Since its founding in 1998, Interroll South
Africa has grown strongly and this year will further expand its
local assembly in Johannesburg. The company celebrated its
20-year anniversary together with more than 100 guests on May 23 in
Johannesburg’s iconic turbine hall.
With
a loyal customer base in industries ranging from food, supermarkets and
airports to courier and express as well as warehousing and distribution,
Interroll South Africa looks back on past growth that has on average exceeded
economic growth. And today, leading companies in South Africa such as Shoprite,
SPAR and Simba (with first orders placed in 1998) still choose Interroll as
preferred supplier for the storage and picking requirements.
South
Africa was also Interroll’s first location outside of Europe for the crossbelt
sorter and developed into the Interroll market with the largest installed base
of crossbelt sorters. Today, Interroll solutions for material handling continue
to be in good demand and current trends provide a positive outlook: Many new
distribution centres are being built or in planning in the country, some
requiring mechanized solutions while others require more automated solutions.
“Our
main advantages are the roots we have grown in South Africa while at the same
time providing globally consistent solutions within short delivery times,” said
Hilton Campbell, Managing Director of Interroll South Africa, who provided an
outlook: “We already have a full production of rollers and our local assembly
of both pallet flow and drum motors. Later this year we will start assembling
our modular conveyor platform - a solution which is high on our local
customers’ wish lists - at our facility in Johannesburg.”