Manufacturing equipment locally proves to be beneficial

Following two years of research and preparing for the local manufacturing of new innovative materials handling equipment, Pretoria-based materials handling company Wuhlf started manufacturing last month and has reached full production. Engineering News reported in January that the company would manufacture materials handling equipment – including wheel loaders, forklifts and numerous attachments – designed on the whole specifically for the South African market. Manufacturing Wuhlf products enables the company to predict their quality and outcome because the inputs and outputs of the expected end product can be controlled.