Business Profile
SKF South Africa appoints new authorised industrial distributor , enhances service delivery to customers
SKF South Africa proudly announces the appointment Bolt & Engineering Distributors Group as an Authorised SKF Industrial Distributor . With this latest agreement SKF now h a s 6 0 I n d u s t r i a l A u t h o r i s e d Distributors with an overall total of 169 distributors located throughout Southern Africa . Alongside SKF ' s Industrial Authorised Distributors , Lubrication , Agricultural and Vehicle Service Market Distributors also form p a r t o f S K F ' s c o m p r e h e n s i v e Authorised Distributor network . S K F D i s t r i b u t i o n D e velopment Manager , Anton Theunissen , explains that the recent expansion of the company ' s distributor network not only allows its customers improved access to SKF product and services , but that the strategic selection of SKF Authorised Industrial Distributors ensures close proximity to our customer base . “ This facilitates e f f e c t i v e p l a n n i n g a n d s t o c k management , while enhancing the ability to service customers and end users in the shortest possible time . This partnership with our customers reduce asset down time , while maintaining the best possible production levels , uptime and customer performance and ultimately reduce total cost of ownership to our customers .” The Bolt & Engineering Distributors Group ( B . E . D .), established in 1983 , is a leading supplier of engineering related products to the construction and mining industries . The Group ' s national footprint spans Gauteng , North West Province , Free State , Platinum Province , Western Cape , Limpopo and Mpumalanga . The company operates from eleven locations through-out South Africa and the full SKF products and service portfolio will be available to industrial customers in the respective branch areas . In closing , Theunissen advises customers and end users to source SKF products through SKF authorised distributors only to safeguard product authenticity . “ Our customers can buy with confidence from any one of our Authorised distributors , rest assured in the knowledge that the products they purchase are of world-class quality .” With over 100 year of knowledge and experience in rotating technology , SKF , together with its vast distributor network , is perfectly positioned to offer customers not merely a commodity sell but a holistic engineering solution for complete peace of mind .
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