Pit & Quarry, December 2013
PIPEPLUS Whatever your pumping and piping needs turn to industry leaders ISCO Industries and GIW Industries Nobody stocks or delivers more HDPE pipe and associated products than ISCO including a full line of mechanical connections and molded and fabricated fittings GIW leads the way in the design and manufacture of heavy duty centrifugal slurry pumps in many sizes models across multiple applications And both companies excel in professional consultation and service to tackle even the most challenging projects Make the call for TOTAL PIPINGAND PUMPING SOLUTIONS 1 800 345 ISCO www isco pipe com ISO 9001 2008 certified quality management system YANIK Lets stay along this equipment line but bring in a new topic Chinese equipment What impact is China having on your businesses WALTON I think the influx of Chinese equipment is making you look at efficiencies you can improve to help keep your prices down and be more competitive We promote product quality obviously and the product support and parts availability versus what you might get with Chinese products Walton FAIR Weve got a customer in Mexico who buys our vibrating screens They made a change last year and bought screens from the Chinese They told us that it was a regrettable decision The quality wasnt there But most importantly they told us the service wasnt there WEISIGER In some of the other mining segments youve got a lot more foreign and eastern ownership Indian and Chinese and when they have ownership in mines here they will use Chinese equipment more than weve seen in the aggregate market Thats what theyre comfortable with GARRISON The Chinese equipment for crushing and screens has been around for a while It comes back down to how long do you want to run this piece of equipment How much can you afford downtime if you cant get parts or a service technician You do see dealers popping up in the states using Chinese equipment but its mostly out of a necessity Where we see more of the Chinese built equipment and people more readily accepting it is in Latin America in Mexico and Central and South America www pitandquarry com December 2013 PIT QUARRY 35
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