SKF South Africa proudly announces the appointment Bolt & Engineering Distributors Group as an Authorised SKF Industrial Distributor.
With this latest agreement SKF now has 60 Industrial Authorised Distributors with an overall total of 169 distributors located throughout Southern Africa. Alongside SKF’s Industrial Authorised Distributors, Lubrication, Agricultural and Vehicle Service Market Distributors also form part of SKF’s comprehensive Authorised Distributor network.
SKF Distribution Development Manager, Anton Theunissen, explains that the recent expansion of the company’s distributor network not only allows its customers improved access to SKF product and services, but that the strategic selection of SKF Authorised Industrial Distributors ensures close proximity to our customer base. “This facilitates effective planning and stock management, while enhancing the ability to service customers and end users in the shortest possible time. This partnership with our customers reduce asset down time, while maintaining the best possible production levels, uptime and customer performance and ultimately reduce total cost of ownership to our customers.”
The Bolt & Engineering Distributors Group (B.E.D.), established in 1983, is a leading supplier of engineering related products to the construction and mining industries. The Group’s national footprint spans Gauteng, North West Province, Free State, Platinum Province, Western Cape, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The company operates from eleven locations through-out South Africa and the full SKF products and service portfolio will be available to industrial customers in the respective branch areas.
In closing, Theunissen advises customers and end users to source SKF products through SKF authorised distributors only to safeguard product authenticity. “Our customers can buy with confidence from any one of our Authorised distributors, rest assured in the knowledge that the products they purchase are of world-class quality.”
With over 100 year of knowledge and experience in rotating technology, SKF, together with its vast distributor network, is perfectly positioned to offer customers not merely a commodity sell but a holistic engineering solution for complete peace of mind.