Himoinsa announces a new subsidiary in Southern Africa

By MEq June 27, 2016 19:07

Himoinsa, the international company that designs, manufactures and distributes electricity generation equipment, intends opening a subsidiary in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in the fourth quarter of this year. The subsidiary will support the wider SADC region, serving customers in the nearby countries of Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.

South Africa is undoubtedly one of Africa’s leading importers of generator sets. According to sources, South Africa imported $155M of generator sets in 2015, thereby becoming the African country with the greatest demand in the electricity generation market, followed by Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria and Libya.
Himoinsa has a successful track record of almost 35 years and has been operating in Africa since the 1990s, with nearly twenty distributors all over the continent. The companny has identified Africa as an exciting market with excellent potential for growth, where the customer requirements are well suited to the Himoinsa product range. “Our objective is to be close to the market and to bring the needs of the local market to our factory in Europe. That is how we guarantee our customers a made-to-measure product and rapid service”, states Guillermo Elum, Sales & Marketing Director for HIMOINSA in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa).

Himoinsa will handle the Southern African market from its factories in Europe, guaranteeing top quality products, equipment with a two-year warranty certificate and a 24/7 technical and spare parts service. “All the projects we undertake in South Africa, as is the case throughout the world, include the commissioning of the units, whenever the client so requires, together with specialised on-site training for all the technicians in order to guarantee that the units are perfectly maintained”, Guillermo Elum goes on to say. The company’s Engineering team makes available to the Southern African market the development of a Plug and Play product that ensures a rapid installation and easy configuration in order to increase and/or reduce the power that is generated, depending on each client’s needs, primarily in Power Plant and IPP projects.

Himoinsa has been part of the Yanmar Group since 2015. Yanmar is one of the world’s leading engine manufacturers; its commercial alliance with Himoinsa has made it possible to combine the former’s Japanese engineering expertise with the latter’s consolidated experience in the manufacture of generator sets. The company has already supplied hundreds of units in the south african market, for mining, construction, agricultural and telecommunication projects.