SEW-Eurodrive’s Port Elizabeth branch has relocated to Unit 4, Aldo Business Park, Old Cape Road in Greenbushes, reflecting both the growth of the branch and the importance of the Eastern Cape region. “Although Port Elizabeth is the smallest SEW-Eurodrive branch nationally, it is showing very promising growth. We look after some of the largest accounts nationally and are a major contributor of servo drive technology, AC drives and decentralised drives,” says branch manager, Francois Sieberhagen. The branch services the entire Eastern Cape region, with customers in the automotive, food and beverage, tyre and rubber, wood and timber, and fishing industries, in addition to OEMs and resellers.
The Port Elizabeth branch was established initially as a service and repair branch, with minimal assembly taking place. “We have grown tremendously since then, to the point where we outgrew our previous facility completely. In order to keep up with market requirements, we needed larger premises,” Sieberhagen explains. “The new 800 m2 building is significantly larger than the original 300 m2 premises.”
The entire move was managed internally with great success. Timing was of the essence. “We could only move the various components of our sales and operations once critical aspects such as alarm systems, electrical work, compressed air, network and telephone facilities were in place at our new premises. We managed the entire move in a couple of days, with little to no disruption to our customers,” he concludes.
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