Expansion at Weir’s Alrode manufacturing facility south of Johannesburg will build production capacity for its vibrating screen ranges launched last year.
According to JD Singleton, Weir’s Comminution Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the positive market response to the company’s ENDURON® Elite and ENDURON® Orbital screen ranges has required the investment in expansion.
“This strategic investment at Alrode will make this plant a major player in global screen production,” says Singleton. “It is also an important step in our journey over the past six years to develop large format ENDURON® Elite range of screens for the mining market.”
Economy boost
Bridget Ledwaba, Weir’s Managing Director for Africa, says the expansion of the Alrode plant also shows Weir’s confidence in South Africa and its potential, and the company’s commitment to the country’s industrialisation. She emphasises that the investment will be good for job creation in the local economy and will benefit the fiscus through the value it will add to the general economy.