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Galadari Trucks Second Komatsu Excavator Contest Sees Competition at Full Throttle

The big boys and their bigger toys were back at work in Abu Dhabi recently, battling in their earthmovers to outmanoeuvre each other and win the sought after Komatsu Excavator Operator Competition 2017. The competition was organised by Komatsu's unique UAE supplier Galadari Trucks and Heavy Devices Co. (GTHE), a flagship company of the Galadari Brothers Group.

Thirty of the country's top excavator drivers from as many companies throughout the UAE climbed to the difficulty and put on quite a program at the 2nd yearly Komatsu Excavator Operator Contest, leaving the audience mesmerized with their actions and countermoves in a very closely combated competition.

Komatsu is a leading Japanese international and supplier of construction and earthmoving equipment. Ashraf Hasish, Senior General Manager - Advertising And Marketing, Komatsu Middle East, stated while the competitors was focused on combining the brand name's "relationship with the maker's operator and allowing them to obtain the experience of our latest device technology," the young boys had significant enjoyable.

The innovative competition saw the drivers thinking on their feet while vying to be the nimblest in regulating an oscillating ball and being the initial to place it inside a tube. "The fine work control and precision of Komatsu machines made it possible for the operators to control the oscillating ball and placed it inside a tube," Hasish included.

3 of the quickest drivers won useful awards, with Bilal Ali from Abdulla Al Qamzi Transport & General Contracting bagging the very first spot, complied with by Said Elsayed from Saif Al Jabri General Acquiring & Transportation and Haytham Zeyada from Emirates Roads Contracting Carbon monoxide, respectively.

Putting client fulfillment at the top, Samer Khalid, General Manager of GTHE, said: " Operators are the surprise soldiers, and we routinely hold such contests to share our appreciation for their remarkable efforts."

Khalid preserves that the UAE in general and GTHE specifically is pinning a lot of hope on Exposition 2020, which he feels has already fast-tracked developing activity. These activities will generate a host of new and big tasks, consequently bringing a boom in the construction industry.

"Expo 2020 is a possibility for us to stabilise our parameters," Khalid said, including that GTHE is playing an impressive function in the UAE's growth, and Komatsu was GTHE's toughness and identification.

"GTHE has an excellent circulation network, with visibility in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Al Ain. A solid sales pressure, committed solution specialists, and good management have actually assisted GTHE to expand significantly over the last couple of years," he added. Komatsu is global leader in the area of construction and mining tools. The Komatsu Group participates in other services, such as energy equipment (compact makers), forest devices, commercial equipment, logistics and various other solutions-based procedures. Komatsu is resolutely dedicated to supplying risk-free, innovative products and services that ideal satisfy the requirements and assumptions of its customers around the world.

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