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Bell 225F Logger sustains sawmill production for Rance Timber
Traditionally Bell Loggers have been known as quite simple yet robust machines, which is probably why they have become the industry standard as a loading and timber handling tool. But, as robust as they are, they can also display the odd quirk as the workshop and transport manager of a leading South African timber group will attest to.
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Bell Equipment appoints Ashley Bell as new CEO
Bell Equipment Limited has appointed Ashley Jon Bell (41), grandson of the company’s founder Irvine Bell, as the new Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective from 1 January 2024.
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Bell and Overlooked Group hand over houses in Bethal
Bell Equipment Sales South Africa (BESSA) and the Overlooked Group (OVL) joined the Govan Mbeki Local Municipality this week to handover of four houses that have been built for indigent families as part of an approved low-cost housing project in the Municipality’s eMzinoni area. OVL, a 100% black-owned diversified South African-based resources company with vast experience in housing projects of this nature, facilitated and provided project management expertise. BESSA provided over R1 million in funding for the project as part of its socio-economic development initiatives.
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Bell launches new Bell Heavy Industries division
With almost seventy years of demonstrated expertise in complex engineering, heavy fabrication, and machining for its own range of material handling equipment, Bell Equipment is now offering these specialist services to all industries in the country through its newly formed division, Bell Heavy Industries (BHI).
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Bell Loggers support renewable energy creation at Coega Biomass Centre
There is a lot of good news emanating from the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ) north of Gqeberha on South Africa’s vast Eastern Cape Coast.
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Bell celebrates two decades of excellence at German factory
Last week, Bell Equipment was joined by government and business representatives and employees from Bell Germany to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of its German factory in Eisenach-Kindel.
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Bell introduces middle-range BETA Parts
Identifying a need in the market for a middle-range parts offering, Bell Equipment has launched Bell Equipment Trusted Alternative (BETA) Parts to give its customers a convenient and competitive alternative, endorsed by the OEM, for their more mature Bell machines or when faced with budget constraints.
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Kobelco Mini Excavator handles the grunt work for Mopana Farm
Right near the foot of Cathkin Peak in KwaZulu-Natal’s Drakensberg lies Mopona Farm, home of William and Nell Gibbings and their son, Bruce. While it may seem like many other crop cultivating farms in the area, there is one feature that stands out on this farmyard – a new Kobelco SK75SR – as its unusually bright turquoise colour distinguishes it from the rest of the many farm tractors and implements.
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