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RONCO GROUP APPOINTED REGIONAL DEALER FOR SANY CRANES Ronco Group, specialising in construction equipment and engineering, was recently appointed as the regional dealer for Sany cranes. Cranes and Lifting magazine spoke to Ronco managing director, Robert Smith, about the development. RONCO HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR over 25 years and was recognised for manufacturing its own crane the Ronco R6000. The company was originally founded by Ron Downie and in 2011 Robert Smith, Ronco’s then general manager, purchased the company from Downie. “When we first purchased Ronco, it was a family business with a small facility in Midland that featured three maintenance bays and a wash bay. We quickly grew the business and moved to a 4000 sqm site including a large workshop but it wasn’t big enough to receive large pieces of equipment such as full crawler cranes with booms for assembly, so four years ago we moved to the current facility in Maddington,” said Smith. “This is a much better facility in terms of its ability to service cranes. We have a 12,000 sqm facility with a 4000 sqm storage facility in the same street and we are equipped with twin overhead cranes, a 100t press, sand blasting facilities, EPA wash down and more equipment and appliances to ensure we meet customer’s needs,” he said. Smith discusses the recent appointment as the regional dealer for Sany cranes. “Currently, our distribution foot-print is understandably focused in Western Australia. The recent CICA conference provided an ideal opportunity to present our plans to the industry and we expect to make announcements in the near future,” said Smith. “Sany product has been on the Australian market for approximately 10 years and the focus has been on crawler. www.cranesandlifting.com.au
Mark Turner, Ronco’s operations manager and managing director, Rob Smith, at the recent CICA Conference and Exhibition
Eight years ago, Sany had a strong relationship with James Equipment, which became part of the Boom Logistics Group,” said Smith. “Back then I was the service and parts manager for James Equipment and we mainly sold crawler cranes. James Equipment was also handling the Tadano product and the Sany crawler cranes filled the gap in the range that we had. Through this relationship, units were delivered to customers like Tutt Bryant, Boom Logistics and various others,” he said. The management at Ronco has been working very closely with the Sany factories to ensure specification of the cranes and the manufacturing processes will meet the demands of the Australian market. “Mark Turner, Ronco operations
manager and Neil Holroyd, Ronco service manager, have just arrived back from the factories in China where they have been measuring up the all terrains and inspecting some of the models that are currently on their way to us. Some units be will arriving before Christmas and some just after,” said Smith. “We will be bringing in a range of crawler cranes with capacities from 55t to 650t and also a range of telescopic crawler cranes with models from 55t and 80t. There’s also a range of rough terrains from 25t to 120t and from there we will move steadily and in stages. Mark Turner and Neil Holroyd talk about their experiences during the recent factory visit. “We measured two of the all terrains, the more popular sizes in the market, a 5 axle 130t all terrain and a 5 axle 220t. November 2019 CAL / 33
