| Trident South Africa has a long standing history
and was founded in 1969 under the name Trident Engineering by Roger
Calvert, John Curnick and Richard Curnick. Colin Willliams joined
in 1984 to head up the spare parts division and in 1995 Mike Calvert
and Tommy Webster joined to start Tridents international sales division.
Rob Steel followed in 1997 as technical director. These shareholders
have worked side by side and have developed Trident into a well established
engineering concern which services many prestigious companies both
locally and abroad.
Trident has also over the years looked to broaden its product
base by acquisition and joint venture. During the latter part of
1997, Trident formed a joint venture with Bateman Industrial Holdings
and a license agreement was concluded with THE GOODMAN EQUIPMENT
COMPANY of Chicago USA, to manufacture and supply the entire Goodman
range of locomotives in Africa. In April 2000 this technology was
purchased by Trident and Trident owned the Goodman Technology for
the entire continent of Africa. The world rights for the entire
range of Eimco Rocker Shovel loaders were also acquired by Trident
in 1997. To further expand the products range the assets, including
all the intellectual property of Daelian Engineering was acquired
in 1998. In May 2001 Trident purchased the joint venture interests
held by Bateman Industrial Holdings and the name Trident Engineering
was changed to Trident S.A.
May 2003 saw a new dawn for Trident when THE GOODMAN EQUIPMENT
COMPANY of Chicago ceased operations. Trident as ever conscious
of the need to support a considerable delivered base of equipment
decided to acquire the global manufacturing and distribution rights
for all new Goodman equipment. It did not take Trident long before
an entirely new and very much improved Goodman loco became available.
The Millennium Locomotive
In November 2010 Trident S.A. became part of the M.O.G.S www.mogs.co.za which is a subsidiary of Royal Bafokeng Holdings www.bafokengholdings.com. In doing so Trident S.A. now becomes a BBBEE Company
Trident to ensure that the vast number of Locomotives being used
in the western hemisphere continued to be supported and that
any new requirements were swiftly met teamed up with Williams
Distribution a veteran mining supply company based in Akron,
Ohio USA. Together with Williams Trident now provide new and support
current equipment globally.
Trident has since its inception in 1969 played a major role in
industry at large. Today, together with its new shareholders and
dedicated team of directors and staff, Trident S.A. is poised to
continue its contribution towards the economy of our country.
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