Tognum Group subsidiary, MTU South Africa (Pty) Ltd, celebrates their ten year milestone, marking a journey of exceptional service and growth. The anniversary commemorates the success the company has achieved with the perseverance and dedication of staff over the past decade. Inception of the company started with a requirement from the South African government with an off-set obligation for direct industrial participation and the intention to focus on the South African Navy. For approximately thirty years MTU was represented in South Africa by previous distributor Prokura Diesel Services at Montague Gardens in Cape Town and Diesel & Turbo service Centre (Pty) Ltd. in Durban. Over the years the company has experienced a steady growth, with fully operational services in 10 locations across Africa, seven service dealers throughout Sub Sahara Africa and new operations in Zambia. In the last four years alone, 2007 – 2010, an annual growth rate of more than 19% was evident despite the global economic crisis in 2009. MTU SA is responsible for sales and support of MTU, Detroit Diesel and Mercedes Benz diesel engines and drive systems in a multitude of off-highway applications ranging from power generation, marine, C&I, mining, defense and rail. 

The company which has recently been awarded a level 5 BBBEE status, places great focus on the training and development of those coming from a legacy of being previously disadvantaged.  They aim to sustain and develop the expertise of their staff, thereby contributing significantly towards the attainment of national development and social imperatives. 

“Our success as a company would not have been possible without the loyal support of our customers, partners and employees over the years. This inspires us to further improve on the quality and level of service and products we offer to them,” says Michael Baumann, Managing Director MTU SA.

Today, the company holds many accolades, including their partnerships with the SA Navy where the majority of the vessels are powered by MTU engines, the Sishen Iron Ore Mine and Grootegeluk Coal Mine among others use MTU Series 4000 engines for their mining haul trucks. Black Rock Mine uses MTU’s newly launched Generator Sets for back up power and recently MTU SA delivered their 1000^th diesel engine to RSD, a division of DCD-DORBYL (Pty) Ltd.

Amongst the company’s other highly regarded achievements is the sought after Apprentice Training Programme, where future artisans receive the best training and coaching by qualified technicians from MTU SA following the German apprentice model. Since starting in 2007, the programme’s success has been significant in that, despite MTU South Africa being a reasonably small company, they display innovation with these activities and are setting a benchmark for other industry players to follow.

Festivities will be enjoyed in both Cape Town and Johannesburg, in honour of the occasion. “In 2011, we at MTU SA take pride in looking back at our achievements over the past ten years and the way we have grown in leaps and bounds. I extend a great thank you to our dedicated team whom without; we would not have reached and exceeded our goals set out, and I am positive that the next ten years will be a period of continued success,” says Michael Baumann, Managing Director MTU SA. 

About Tognum

With its two business units, Engines and Onsite Energy & Components, the Tognum Group is one of the world’s leading suppliers of engines, propulsion systems and distributed energy systems. These products are based on diesel engines with up to 9,100 kilowatts (kW) power output, gas engines up to 2,150 kW and gas turbines up to 45,000 kW.

 About MTU South Africa

MTU SA is a certified BEE Level 5 company.  Within the Tognum Group MTU South Africa is responsible for sales and support service of MTU diesel engines, propulsion systems and distributed energy systems in most of sub Sahara Africa. Engines are sold under the brand names of MTU, Detroit Diesel and Mercedes Benz industrial engines that deliver quality, reliability, dependability and design adequacy. The engines are used extensively throughout Africa and are renowned for superior performance under the most demanding of conditions.

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As a reward for their high level of competence, the Tognum Group company MTU South Africa (PTY) Ltd, supplier of engines, complete propulsion and power systems in southern Africa has been awarded the Maintenance and Repair Contract (MARC) by Russo-Balt Belaz – a distributor of Belarus manufacturer of trucks. The company is operating in South Africa, for their five 220 tonnes trucks currently in use by TAU Mining Consultants at Sishen Iron Ore Mine, Northern Cape.

MTU SA will be responsible for the full maintenance and repair of all the company’s equipment at the mine. This encompasses the delivery of five Belaz’s haul trucks of 220 tonnes capacity, powered by MTU 16V 4000 engines to TAU Mining to be used in a contract at Sishen Iron Ore Mine.

“We are pleased and happy to be awarded this opportunity which will see us for taking care of the maintenance and repairs of these engines as it will not only show our competence in the industry but also the confidence that customers have on our service and products. We hope that our partnership with Belaz will add to the smooth operations of the mine,” says Michael Baumann, MTU SA’s Managing Director.

Since 2007, the Tognum Group has delivered engines as well as service features to Belaz. Belaz plant has developed over 500 dump trucks models of playload capacity from 30 to 360 tonnes and produced over 130 thousand dump truck units delivered in more than 70 countries worldwide within 65 years. Annual production of the plant is more than 2000 units of different kind of equipment. “MTU SA has demonstrated its ability to achieving high availability rate and quality of service with the engines. We hope that our partnership with MTU will even be more strengthened”, says Russo-Balt Belaz CEO Dmitry Venchik.

Being one of the first mines in the world involved in the development of the Series 4000 engine into solid and robust power unit for tough mining conditions, Sishen Mine is Kumba’s flagship operation and one of the largest open-pit iron ore mines in the world.

“We have advanced maintenance programs performed under MARC contracts. We work closely together with our customers to continuously enhance the performance of critical engine components and to improve on our service,” says Willem du Preez, Senior Manager Mining of MTU SA.

MTU SA supplies diesel engines under a brand name that delivers quality, reliability, dependability, design adequacy, excellent fuel consumption and low life cycle costs. Responsible for sales and support of MTU diesel engines, MTU South Africa focuses on products in Power Generation, Mining, Marine, Construction, Rail and Defense applications in the Sub-Saharan region.

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Over the years, MTU South Africa (PTY) Ltd, a subsidiary of Tognum Group company, has been successful in positioning themselves as a reliable industry supplier in the Power Generation and Mining sectors in southern Africa. With years of experience as supplier of engines, complete propulsion and power systems to the market, the company significantly contribute to the industry by constantly improving their products and services.

MTU has an extensive product range which includes the Diesel and Gas Genset (Generating sets) in the range of 250 – 3.300 kVA.  With this range, the customer receives a broad power variety out of one engine family. Customers like Telkom, Vodacom and MTN rely on MTU engines as an emergency back-up supplier for their data centres and other energy critical facilities. In contrast to this emergency application, MTU engines also provide a continuous power supply to operations all over Africa.

MTU also plays a significant role in the mining sector providing the mines with effective emergency back-up power for their operations. Mine operators request state of the art technology with the best fuel consumption and reliability in rough environments. MTU supplies various mines in Sub Saharan Africa in the following applications:

• Electric propulsion systems for heavy mine dump trucks
• Engines for Power Stations in the region of 5 – 100 MW
• Specialised applications such as motivators (Gensets for heavy load equipment, i.e. excavators)

“As a testament to MTU’s innovation and its role in the development of new technologies, MTU Onsite Energy received a Gold Award in the sixth annual Product of the Year competition for its diesel-powered Genset based on the all-new MTU Series 1600 engine. We are honored to have received this award as validation for the work we do, and will continue to extend our product range which will benefit the industry”, says Philipp von Arnim, MTU SA’s Sales Manager for MTU Onsite Energy.

The awards were sponsored by Consulting Specifying Engineer magazine, and recognise the best products introduced in 2009, according to votes cast by professional engineers in 10 categories.

In 2008, MTU SA showed true innovation when they received the first order for the 20V4000 engine range with a power output of up to 3.3 MVA.  Previously, the power range for high speed diesel engines in Gensets was limited to approx 2 MVA within South African Power Generation specialists. End customers as well as OEMs rely on large single engines rather than synchronising smaller sets with the MTU 20V4000 engine being the engine of choice when it comes to large scale power requirements.

Being aware of trends and developments within the industry, MTU focused on engine Emission Optimisation where engines had to prove their capability of offering the best fuel consumption in recent years.  Von Arnim adds that “larger consumers are becoming more concerned about their carbon footprint and this has an impact on the operation and capabilities of the respective Gensets”. MTU engines, with special software, can alter the requirement from fuel optimised engines to emission optimised engines. Emission values that can be achieved are in line with current standards, such as the German TA Luft (50 HZ) and the American EPA Tier 2 (60 Hz). “We predict that by 2015, the majority of MTU engines for Power Generation in South Africa will be sold in accordance with its emission regulations”, continues von Arnim.

With the Power & Electricity Week coming up in April, the competent team of experts from MTU Onsite Energy will be present to answer any questions relating to Power Generation.  Members from the industry will also be able to view their latest Series 1600 engine on exhibition. New models will be released in South Africa later this year, including the 6R1600 with 250 – 300 kWm output. Information will also be available regarding the latest developments on the MTU Gas application, detailing what the first projects being lined up are and where the first predicted installations of Biogas Generating sets will take place.

With a power range of 300 to 3.300 kVA, MTU South Africa offers a wide spectrum of products to the African power generation (Powergen) market as a “full-line” supplier.

MTU also provide clients with a basic maintenance plan for the engines which include the service of the engines and supplying of spare parts.

About Tognum
With its two business units, Engines and Onsite Energy & Components, the Tognum Group is one of the world’s leading suppliers of engines, propulsion systems and distributed energy systems. These products are based on diesel engines with up to 9,100 kilowatts (kW) power output, gas engines up to 2,150 kW and gas turbines up to 45,000 kW.

About MTU South Africa|
Within the Tognum Group MTU South Africa is responsible for sales and support service of MTU diesel engines in most of sub Sahara Africa. Engines are sold under the Brand names of MTU, Detroit Diesel and Mercedes Benz industrial engines that deliver quality, reliability, dependability and design adequacy. The engines are used extensively throughout Africa and are renowned for superior performance under the most demanding of conditions. Ends/

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PR and Advertising: MTU South Africa (Pty) Ltd. appointed Chatroom to handle their PR and Advertising to position the company as global leader in the provision of diesel engines

Action Steps

• Public Relations in 7 different applications: Power Generation, Marine, Mining, Defense, Rail, Naval, CSI aligned with global corporate communications headed up by MTU Friedrichshafen
• Media Plan and Development
• Advertising – coordination and placement
• Structure Web-site content, write copy, liaise with MTU Friedrichshafen for design of Web-site
• Photography
• Consult content, incl. financial structures and proofing, design of Annual Business Report
• Corporate client event for RSD – DCD Dorbyl in Joburg
• Event Management for 100 years celebrations in Joburg and Cape Town

Outcome

• Publicity in national and Africa newspapers and specialist magazines throughout all markets and applications
• 5 page profile of MTU in African Mining
• Media Plan
• Advert placements throughout national specialist magazines
• Annual Business Report
• Corporate client event
• 100 years events in Joburg and Cape Town

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