| New hemisphere for Mascus | | | | tried to sell our services, Mascus has been successful. |
| Mascus, the Pan-European marketplace for | | | | Dealers simply see the benefits to use our electronic |
| construction machinery, agricultural, material-handling | | | | marketplace to place their machines ads." he adds. |
| equipment, forestry and groundscare machines and | | | | New opportunities for Mascus' customers |
| transportation vehicles conquers another continent. At | | | | Along with the developing the local European market, |
| the beginning of January 2009, Mascus marked a | | | | Mascus has always provided excellent export |
| significant step in its internationalization by opening an | | | | opportunities to its customers. With the opening of the |
| office in the Republic of South Africa. The South | | | | South African office, Mascus offers better export |
| African office marks the first Mascus office outside | | | | possibilities to the African and Middle East market. |
| Europe and altogether the 25th office Mascus has | | | | "In the current economical situation, we offer our |
| established. "In 2008, we have been constantly | | | | customers the possibility to sell their used transport |
| expanding our European presence and have opened | | | | vehicles, forklifts, construction, agriculture, forest and |
| another eight European countries to the Mascus brand. | | | | groundscare machines on the import markets in |
| However from its very beginning the year 2009, | | | | Eastern Europe, Middle East and all the way to South |
| proves to be even more promising and challenging. | | | | Africa now." adds Robert Tate, Mascus UK and |
| With the new office in South Africa we are no longer | | | | Ireland Sales Manager. "There is no other easier |
| only a truly Pan-European marketplace for used | | | | solution to sell your used machinery or trucks in whole |
| machinery, as we are entering new continent." says | | | | Europe and the world now, than Mascus" he |
| Fredrik Larsson, Mascus' Managing Director. | | | | concludes. |
| New continent, new partner | | | | Contacts: |
| The new Mascus office is opened in partnership with | | | | Fredrik Larsson, Mascus Managing Director, +358 50 |
| the South African classified media company Junk Mail | | | | 314 2511, Rickard Petersson, Sales Director, + 46 70 |
| Publishing. Junk Mail Publishing runs various Internet | | | | 660 2780, Felix Erken, Junk Mail Publishing Managing |
| marketplaces for buying and selling from used and | | | | Director, + 27 83 326 6615 felix@junkmail.co.za |
| new cars, trucks, trailers, plant machinery, and | | | | John Smith, Mascus South Africa Country Manager, |
| motorcycles to jobs, real estates and other horizontal | | | | +27(0)11 912 6500, john@mascus.co.za |
| classified portals and publications. | | | | About Mascus: |
| Junk Mail Publishing has already appointed the new | | | | Mascus ( - Is an electronic marketplace for used farm |
| Mascus South African Country and Sales Manager- | | | | machinery, forestry, and groundscare equipment and |
| John L. Smith and he has already started selling | | | | transportation vehicles. Product ranges include used |
| Mascus' services on the South African market. "Even | | | | tractors, used trailers, used trucks, diggers, box trailers, |
| though, the South African Mascus site- is running from | | | | mini diggers and excavators. Mascus makes trading in |
| just three weeks, there are already local African | | | | used machinery and equipment quicker and more |
| dealers placing used construction machines, trucks, | | | | efficient by collecting in one place information about the |
| tractors, harvesters, forklifts, and groundscare | | | | supply and the demand. All dealers, producers, and end |
| machines." says John Smith. | | | | users are welcome to offer their used machines and |
| "I am not surprised that Mascus's concept has been so | | | | equipment for sale via the marketplace. |
| easily applied in South Africa." ads Mascus' Sales | | | | Mascus is a trading company of Alma Media |
| Director Rickard Petersson. "Everywhere, we have | | | | Corporation. |