Kng Bring Bomag to Cambodia

• Proeksa Meas
• 31 December 2015
• Construction Focus
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A partnership deal between Cambodia-based machinery supplier Kong Nuon Group Co., Ltd (KNG) and German infrastructure machinery producer BOMAG has brought the world-class earth work machinery and equipment onto the Cambodian market.

The deal, signed in early September 2015, appointed KNG as BOMAG’s sole distributor in Cambodia with both parties aiming to capitalise on the kingdom’s rapid construction growth, especially on infrastructure.

Established in 1957 in Germany, BOMAG now manufactures and supplies over 20 product groups via over 500 partner companies all over the world. The synergy with KNG is the latest addition which now brings BOMAG products to the Cambodian market.

“Cambodia is a developing country and to support this growth, there is a need for quality machineries with proven reliabilities. BOMAG is the largest manufacturer of compaction equipment whilst also having the widest range of road construction equipment globally,” said Christopher Cher, BOMAG Product Support Manager for South-East Asia market at the signing ceremony. “As part of FAYAT Group’s road equipment subsidiaries, the BOMAG range is now wider than ever before.”

According to Cher, while the urbanisation of Cambodian rural areas requires earth work equipment, single drum rollers, soil compactors and soil stabilisers, dam construction projects require heavy duty compaction of thick fill layers which only BOMAG specialised deep impact polygonal drum rollers can achieve effectively.

The BOMAG asphalt pavers, cold milling machines and various asphalt rollers fit well for construction of new roads, highways, road maintenance and repair. It also has a complete solution provider for road construction, maintenance and repair companies.

For landfill waste management, BOMAG has thorough knowledge in refuse compaction and has the right machines to get the job done efficiently whatever the landfill size or condition, he added.

“Good machines alone are not enough but coupled with decades of Application Technology through BOMAG’s application engineers and distributor partners, BOMAG is able to transfer know-how, technology and technique to each and every customer,” he stressed.

Over the last 24 years, KNG has been importing and supplying various machineries to the Cambodian market. For the agricultural sector, the company currently distributes Japanese Yanmar Tractors, Yamaha pumps and electricity generators and will soon be importing Yanmar rice harvesting machinery, according to KNG chairman Oknha Kong Nuon.

While KNG’s range of Toyota forklifts and Tadano cranes have gained a satisfactory proportion of market share in the industrial sector, its Hitachi excavators can also be seen at many construction and infrastructure developments sites throughout Cambodia.

“…We always pay a lot of attention to our after-sales market [the spare parts and maintenance services] as we have set our priority with the maintenance, repair, and mobile repair vehicles to ease our customers’ problems everywhere,” he said.