Posted by Paul Moore on sixth March 2024
Neemba, the Cat supplier for 11 nations throughout West Africa, has turn into a distributor for the modern FuelActive gasoline pick-up system, which ensures that gasoline is taken from the highest of the gasoline stage relatively than from the underside of the tank, the place over 95% of contaminants reside.
By utilizing solely the cleanest gasoline, delicate engine elements are protected and operators can obtain a 3-5% gasoline financial system enchancment, with a corresponding discount in CO2 emissions. Using clear gasoline additionally maximises the working lifetime of filters, pumps and injectors, decreasing working prices for purchasers and slicing the danger of surprising downtime.
The UK-based firm, which has intensive expertise within the mining and development sectors world wide, initially began working with a buyer in West Africa over 18 months in the past. In collaboration with Neemba, FuelActive was put in on quite a few Cat 777s as a part of a trial. Six months later and with over 100,000 information factors Neemba has determined to signal an unique five-year deal to distribute FuelActive to clients throughout its territories in West Africa.
FuelActive will provide as much as 20 totally different gasoline pick-up techniques, to go well with a variety of Cat merchandise suited to mining functions together with motor graders, inflexible haul vans, excavators and shovels, together with lots of Cat’s bigger dozers. Additional techniques will likely be added as required and FuelActive may also provide a variety of merchandise for Neemba’s broad vary of development & energy era gear.
“We are delighted to have signed this agreement with FuelActive,” mentioned Neemba Deputy CEO Denis Paput. “We always strive to provide our customers with the highest quality equipment and with leading, innovative technologies, that will make a positive impact on their business. The FuelActive system delivers improved fuel efficiency, reduced emissions and, in countries that don’t always have the highest quality fuels, it will ensure that engine component life is maximised.”
Neemba will carry inventory of the techniques inside its components provide chain throughout the area. FuelActive can also be coaching Neemba’s service engineer workforce, to make sure that the corporate can set up and help clients throughout a variety of equipment. Neemba says it has a transparent deal with providing its clients the very latest ESG applied sciences and FuelActive is a crucial a part of that technique.
The firm has been a Cat supplier for greater than 90 years, though it solely adopted the Neemba firm identify not too long ago, having separated from the JA Delmas community. The identify derives from Mount Nimba, one of many highest peaks in West Africa, underlining the corporate’s drive to at all times supply clients the very highest stage of service excellence.
“Central to our strategy is the empowerment of our employees,” mentioned Paput. “By focusing on continuous learning and development initiatives we acknowledge that our people are our most valuable asset in driving innovation and excellence throughout Africa.”
Max Lytle, CEO of FuelActive: “Since we entered the mining sector the most common customer comment after a successful pilot is to ask why Cat dealers don’t supply it. This represents a very credible step in achieving this goal. We are proud to partner with Neemba who obviously place such a premium on delighting customers, proactively researching innovative carbon reduction initiatives.”
FuelActive’s Mining Sector Director Thomas Michaelson-Yeates additionally welcomed the distribution deal, including: “Neemba is well established as the leading heavy machinery distributor across West Africa and we are proud and delighted that they have recognised the potential benefits of the FuelActive system for their customers. Our easy to install, patented fuel pick-up system ensures that only the cleanest, uncontaminated fuel is drawn from the tank. It will deliver improved fuel consumption, reduced carbon emissions, along with engine and component longevity, offering a rapid return on investment for operators in the field. We look forward to working together, to bring a reduction in operating costs, an increase in machine uptime and a benefit to the environment, across the West Africa region.”
