Heavy Equipment

Rhombus Signs Deal with SANY to Sell Heavy Machinery

Rhombus expects to sell 650 dump trucks and 200 concrete machines in three years.

Updated on

September 26, 2018

Xiang Wenbo, Evanson Githinji (centre)Bernard Kairu — Xiang Wenbo, president of SANY Heavy Industry CO., meets Rhombus CEO Evanson Githinji (centre) and managing director Bernard Kairu during the dealer agreement signing in China. PHOTO/COURTESY

Rhombus Construction Company, a supplier of ready-mix concrete in Kenya, has inked a lucrative deal with Chinese equipment manufacturer SANY Group to sell its products locally in a contract valued at around Sh5 billion.

According to a SANY press release, the deal will authorise Rhombus Construction to begin selling SANY brand of concrete machines and dump trucks at its dealerships.

SANY expects Rhombus to sell 650 dump trucks and 200 concrete machines locally in the next three years in a move that will elevate the Chinese firm to the number-one vendor of concrete machines and second-best seller of dump trucks in the Kenyan market.

“Rhombus shall absorb SANY’s advanced IROOTECH system and open hotline to update the service quality; shall build a workshop and exhibition hall according to SANY’s standard; at the same time, shall take over SANY’s parts warehouse in Kenya and make a plan to set up reliable parts store for existing and new clients,” SANY said in a statement.

“SANY will provide professional assistance to Rhombus in marketing system construction, service policy making and parts warehouse planning. IROOTECH, a high-tech enterprise incubated by SANY Group, signed its first cooperative agreement in Africa.”

Rhombus chief executive Evanson Githinji applauded SANY for its high-quality machinery that has stood the test of time in terms of safety and efficiency.

“SANY has extreme pursuit to its products’ quality, which not only can improve products’ performance but also safeguard operators’ safety. I want to be SANY’s dealer and make SANY different in Kenya,” Mr Githinji said.

Headquartered in Changsha, China, SANY is the world’s fifth-largest heavy equipment maker. It is the first in its industry in China to enter the FT Global 500 and 2000 rankings.

The company is renowned locally for its range of ‘green mamba’ excavators that feature prominently in the ongoing demolition drive to rid the country of illegal structures.

Last month, a SANY excavator withstood the collapse of a structure that was under demolition – with only the cab’s glass breaking.

The company said the operator survived the incident because of the sound protection from the reinforced structure of the excavator.