Parker Hannifin has just signed a strategic agreement with Oilserv Group, which will ensure the distribution of Parker products for the oil and gas, power, food & beverage and industrial markets in the West Africa sub-region including Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Togo Republic, and the East Africa sub-region including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan and Mozambique. This agreement is effective immediately and means that customers will have access to Parker products via Oilserv and affiliate hubs in Port Harcourt, Lagos, Lome, Cotonou, Nairobi, Kampala, Dar es Salaam and Maputo.
From l: Nick Wright, VP business development and marketing, Parker EMEA; Emeka Okwuosa, CEO Oilserv; David Kirubi, senior executive, GROWTH Oilserv; Barry Mackay, regional general manager sales companies South Parker.
“This is excellent news,” says Barry Mackay, regional general manager for Africa and southern Europe. “This agreement will allow both Parker and Oilserv to accelerate their growth in key areas of Africa and meet both companies’ long-term growth strategies by serving existing global customers operating in the sub-regions and indigenous enterprises. In Oilserv we have found an established, credible and professional partner, which employs skilled local engineers and professionals and embodies a commitment to local content in the form of capacity development in all the markets that it operates in. Oilserv is ready to grow with us and has the ability and drive to make this happen.”
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