A new range of products will be displayed by South Africa-based concrete pumps, mortar machines, indus-trial pumps and truck-mounted transit mixers manufacturer Putzmeister at the first-ever bauma Africa event to be held at Gallagher Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, from September 18 to 21.

On display will be the new generation of Putzmeister truck-mounted boom pumps, such as the BSF 36.16-4 H, with a 36 m reach, the BSF 42.16-5 H, with a 42 m reach, as well as the smaller BSF20.07, with a reach of 20 m. Further, newly introduced Putzmeister truck mixers will also be on show at the company’s stand. A full range of trailer-mounted concrete pumps and mortar pumps will also be show-cased.

Putzmeister will further showcase industrial and mining pumps and representatives from Germany will be present to answer any questions related to these pumps.

Putzmeister South Africa is part of the global Putzmeister Group based in Aichtal, Germany. The group develops, manufactures and sells high-quality and service-orientated machines to its customers worldwide.

The South African subsidiary, established in 1973, is based in Honeydew, Johannesburg, and boasts a comprehensive spares ware-house for the supply of equipment and after-sales spares and service.

Putzmeister South Africa, which is celebrating its fourtieth anniversary in the country, has expanded into the rest of sub-Saharan Africa and supplies all spares and after-sales services to countries such as Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to name a few.

The company’s most recent supply con-tracts include the Cape Town-based Portside project, State-owned power utility Eskom’s Medupi and Kusile power stations and various new dam projects for the Department of Water Affairs. Other Putzmeister supply contracts are for Dar Es Salaam-based projects, the Pension Towers and the Port Authority Building – which will be the tallest building in the area once completed – the I-Towers Phase 1 and 2 in Gaborone, Botswana, and the expansion of various mines in the DRC and Zambia.

The company was recently awarded supply contracts for South Africa-based Rand-Gold, global South Africa-head-quartered mining giant Anglo Gold Ashanti, South Africa-based industrial company Lafarge, global South Africa-headquartered synthetic fuels and petrochemicals manufacturer Sasol, as well as Tanzania-based African Barrick Gold.