Tractor & Equipment Nigeria Ltd changes its name to Mantrac.

TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT NIGERIA Limited, the exclusive authorised dealer for Caterpillar equipment, has changed its name to MANTRAC. The name change, effective from 1 December 2007, was made in order to bring the firm into alignment with sister companies in Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana and Russia.

Mantrac Nigeria Limited is an associate company of the Mantrac Group, which is also the sole authorised Caterpillar dealer in Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Iraq and parts of Russia. The Group also caters to offshore customers through representative offices in the United Kingdom and Dubai. The Mantrac Group is a part of the Mansour Group of companies, which--after achieving steady growth over the course of its history--currently employs a total of over 12,000 professionals worldwide. Speaking to reporters recently, Mantrac Nigeria Managing Director Bill Haxworth explained that the company had aligned itself with the Mantrac group so as to consolidate its leading position in the industry while improving the quality of both products and services.

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"Our decision reflects the need to keep up with international trends in the heavy-duty equipment industry and to ensure that Nigerians benefit from the globalization of our services," Haxworth said. "Our customers in Nigeria are assured of the same quality of service enjoyed by Mantrac customers worldwide."

For over 60 years, Mantrac Nigeria Limited has distributed and supported the complete line of CAT construction machines, material-handling equipment and power generation sets of all sizes and power ranges. It also supplies world-renowned Olympian brand power generator sets.

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Mantrac Nigeria Limited also distributes and supports the Kenworth line of heavy trucks, as well as Michelin tires for passenger cars, light and heavy trucks and industrial equipment. The company employs more than 300 highly-qualified professionals--operating through a network of five branches in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Warri, Kaduna and Abuja--to ensure the total fulfillment of customers' needs. Mantrac service centres are equipped to perform total overhauls, while qualified service engineers can be dispatched directly to customers' work sites at any time with the necessary diagnostic and repair tools. Mantrac maintains adequate stock levels of genuine CAT parts, in addition to offering a variety of customer-support agreements tailored to suit customers' specific business needs, from preventive maintenance kits to total repair and overhaul. These benefits combine to keep customers' equipment always running at peak productivity and with minimum down time--both decreasing operating costs and boosting profitability. With its new name, Mantrac Nigeria Limited remains dedicated to providing superior products and service support, thus playing a direct role in the further development of the Nigerian economy.

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