Sanitech, South Africa’s leading hygiene company, has upgraded its national equipment fleet with the high-performance MACH cleaning range, supplied by SkyJacks. This strategic expansion directly answers a major challenge for South African businesses: how to maintain world-class hygiene standards while lowering utility costs and meeting strict environmental targets.

As local industries face escalating operational costs and increasingly severe water scarcity, this new equipment ensures that large facilities can be serviced with minimal disruption. The MACH range brings more than 40 years of Italian engineering expertise to the South African market, combining durability, operational efficiency and ease of use to support high-demand commercial and industrial cleaning environments. Designed with robust components and reduced reliance on complex electronics, the MACH range focuses on long-term reliability, simplified maintenance and maximum uptime. This ensures that the equipment can handle the heavy workloads of busy corporate, commercial, and industrial settings.

“The ultimate benefit for corporate and industrial clients is total service consistency across all operations,” says Robert Erasmus, Managing Director of Sanitech. “By investing in practical, robust machinery, Sanitech removes the common operational bottlenecks of breakdowns and slow service. These machines are built for maximum uptime, meaning facilities receive a superior, uninterrupted clean every single day.”

Turning resource conservation into daily productivity

The built-in ECOsystem technology tackles the issue of resource waste head-on, which is an increasingly critical factor for businesses managing sustainability goals. While standard commercial cleaning machines rely on a constant supply of fresh water, these new units recycle water up to four times, leading to an immediate 70% reduction in overall water use.

Additional MACH technologies such as DoseMatic and FlowMASTER further optimise the use of water and cleaning chemicals, helping businesses reduce both operational costs and environmental impact while maintaining high cleaning standards.

“This technology delivers a major operational win for productivity,” Erasmus explains. “Recycling water on site means that cleaning teams spend less time emptying and refilling tanks. This cuts out unproductive downtime, particularly in large, multi-level facilities where accessing water points poses a major logistical challenge. It allows staff to complete cleaning tasks faster and more efficiently while actively supporting water conservation goals.”

Darryn Jacobs, Managing Director at SkyJacks, adds that the MACH range was specifically designed to support continuous operations in demanding working environments. “Features such as longer battery life, quick-change consumables, and durable machine components all contribute to stronger operational uptime,” he says. “Businesses need dependable equipment that can keep pace with demanding cleaning schedules without compromising on performance.”

Eradicating breakdown delays through group synergy

To deliver service continuity across every region, Sanitech leverages the strength of SkyJacks’ national technical support network. Because both companies are part of the Waco International group, this internal collaboration eliminates the usual supply chain bottlenecks, ensuring that equipment maintenance never disrupts a client’s business operations.

This partnership provides access to dedicated aftermarket technical support, critical spare parts availability, and rapid servicing support across South Africa, capabilities that standard cleaning services simply cannot replicate.

“The partnership with SkyJacks ensures quick access to a large stock of spare parts, fast on-site servicing, and immediate backup machines if needed,” notes Erasmus. “Instead of waiting weeks for repairs, the machinery stays on the floor doing the job, keeping client operations running without missing a single shift.”

Setting a new benchmark for industrial hygiene

This investment marks a permanent shift in how industrial cleaning operations are executed at scale. By combining resource efficiency, intelligent cleaning technology, and reliable after-sales support, Sanitech is positioning itself to deliver more sustainable, cost-effective hygiene solutions to clients across multiple sectors.

“With more businesses focusing on operational efficiency and sustainability, mechanised cleaning solutions are becoming essential rather than optional,” says Jacobs. “The combination of MACH’s proven engineering and SkyJacks’ nationwide support infrastructure allows customers to invest with confidence in solutions built for long-term performance.”

“As businesses across South Africa face tightening environmental regulations and growing resource pressures, this partnership delivers a future-proof solution that establishes a new national standard for modern, sustainable facility management.” Erasmus concludes.