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Masslift Africa keeps their promise of reliability by ploughing back into the community Making a positive impact on society remains one of Masslift Africa’s fundamental driving forces, whether through enabling businesses to scale up their operations or directly creating job opportunities. As a purpose-driven organisation, Masslift Africa is acutely aware of its role in contributing to a more equitable and sustainable society. To that end, Masslift Africa supported two initiatives geared towards reducing suffering and hardship among the most vulnerable persons in South Africa. Masslift Africa believes in not only investing in the youth through employment opportunities, skills development, and mentorship but also in assisting organisations that
are dedicated to uplifting children and young people. For this year’s Nelson Mandela Day, Masslift Africa contributed to the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital via Jacaranda FM’s Good Morning Angels initiative. Masslift Africa pledged R60 000, which translates into treatment for two children in need of medical care. “This is a very worthy cause. Investing in our children is investing in the future,” said Masslift Africa’s
Chief Financial Officer, Thembi Mazibuko. In addition to its donation to the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital, Masslift Africa’s Cape Town branch supported the Durbanville Children’s Home on Nelson Mandela Day. The Durbanville Children’s Home is dedicated to the care, development and rehabilitation of emotionally traumatised children between the ages of two and 18. Masslift Africa supported the Durbanville Children’s Home through its ‘Adopt A Baby in a Box’ initiative. “As a company operating in South Africa, it is more than required from us to play our part to ensure the stability of the economy but also the stability of the people living in our country. We believe in helping where we can.” concludes Mazibuko.
Masslift Africa, +27 (0) 11 786 8524, sales@mlift.co.za, www.mitsubishiforklifts.co.za
Combilift’s 60,000th truck delivered The Irish manufacturer Combilift recently marked a further milestone when its 60,000th unit came off the production lines at the company HQ in Monaghan and was shipped to the other side of the world. The customer taking delivery of this special forklift is Metroll, a leading Australian manufacturer and supplier of steel building products including roofing, cladding, rainwater, structural and fencing. Metroll has branches across the country, and the new CombiCB3000 will be a further addition to its fleet of 13 Combilifts that are operating throughout the Metroll Group, with another 10 already on order. These range from 3-ton multidirectional units to a highly customised 10-ton model. Combilift number 60,000 will be working at the site in Toowoomba and has been fitted with features such as a 4.9m triplex mast with a 3050mm spreader to safely and easily manage the long loads that are typically handled by Metroll. According to Metroll Operations Manager Vic Josephs “Like most businesses we are very busy and we’re also growing at a significant
rate, so space has become a premium resource. With this unit we can utilise our space more efficiently whilst at the same time operating safely. Safety is of paramount importance. This forklift allows our machinery to get into tighter spaces and for us to space our racks more closely together to maximise factory floor space.” Combilift CEO and Co-Founder Martin McVicar commented: “This is a great achievement for Combilift, particularly as almost every truck we manufacture is a one-off, designed for specific and individual requirements. There are very few other companies, if any, that can offer this level of customisation whilst manufacturing in such volume. The first half of this year has been by far the best in our 23 year history for the number of orders we have received – not just for Combi-CB models but across our complete product range.” Chris Littlewood, Country Manager of Combilift Australia said:
“The Combi-CB 3-ton model is the most popular unit in the Australian market and accounted for 50% of the machines we sold in the year ending March 2021. So we are particularly pleased that it is one of our customers in this country that has been able to receive this landmark machine.” Following the successful collaboration with Metroll in Australia, Combilift now supplies its trucks to the company's Californian based operations too. "We have often found that a recommendation from one country leads to sites elsewhere adopting the same material handling processes with our products,” said Martin McVicar. “So we’d like to congratulate Metroll on taking delivery of our 60,000th truck, and thank them for their continued support over the years.” Combi Lift, + 353 47 80500, press@combilift.com, www.combilift.com