Company Announcement - The recent acquisition of Trio Engineered Products by The Weir Group provides important opportunities and advantages for both southern African distributor Pilot Crushtec International and The Weir Group in terms of additional product and market opportunities. “In terms of the acquisition itself, we will remain with the original distributor, Pilot Crushtec International,” says Gavin Dyer, Regional Managing Director for Weir Minerals Middle East and Africa.

“We are thrilled that the brand will now have the backing of a major international company like The Weir Group. It will only improve and build upon our own relationship with Trio as the Original Equipment Manufacturer ,” Sandro Scherf, Managing Director of Pilot Crushtec International, adds.“We are represented mainly in the minerals space, whereas Pilot Crushtec International has considerable experience in the sand and aggregate sector. Instead of creating such a route to market from scratch, we decided to capitalise on the mutually beneficial relationship that is already in place,” Dyer says. It represents a natural progression for Weir Minerals Africa to enter the comminution sector, as it is already manufacturing High Pressure Grinding Rolls, for example. “Our strength as an OEM is based on technology, products and manufacturing processes, which we will now be able to introduce to other market sectors where Pilot Crushtec International has a particular advantage.”

Scherf points out that, like Weir Minerals Africa itself, Pilot Crushtec International already distributes a range of products from global OEMs. “We will continue to service all our customers as quickly and as efficiently as possible. It is important that we maintain and build on that value proposition. “I am pleased that both Weir Minerals Africa and Pilot Crushtec International share the same view that it is not just about the Trio product range. It is about what else we can bring to the market and leveraging off Weir Minerals’ engineering strengths and our intimate knowledge of the sand and aggregate sector,” Scherf says.

Dyer concludes: “In terms of the agreement to acquire Trio Engineered Products, Weir Minerals Africa will go through one of the easiest integration processes amongst our sister companies simply due to having Pilot Crushtec International on board. I think the synergies we will be able to derive from this relationship will be significant. Scherf concludes: “We have some thoughts around additional opportunities linked to Trio that we hope to exploit in the near future and to increase sales, with the assistance of Weir Minerals Africa.”

The recent acquisition of Trio Engineered Products by The Weir Group provides important opportunities and advantages for both southern African distributor Pilot Crushtec International and The Weir Group in terms of additional product and market opportunities. “In terms of the acquisition itself, we will remain with the original distributor, Pilot Crushtec International,” says Gavin Dyer, Regional Managing Director for Weir Minerals Middle East and Africa.

“We are thrilled that the brand will now have the backing of a major international company like The Weir Group. It will only improve and build upon our own relationship with Trio as the Original Equipment Manufacturer,” Sandro Scherf, Managing Director of Pilot Crushtec International, adds.

“We are represented mainly in the minerals space, whereas Pilot Crushtec International has considerable experience in the sand and aggregate sector. Instead of creating such a route to market from scratch, we decided to capitalise on the mutually beneficial relationship that is already in place,” Dyer says.

It represents a natural progression for Weir Minerals Africa to enter the comminution sector, as it is already manufacturing High Pressure Grinding Rolls, for example. “Our strength as an OEM is based on technology, products and manufacturing processes, which we will now be able to introduce to other market sectors where Pilot Crushtec International has a particular advantage.”

Scherf points out that, like Weir Minerals Africa itself, Pilot Crushtec International already distributes a range of products from global OEMs. “We will continue to service all our customers as quickly and as efficiently as possible. It is important that we maintain and build on that value proposition.

“I am pleased that both Weir Minerals Africa and Pilot Crushtec International share the same view that it is not just about the Trio product range. It is about what else we can bring to the market and leveraging off Weir Minerals’ engineering strengths and our intimate knowledge of the sand and aggregate sector,” Scherf says.

Dyer concludes: “In terms of the agreement to acquire Trio Engineered Products, Weir Minerals Africa will go through one of the easiest integration processes amongst our sister companies simply due to having Pilot Crushtec International on board. I think the synergies we will be able to derive from this relationship will be significant.

Scherf concludes: “We have some thoughts around additional opportunities linked to Trio that we hope to exploit in the near future and to increase sales, with the assistance of Weir Minerals Africa.”