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FINANCIAL RESULTS

Bell posts R272m loss in ‘challenging’ year Video Available

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Bell CEO Gary Bell JSE-listed heavy equipment manufacturer Bell on Friday reported a R272-million loss for the year ended December 31,2009, describing the 12-month period as the "toughest and most challenging" year in the group's history. Bell said that the loss...
12 Mar 10
 
 
AUTO INDUSTRY – 3

Car importer reports rise in 2009 sales, despite dismal market

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South Africa’s biggest vehicle importer, Associated Motor Holdings (AMH), responsible for bringing Hyundai, Kia, Daihatsu and Tata to the country, saw sales increase by 22% in 2009 compared with 2008, says CE Manny De Canha - this as the total...
12 Mar 10
 
 
AUTO INDUSTRY – 2

Clean-fuel pressure should be placed on 
South African oil companies

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Mercedes-Benz South Africa president and CEO Dr Hansgeorg Niefer says he has difficulty in understanding why there is not more pressure on fuel companies to produce cleaner diesel and petrol in South Africa.


12 Mar 10
 
 
VEHICLE SALES

Strong year-to-date new-car sales exceed expectations

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New vehicle sales for the first two months of the year has jumped 18% compared with the same period last year, providing “an encouraging signal that the country was moving out of its first recession in 17 years”, says McCarthy CE Brand...
12 Mar 10
 
 
AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR

Auto industry saved by the export bell – KPMG Video Available

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To a large extent, government incentives had saved the South African automotive industry from a far worse collapse than what was eventually seen in 2009, said KPMG Africa automotive practice director Gavin Maile on Wednesday. KPMG released its...
10 Mar 10
 
 
BUS INDUSTRY

Mercedes-Benz SA to build buses for Africa Video Available

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Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) will expand its bus sales region to include all right-hand drive markets in Southern Africa, including Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, Mauritius, as well as Tanzania,...
09 Mar 10
 
 
WORLD CUP TRANSPORT

230 buses completed for the World Cup, 230 to go

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The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and its bus operator subsidiary, Autopax, on Monday received half of the 460 buses it ordered from Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) for use during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The buses would be used...
09 Mar 10
 
 
HEAVY EQUIPMENT

Bell revises expected FY loss

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JSE-listed Bell Equipment expects to report a loss of between 270c a share and 280c a share when it releases its 2009 financial on Friday. In December, the heavy equipment manufacturer said that it expected a loss of between 370c a share and 410c...
09 Mar 10
 
 
 
 
 
 
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