Weir adds service “supercentre” in Kazakhstan

Todmorden, UK – Mining engineered products supplier Weir Minerals has opened a new service “supercentre” in Almaty, Kazakhstan, following ‘very successful’ new projects in the country.

The £1 million (€1.1 million) facility will expand the UK manufacturer’s local engineering capabilities as well as service support for customers in the region, said Weir in a 2 Nov statement.

The new facility includes a customer service office as well as a workshop for maintenance, repair and assembly of Weir’s pumps, hydrocyclones and knife-gate valves.

The centre also features a warehouse, storing “strategic equipment and spare parts” under vendor managed inventory (VMI) contracts.

The 3,300 sq.m centre is also equipped to perform rubber lining with Weir’s Linatex rubber in both cold and hot bonding.

Service capabilities include installation supervision and commissioning, operational support, maintenance and troubleshooting, and equipment condition monitoring and analysis.

"Our new supercentre in Kazakhstan will support our key customers in the region, as well as manufacture Linatex hoses and execute rubber-lining activities,” said Carola Schulz, managing director of North Africa, Turkey, Central Asia region.

“We have a very close strategic partnership with our customers in Kazakhstan; and we have recently been very successful with new projects in Uzbekistan,” she said.