World-wide Mobiles’ conference celebrates Distributor performance
Sandvik Construction Mobile Crushers and Screens held its annual Global Distributor Conference in Ireland from the 11th – 15th January. Over 120 people, representing 60 Sandvik Mobiles' distributors from around 40 different countries, participated at the conference. The attendees were welcomed by Sandvik Construction President Dinggui Gao, before taking advantage of workshops, seminars and seeing the latest equipment demonstrated.
The 2nd annual Sandvik Construction Mobile Crushers and Screens Global Distributor Conference was held from the 11th – 15th January. Delegates from 60 distributors came to receive updates on the Sandvik Construction business, product briefings, as well as joining in other activities aimed at helping our customers' world-wide. This year's conference specifically focused on how we are able to improve customer service and how best we can continue to meet and exceed our customer requirements.
The conference began on the Tuesday with an official welcome and introduction by Sandvik Construction's President, Dinggui Gao. He said of the conference: "I am delighted to attend and have the opportunity to meet our Mobiles' partners. It has been a challenging year, but fantastic to see the drive, enthusiasm and commitment within the Mobiles' sales network." Following this address, President for Product Area Equipment, Joanne Cooke, presented an overview on Sandvik Construction as a business.
Attendees were then updated on the Mobiles' business by members of the Mobiles' management team. Terry Allison, Managing Director, provided an update on the business and the production facilities in Ballygawley. This included a presentation on the new £1.6 million powder coating facility investment, which the distributors were delighted to hear is now fully operational. Eugene Lyons, Global Sales and Marketing Director, presented a Sales update and John Nethery, Vice President Product Management and R&D, outlined recent product launches and the developments to come in 2016.
The distributors were also taken to a local quarry in order to view some of the newest developments to the Mobiles' range demonstrated. This included the latest addition to the scalper range, the compact and extremely versatile QE241. This was set up in two different applications in order to demonstrate its ability to operate as both a scalping and sizing screen. A QH331 Hydrocone crusher, one of the most advanced cone crushers on the market, was displayed with the optional hanging screen system. This setup recirculates the oversize material, or alternatively, through rotating the conveyor hydraulically through 90°, facilitates stockpiling of a readily screened product. The screening range was also displayed in order to highlight the performance and efficiency of our screening technology, in particular our latest compact addition to the Doublescreen range, the QA335 Doublescreen.
At the distributors' hotel was an impressive product display of 6 key models from the Premium range of mobile jaw, cone and impact crushers, screens and scalping equipment. This represented only a fraction of the product range available, but showcased the models that have all been developed to meet the needs of our global customer base. The distributors were taken on a product walk around session on the last day of the conference. This served as a visual reminder and hands-on demonstration of some of the key features by some of our global sales representatives.
Eugene Lyons was especially pleased to see the full range along with the hanging screen options now available being displayed. The pride of place given to the QH331 highlighted that one of the key messages of the conference was how advanced and versatile our range of cone crushers really is. "Our Hydrocone crusher is one of the most technologically advanced in the market, and is a tried and tested design, which is something we are extremely proud of. In order to drive sales and increase our market share, we decided to run some cone focused seminars during the conference. These were welcomed by our distributors and we have received some great feedback. As a result, we look forward to seeing an increase in our cone sales over the coming year." said Eugene.
The Conference finished with a gala dinner being held on the Thursday evening. This featured an awards ceremony which celebrated outstanding distributor performance in 2015. Overall, the conference represented our commitment to the Mobiles' distributor network and celebrated their mutual success. Additionally it illustrates, and further reinforces, Sandvik Construction's position as a premier manufacturer of mobile crushing and screening equipment.
For further information, please contact:
Melissa Baker
Marketing Communications,
Mobile Crushers and Screens
Tel: +44 1283 212121
E-mail: melissa.baker@sandvik.com