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As one of the most famous concrete block making machinemanufactures and a major player in the concrete plant in-dustry, Zenith Maschinenfabrik GmbH with more than 6decades of experience for the development of concreteplants is boasting a rapid development in global marketsales.

The Zenith product range includes machines and plants forthe production of concrete elements in the areas of civil en-gineering, gardening and landscaping as well as specialproducts such as concrete palisades. Zenith offers machineryfor the most varied kinds of production needs, starting frommobile machines for block production up to fully automaticsingle pallet plants for economical mass production.

The Zenith 844sc, a well known, stationary multi-layer ma-chine for paving stone production, has the advantages of azero board, high stability, and low maintenance productionprocess with a reduced amount of manpower needed. Rightnow, the Zenith 844 is becoming more and more popular andwell received in the booming African market. In 2017, fourZenith 844sc plants arrived in Africa to address the boomingdemand for paving products.

The Justmoh Group in Ghana

The Justmoh Group is one of the biggest construction com-panies showing an expansion of its business all over Ghana.Its activities include housing construction, real estate devel-opment, stone crushing, ready-mix concrete and transporta-tion. Taking into consideration the booming paving stone de-mand, on the one hand, and reduced requirement of labourinvolved in the production process, the Zenith 844sc becamethe number one choice for the board of the Group. With twoZenith 844sc systems purchased that were fully commis-sioned in March 2017, the Justmoh Group has now becomeone of the biggest paving stone manufacturers in Ghana. Dueto the fully automatic stationary multi-layer function of thisequipment, only 4 workers are needed for paving stone pro-duction, making factory management much easier.

Nambrick in Namibia

Nambrick has been in the paving stone business for morethan 15 years, starting with a small manually operated ma-chine, then employing a QGM T10 automatic block machineand a semi-automatic production line, and now using a

Four stationary multi-layer machines for the booming African market

Zenith Maschinenfabrik GmbH, 57290 Neunkirchen, Germany

With two Zenith 844sc units purchased and fully commis-sioned in March 2017, the Justmoh Group has become oneof the biggest paving stone manufacturers in Ghana.

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German made Zenith fully automatic multi-layer machine type844. Mr. Gary Knight, the owner of Nambrick, chose the QGMT10 in 2014 on account of the company’s production expan-sion. Their 40 MPA strength interlocking paving productswere well received when supplied to Swakopmund, WalvisBay and even as far as Windhoek and nowadays enjoy nation-wide reputation.Gary Knight comments this development as follows: “Aftertwo years of powerful development, Nambrick aims at beingthe best paving supplier in the whole of Namibia. This madethe German made Zenith 844sc our only choice. Due to its re-liability, durability, impressive production capacity, outstand-ing quality output, zero pallet production and less labour in-vestment needed, we finally chose the German Zenith 844sc.We know that 2017 will be a landmark for Nambrick due tothe installation of the Zenith 844sc. In July, the Nambrick844sc was fully commissioned by Zenith engineers, makingNambrick the first company in Namibia to use this equip-ment.”

Home Style Brick in Zimbabwe

Home Style Brick is the biggest brick making manufacturer inHarare with more than 20 years experience in this industry.The company already owns four block making machines fromSouth Africa and runs one precast factory. The company staffamounts to almost 200.In 2016, a Home Style Brick management team visited Zenithin Germany and was also invited to visit Zenith machine usersin Germany and other European countries. The owner ofHome Style Brick was totally impressed by the performanceand efficiency of the Zenith plants which have been runningfor more than 30 years. Especially impressive was the fact thatonly three workers were needed to keep production opera-tions going smoothly.

In February 2017, Home style purchased the Zenith 844 forits company projects. Meanwhile, the machine has arrived onsite and foundation work is underway. Great satisfaction hasbeen expressed on account of reduced expenses for labourand the fact that the purchase of pallets needed before hasbecome superfluous.

L'Art Du Béton in Tunisia

L'Art Du Béton is a company based in Tunisia concentratingon real estate development and contractor projects for mu-nicipal construction. In 2016, Mr Lotfi Ali, the owner of L'ArtDu Béton, met Zenith representatives at bauma in Munich andwas impressed by the Zenith 844sc machinery on account ofits multi-layer function. Indicating his interest in the Zenithplant, Mr Lotfi Ali flew to Germany at the beginning of 2017to visit the Zenith location and a number of its customers. Asa main producer of interlocking pavers and kerbstone madeL'Art Du Béton choose the Zenith 844 for its projects. �

Zenith Maschinenfabrik GmbHZenith-Straße 1, 57290 Neunkirchen, GermanyT +49 2735 7790, F +49 2735 779211info@zenith de, www.zenith.de

FURTHER INFORMATION

The Zenith 844 plant in Namibia Paving stones produced with the Zenith 844sc

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