In commemoration of women's month, I would like to focus on the predominatly women-owned company BLT SA. To dwell deeper into what BLT is all about and what they exactly do I chose an extract from BLT South Africa products manager Clinton van den Berg, "Durban-based materials handling equipment specialist Big Lift Trucks (BLT) South Africa offers a range of MecLift variable reach trucks, designed for diverse materials handling applications, including the efficient handling of electrical cabling." The company is generally considered a baby in their respective industry of shipping due to the fact that it was only recently established in January of this year. A range of other products the company offers is container handling equipment, including the supply of new and refurbished variable-reach trucks, mobile container handlers and terminal tractors. What really makes them unique in a sense is that they are a distributor for equipment manufacturer B&W Mechanical Handling Equipment, which supplies a range of harbour equipment, including link conveyors, grab hoppers, surface feeders, radial boom stackers and mobile ship loaders.
Charity Gumede(marketing director of BLT) says "the company has been well received by the local industry so far, although competition in the market has been tough." she went on to add on that by saying “we are working in a very demanding industry, but we are holding our heads high. We ensure that we provide the best service possible and keep up to date with the latest industrial technology. We are also committed to providing productive and dependable equipment for our customers.“It is important to build good business relationships in this highly competitive sector and we have managed to secure supply, service and distribution agreements with some of the world’s most respected materials handling equipment manufacturers. This enables us to offer the local market the latest international products.”
Local businesses like this are the type of establishments that spur on other aspiring South Africans, especially females to take advantage of the oppurtunities available to them in our ever growing country.
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