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Are counterfeit hydraulic tools compromising your safety? Buy 100% Genuine Enerpac for:  Safety: We make the Goal of Zero harm our priority  Local Support & Service: Over 50 years in New Zealand  World Class Manufacturing: Our manufacturing facilities comply with industry quality certifications  Capabilities & Expertise: We have decades of experience developing hydraulic systems & technology. www.engineeringnews.co.nz 33 ASK FOR 100% GENUINE ENERPAC NZ 0800 363 772 neville@enerpac.co.nz www.enerpac.co.nz EN095 Ways in which buyers of industrial products and services can protect themselves include: • Nominate the use of only named, quality equipment when they specify and order – dealing with OEM products and authorised distributors with full service backing and the guarantees and traceability that companies such as Enerpac provide. • Build a relationship with a reliable supplier who is prepared to supply the names of established customers in similar industries to the one being quoted. Experience and input from customers – a true knowledge partnership – is fundamental to the design, development, production. supply and service of standard and custom-made hydraulic solutions for safe, precise control of movement and positioning of heavy loads, for example • If in any doubt, check with major distributors and OEMs such as Enerpac to ensure that the products being quoted are the products that they are represented to be. • Thoroughly familiarise staff with correct safety procedures through on-site training courses run by reputable suppliers (including Enerpac training run for mining, manufacturing and maintenance personnel). parts and services which are the big problem; in fact, a rule of thumb is that the bigger the company, the more concerned they are with quality, safety, traceability and on-site service of the type in which we and our dedicated Enerpac distributors pride ourselves. “But in an opaque market, some companies might be totally unaware of the risks of knowingly saving a few dollars while unknowingly exposing themselves to risks of hundreds of thousands in workplace liability. It’s easy for the transient operator to slip lesser quality componentry into their quote. “Sometimes genuine and non-genuine componentry looks the same anyway – just as the genuine bolts holding on the tail of an aeroplane look very much like the fakes. It’s only when you’re falling from 30,000 feet that you spot the difference. “The consequences of using non-genuine components in high-pressure hydraulic systems mightn’t be quite as spectacular, but when you’re dealing with pressures up to 700 bar (10,000 pounds per square inch) and forces of hundreds of tons, they can be just as lethal. “If at the end of the day you find you’ve been using non-genuine products, non-genuine oil or non-genuine hoses and seals that you didn’t know about, it may be you who wears the problems created. “Quite apart from the legal ramifications of an accident – the duty of care towards employees and equipment operators – it can be a hell of an embarrassment if a job worth multiple thousands, or even millions, fails because someone saved a few dollars on a part. Downtime can be hugely expensive in industries such as mining and energy, oil and gas, construction and infrastructure engineering. “It is tempting to cut a few bits out of a quote, but it’s a bit like buying a computer or any other item of specialist equipment: when you’re investing in the future of your business in that piece of equipment, are you going to go to a backyard operator, or to someone you know and trust? “Because that’s the difference with dealing with a global leader in its field. “You are not only buying a product, you are buying a demonstrated commitment to excellence, a commitment to accountability and traceability, a commitment to service, with hard-won knowledge of your industry and a guarantee to back people and products now and in the future. “You are buying peace of mind.”


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