Mr. Godfrind , Sandvik: "Our product range has been renewed"

Marcel Godfrind, President of Sandvik Mining and Construction in France, gives his perspective on the situation of the fixed and mobiles installations in the quarry, and list several assets on which the Swedish manufacturer could focus. Among them, a range of product intended to be modernized and more qualitative.

"The business climate is not euphoric, and 2017 will certainly be like 2016. The market expresses basically through the replacements of the machines, although we started to see, and even to materialize the major projects, such as fixed crushing installations. However, these projects require some time the reflection from our customers, which is quite logical because they represent the higher investments comparing to mobile installations. We also rely on our presence in Belgium and in French-speaking area in Africa to consolidate our market share. Similarly, our newly updated range of products with higher quality, is another asset for our brand. But it is literally the mobile crushing that stands out the market trends. In this context, our new crusher with embedded screen QI441 is a relevant product. It is the reflection of our ongoing investment in R & D, to always get more reliability and finishing. "