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Customer Focussed One-Stop Solution Hub
mining Equipment

Customer Focussed

ONE-STOP

Solution Hub

ervices Machinery & Trucks (SMT), re vealed
SJohan Haglund, Vice President of SMT Af-
rica, has done something rare in business.
Rather than a company advancing from its
European base to expand into Africa, the very
reverse has happened.

Launched in 1998 as a single Volvo dealership in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), SMT is now active in
25 African countries and has branches across Europe, notably
Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
As a leading full-service distribution company specialising
in machinery, trucks and transportation vehicles, its focus
is providing equipment for the extraction, construction,
material handling, recycling and transport industries in these
countries. The company holds a longstanding track record
of working exclusively in their markets with global quality
brands, such as Volvo CE and Sennebogen. In Africa, SMT also
works with other premium and value brands.

Industry-beating standards

“We set industry-beating standards and aim to keep them high
throughout all our business ventures,” said Mr Haglund. “As our
market transitions from product to solution-oriented, we are at
that forefront, with firm beliefs in cooperation and transparent
communication.”
SMT Africa, headquartered in Belgium, offers the full range
from Volvo: Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Trucks, Volvo

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