WINTER 2019 PLUS. PLUS Winter 2019 3 WELCOME CLAYTON TRARALGON GEELONG (HEAD OFFICE) 25-27 Standing Drive Cnr Fyans & Crown Street 17-55 Nantilla Road Traralgon VIC 3844 Geelong South VIC 3220 Clayton VIC 3168 (03) 5175 6200 (03) 5223 5223 As we head into the new financial year, it really is a privilege to sincerely welcome you all WELCOME (03) 9566 0666 to our Winter edition of PLUS. We trust you will enjoy the broad range of content, including SWAN HILL LAVERTON editorials, stories about our customers, industry and its people, information segments and DANDENONG 36-38 Curlewis Street 32-42 Spencer Street general news. 2-4 Fowler Rd, Swan Hill VIC 3585 Sunshine West VIC 3028 Dandenong South VIC 3175 (03) 5036 3900 (03) 9931 9666 The current financial year has certainly been alive in terms believe we have some of our most exciting times ahead. Equally as exciting was hosting some 86 customers in (03) 9767 3600 of industry activity on the back of a reasonably strong With progress comes change and there is no doubt this is the Munich at Bauma 2019. Bauma is the world’s leading trade BENDIGO TASMANIA residential and infrastructure pipeline of works and projects. case with our industry, our customers and our organisation. fair for construction equipment, building material machines 11a Trantara Court This is evident with total industry equipment sales in Victoria With this in mind and in line with our continuity planning, and mining equipment. In one word, this year Bauma MILDURA 345 Benetook Avenue East Bendigo VIC 3550 and Tasmania up by 4.5% at some 4,526 units sold in the 2018 / you will also read that excitingly Adam Elphinstone has was “Gigantic.” From exhibition space to the number of (03) 5434 2100 LAUNCESTON 2019 financial year. All indications are our industry will remain recently been added to the William Adams Caterpillar Sales participants, our customers experienced the largest and most Mildura VIC 3502 308 George Town Road healthy throughout the financial year ahead. Pleasingly, both and Service Agreement as a second name and signatory successful Bauma ever with 3,700 exhibitors and the over (03) 5018 6100 Rocherlea TAS 7248 major political parties have continued to push ahead with alongside Dale Elphinstone. Adam has also been appointed 620,000 visitors. PORTLAND (03) 6325 0900 their election commitments to boost infrastructure, transport as Managing Director of Elphinstone Group (Aust) Pty Ltd. In HORSHAM 167 Garden Street Portland VIC 3305 and training. addition, over the past six months we have been developing Finally we genuinely thank you for the significant contribution 81-83 Dimboola Road HOBART our new Strategic Plan. This has allowed us to reflect on you make to the various industries we work in and we (03) 5521 5100 Horsham VIC 3400 2 Chardonnay Drive Here at William Adams we continue to work smart and hard and consider what is, and what will be important to our are extremely appreciative of your loyalty, support and (03) 5362 4100 Berriedale TAS 7011 to meet the needs of our customers. We have been investing customers, our people and our business. ongoing business. 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Somerset TAS 7322 year our commitment to training apprentices escalated to stakeholders, through innovation and talented people. “We (03) 6433 8888 a new level with our first ever mid-year intake of thirteen Bleed Yellow Together.” Collectively this certainly marks an Please enjoy reading and perusing the pages of new apprentices recruited in July, 2018 followed by a further important step in our future. PLUS Winter edition 2019. fifteen in January, 2019. The past 12 months has provided a number of excellent Equally, the major upgrade and development of our Clayton opportunities to engage with our very special, wide Head Office, which was originally opened in 1967, has now and varied customers. In order to build strong valuable Designed by meg annabelle design commenced. We look forward to the new look, employee and relationships with the next generation of leaders within Plus is published by William Adams PTY LTD as one of the many CAT PLUS services provided by your Caterpillar dealer in Victoria and Tasmania. All correspondence or requests for additions to our mailing list should be addressed to; customer engaging Clayton facility being completed by this our industry and customer group, we recently facilitated Advertising and Promotion Department Christmas. We are enthusiastic about welcoming you all to the ‘Next Generation Tour’. This included some 15 young William Adams PTY LTD PO. Box 164, visit. business leaders hosted by a number of our William Adams Clayton 3168, Australia people, including Dale Elphinstone, Adam Elphinstone and Personally, I have now been fortunate to be part of the Ryan O’Doherty touring Caterpillar factories and facilities (03) 9566 0666 William Adams and Cat family for greater than 20 years. in the United States and engaging with senior Caterpillar 1300 WADAMS Eddy Kontelj williamadams.com.au This has been an amazing period with so many collective leaders. One of the highlights was obviously visiting the home Managing Director achievements, experiences and wonderful memories to look of CAT – Peoria. Editorial content in this magazine can be reproduced in other media upon approval granted by William Adams’ advertising and promotion department. Information provided (specifications etc..) as printed are believed to be correct and back on. 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CATERPILLAR and CAT are registered trademarks of Caterpillar inc. 2 PLUS Winter 2019 PLUS Winter 2019 3 GRADCO CAT RENTAL PAGES 14 - 15 INVESTING EXTONS MILESTONE PAGES 52- 53 PAGES 18 - 19 WALTERS CONTRACTING PAGE 20 BAUMA RECAP PAGES 42 - 43 CHANGE THE GAME PAGES 40 - 41 MINING WINTER 2019 PLUS PAGES 31 - 37 PAGES 10 - 12 CAMERA PETER BARRO PAGES 56 - 59 PRODUCT TRIBUTE AG SUPPORT PAGE 49 PAGES 4 PLUS Winter 2019 26 - 30 PLUS.PLUS Winter 2019 5 GENERAL INTEREST ELPHINSTONE GROUP ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, DALE ELPHINSTONE ADAM ELPHINSTONE ADDED TO CATERPILLAR NEW ROLE FOR ADAM ELPHINSTONE This move for Adam and a planned future move for Kelly, will DEALER AGREEMENT It gives us a great deal of pleasure to also congratulate see Adam and Kelly move to positions where they will take Adam on his appointment as Managing Director of over more of my responsibilities as we move towards the Elphinstone Group (Aust) Pty Ltd. While this position was ultimate objective of our 10 year Continuity Plan. Effective 17 April 2019, Adam Elphinstone has been added previously held by Vince De Santis, there will be some to the William Adams Caterpillar Sales and Service changes to the position’s responsibilities and reporting Agreement as a second name and signatory. This in effect structure going forward. provides Caterpillar’s approval for Adam to become the Dealer Principal of William Adams, in my absence or on my In our ownership structure, Elphinstone Group (Aust) Pty retirement. While I expect to remain the Dealer Principal for Ltd (EGA) is the parent company of William Adams. EGA, a number of years yet, this is a very important step for our via William Adams, also owns our interest in EPSA, Sitech, Elphinstone family and William Adams. We thank Caterpillar Ultimate Positioning, Phu Thai Cat and various other for its consideration and congratulate Adam on this Caterpillar interests. Adam’s new responsibilities will cover outstanding achievement. a number of our Caterpillar interests, including William Adams, EPSA, Sitech, Ultimate Positioning and other EGA responsibilities. These will be transitioned over the coming months as we continue to develop our Group reporting structure to fit with our Continuity Plan. Kelly Elphinstone Managing Director, Eplhinstone PTY LTD While it will take some time to make the necessary changes This ultimate objective is to have the day to day management to fill Adam’s current role in William Adams, we expect Adam of the group handled by Kelly, Adam and the executive to take up his new position on a full time basis from 1 July management team and my position change to a Non- Dale and Adam, with William Adams’ Managing Director, Eddy Kontelj 2019. Executive Chairman role. A little over thirty years since Dale Elphinstone first signed the Caterpillar Sales and Service Agreement, Adam now has his signature on the document. Pictured with wife Megan, and, from left to right, Eddy Kontelj, Andrew Ransley (Mining Manager, Caterpillar) and his wife Donna, Cheryl and Dale Elphinstone, Megan and Adam, Dzung Quach (Caterpillar District Manager) and Brendon Davis (Caterpillar Region Manager). KELLY ELPHINSTONE AND ADAM ELPHINSTONE’S We wish to take this opportunity to thank particularly our LEADERSHIP PROGRESS Elphinstone Executive Management Committee and the senior management teams of our respective businesses for their help, assistance and guidance as we take these next 30 June 2019 will conclude a three year time frame and three steps in our Continuity Plan.