impact in the market by broadening our product profile to existing and potential customers; this is also in line with our expansion strategy.”                                                                                           

Over the past two and a half years, BO’s has invested over R34m in new equipment. Edwards explains that by keeping their equipment fleet young, they are able to offer customers improved reliability, efficiency and economy to enable them to accrue improved productivity and profitability. In line with their customer-centric solutions approach, the plant hire specialist is also rolling out a further six new stores located around the Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal and Gauteng, with an additonal four earmarked for 2016. ”The new stores which incorporate a new DIY section, will broaden our footprint to an impressive total of 22 stores, bringing us closer to our customers for the delivery of quality products, expert advice and excellent service,” affirms  Edwards.

Cook and Edwards believe that this wide local footprint plays a pivotal role in customer back up and support which are key to the success of the partnership with Chicago Pneumatic Construction Equipment. Their well-stocked branches are able to seamlessly supply customers with what they need, from equipment and parts to after-sales service, maintenance and repair. “We are not a corporate company situated kilometres away; we are in our customers’ backyard so to speak and we pride oursleves on our quick turnaround. There are very few companies, let alone non-franchise companies, that are able to offer such all-encompassing, tailor-made, end-to-end product and service solutions.”

The Chicago Pneumatic range supplied by BO’s include compaction and concrete equipment, portable generators and light towers, portable diesel compressors, as well as pneumatic and hydraulic demolition and construction equipment. BO’s has an exclusive distribution for Chicago Pneumatic’s new light compaction range which currently comprises rammers, pedestrian rollers, floor saws and plate compactors, as well as a non-exclusive distribution for the complete Chicago Pneumatic Construction portfolio.

“We stock only quality equipment in our hire fleet which makes the incorporation of the Chicago Pneumatic range a no-brainer,” confirms Edwards. ”With a collective experience of over 50 years in the construction and plant hire sector, this vast industry experience gives us a thorough understanding of our market.”
                 
Driven by honesty, passion and energy, BO’s will never compromise on quality and Edwards points out that this is another reason why Chicago Pneumatic is such a good fit. As a leading global industrial manufacturer of construction and mining equipment since 1901, Chicago Pneumatic has been used extensively in the local market, mainly in the mining industry for over 100 years where it has found wide acceptance and respect. The range is backed by robust warranties and enjoys large international back up on service and parts. “We will be able to pass on the benefits of this world-class quality range to our customers at good prices.”  
   
BO’s personnel receives comprehensive product training as well as customer specific training from Chicago Pneumatic Construction Equipment to ensure that they meet their customers’ needs through the supply of the right equipment, backed by sound technical advice and service support.

Wrapping up, Van der Westhuizen says that BO’s is the perfect example of what is required from Chicago Pneumatic dealers with excellent technical and product support key attributes of this industry leader in plant and construction equipment solutions. This, combined with their construction, rental and civil industry know-how, makes BO’s a perfect business partner for Chicago Pneumatic Construction Equipment. “They know what the customers want and they are a great bunch of guys to deal with!”