Heavy Equipment

China Equipment Firm Sany Opens Nairobi Showroom

Sany hopes to sell 650 dump trucks and 200 concrete machines locally in three years.

Updated on

May 14, 2019

Sany Group’s Nairobi showroom is located on Mombasa Road. PHOTO | COURTESY

Sany Group, a Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer, has opened a showroom in Nairobi as it seeks to capitalise on the growing popularity of its products in the East African market.

The showroom is located on Mombasa Road and displays a range of machinery on offer, including mixer trucks, excavators, concrete machinery, and tipper trucks, among others.

The opening of the showroom comes shortly after the Chinese firm signed a deal with Rhombus Construction to sell its products locally in a contract valued at Sh5 billion.

The two partners are seeking to raise their share of the lucrative equipment market in the country, “with the resultant effects of creating more job opportunities, training for engineering students, and the acquisition of affordable equipment,” according to Victor Marangu, head of sales and marketing at Rhombus Construction Company.

Sany hopes 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 Kenya.

Sany equipment is on display outside its Nairobi showroom. PHOTO | COURTESY

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 featured prominently in the recent demolition drive to rid the country of illegal structures.

During the operation, 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.

Rhombus chief executive Evanson Githinji recently 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 in a statement.