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Portugal : Moviter wins competitive tender for 24 Hitachi excavators
Publish Date : 10-Feb-2017
Portugal-based Hitachi construction machinery dealer Moviter has been announced as the winner of a competitive tender to provide a rental business with 24 mini and medium excavators.
The Machrent order is for two Hitachi ZX17U-5s, nine ZX26U-5s, three ZX33U-5s, five ZX55U-5s and five ZX85USB-5s.
The Hitachi Zaxis-5 machines were supplied with 1 quick coupler and 3 buckets each.
Moviter also painted them in Machrents corporate green color.
Machrent stockholder Salvador Posser de Andrade, said, "From the outset, Moviter was proactive in terms of its solution and how it could optimise its proposal. Along with Hitachi and Hitachi Capital, this proved to be an unbeatable combination of dealer, manufacturer and finance company. There was a wide range of factors involved in the decision. We looked at the reliability associated with each brand, as well as the importance of durability and quality to our customers. Hitachi also produce larger excavators as well as minis and so this gives us the opportunity to expand into other product categories."
Another major factor was Moviter's Hitachi Support Chain after-sales programme.
He said, "Speed was the critical factor for the parts and service items. We were looking for a partner with the infrastructure to deliver to the required standards over the four-year contract. This included the availability of fast-moving parts on a pay-as-we-use basis."
Lisbon-based Machrent was founded in December 2007 and focuses on the utilities, maintenance and renovation markets.
Machrent CEO Paulo Marques Martins added, "We are selling and marketing the Hitachi fleet based on the fact that we have such new and reliable, mobile and productive excavators for hire. Low fuel consumption is also something we are promoting for these machines. If this strategy goes well, we intend to buy more mini excavators and possibly other products in the Hitachi line-up. We expect the market to continue growing and we aim to be in a strong position to take advantage of this forecast."
