Following FLSmidth’s acquisition of engineering and materials handling specialist Roymec in November 2010, all Roymec personnel have now moved over to FLSmidth’s South African headquarters in Constantia Kloof, Roodepoort, creating a staff complement exceeding 400.

“The physical integration of the two companies is now complete and we are fully up and running as the new FLSmidth Roymec,” Rudi Pieterse, the company’s sales and marketing manager said. “With the strengths the two companies have brought to the table, the new entity is strongly positioned to support the current growth being experienced in the local and regional mining industry. FLSmidth Roymec is now in the enviable position of having access to a broad spectrum of equipment and capabilities to complement its project execution competencies, while retaining its B-BBEE credentials.”

FLSmidth Roymec represents the FLSmidth materials handling business in South Africa and on the rest of the continent, incorporating well known brands such as FLSmidth RAHCO and FLSmidth KOCH MVT. The acquisition of Roymec has strengthened FLSmidth’s capabilities to provide complete materials handling solutions such as heap leach and spreader systems, stockyard systems, ROM tips, overland conveyors, rail loadout stations, crushing and screening and complete plant conveyor systems. The company is working on establishing a local presence in Zambia and Namibia, where it is currently working on several materials handling projects.