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GENAVCO Welcomes Distinguished Delegation from Wirtgen Group
07Dec 2023

Celebrating a Year of Unprecedented Success

GENAVCO, a leading name in the Heavy Equipment sector in the UAE, recently had the privilege of hosting a prestigious delegation led by Mr. Jason Ambroson, the Managing Director of Wirtgen International. The visit marked a pivotal moment in the ongoing collaboration between the two industry giants and unfolded as a comprehensive review of the remarkable achievements of 2023. The high-level delegation represented six prominent companies under the Wirtgen Group banner, including Vogele, Hamm, Wirtgen, Benninghoven, Kleemann, and Streumaster. The purpose of the visit extended beyond a routine performance review; it aimed to delve into strategic discussions regarding the business plan and collaborative strategies for the upcoming year, 2024. A focal point of the visit was GENAVCO's all-new facilities in Umm Ramoul, meticulously designed to meet the demands of the rapidly evolving Heavy Equipment sector. The delegation was given an immersive tour, providing insights into the latest technological advancements and operational excellence embedded in the facility. The state-of-the-art infrastructure left an indelible impression on the Wirtgen Group delegates, reinforcing the strength of the partnership. As the review of 2023 performance unfolded, it became evident that this year had been truly exceptional, setting records for Wirtgen Group products. GENAVCO's effective distribution network and commitment to excellence played a pivotal role in achieving these milestones, highlighting the synergy between the two entities. Strategic discussions centered on aligning business plans and formulating forward-looking strategies for 2024. The collaborative efforts aim to leverage market trends, embrace technological innovations, and address evolving industry demands. Mr. Jason Ambroson, Managing Director of Wirtgen International, expressed his overwhelming appreciation for GENAVCO's role in the success of Wirtgen Group products in the region. He commended GENAVCO's dedication, expertise, and its pivotal position as a strategic partner. "We are delighted to witness the remarkable growth and success achieved by GENAVCO in 2023. The dedication, expertise, and state-of-the-art facilities exemplify the qualities we value in a strategic partner. The collaborative spirit between Wirtgen Group and GENAVCO is a driving force behind our shared success," remarked Mr. Ambroson. As the collaboration between GENAVCO and Wirtgen Group continues to strengthen, the two entities look forward to shaping the future of the Heavy Equipment sector, setting new benchmarks and redefining industry standards.

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07Dec 2023

Big 5 Dubai: Genavco shows off its family of equipment, debuts new partner brands

Juma Al Majid Group company Genavco brings its big-name principals such as Denair, JLG, Avant Tecno, Husqvarna, Bull, Hamm and others to region's largest construction sector event The Big 5 Heavy saw UAE-based equipment and vehicles heavyweight Genavco bring several of its important brands to the event. The Juma Al Majid Group company, which represents some of the biggest names in the road-construction equipment, AWP, earthmoving and various other segments, exhibited together with its partners at Big 5. The Genvaco stand saw representatives and machinery from Denair compressors, Bull compact earthmoving equipment, access sector heavyweight JLG, Avant Tecno and Husqvarna, apart from other brands the company represents such as Hamm. Speaking about Genavco’s brands exhibited at Big 5, Asif Sayeed Khan, General Manager, Heavy Equipment, Genavco, said: “We have a leading position in the road construction segment, where we represent the Wirtgen Group of brands, comprising the Wirtgen milling machines, Vogele asphalt pavers and Hamm rollers and compactors. We are by far the market leaders in this segment in the UAE for many years now. All the road contractors are our key customers. The airports and major highways in the country have been built using machines that we have supplied. “We have had great success in 2023 with Hamm compaction equipment and we are planning to go aggressively into the soil compaction segment in 2024. Bull is a new partner for us and a promising one, too, on the compact earthmoving side. Genavco Power Solutions “Last but not least, we have our own brand, GPS or Genavco Power Solutions, with products powered by John Deere engines, which we also represent. We offer generators starting from 30KVa to 3,000KVa and we can also offer them with Perkins or Cummins engines. We use another quality product – Leroy Somer – on the alternators side.”

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25Jan 2023

Group holds 2022 performance awards ceremony

During a ceremony held on 25 January 2023 at the Le Méridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre, Mr. Tarig Shalabi, Group Chief Operating Officer for Juma Al Majid Holding Group, hosted and awarded the best performing business units and over 100 employees from across the Group’s businesses and divisions for their respective 2022 performance. Congratulating the best performing business units on receiving their awards, Mr. Tarig Shalabi said: “2022 was an exceptional year and multiple business units performed well, however this time it was Genavco and Juma Al Majid Est/Hyundai UAE who performed outstandingly well and each deserving the title of Number 1 Best Performing Business for their efforts, delivery of their KPIs and performance throughout 2022.” The ceremony was also attended by members of the C-suite team, Mr. Abdullah Al Majid - Executive Director, as well as directors, general managers, and executives from across the group’s businesses and divisions. The ceremony also included individual awards for performance delivered beyond expectations: - Special Award: Mr. Vijayan Asirvadam for securing savings in the millions of UAE Dirhams to Gulfco’s opera- tions; it is worth noting that Mr. Asirvadam was awarded a KIA Sonnet as a thank you for his outstanding performance. - Best Salesman of the Year: Mr. Hamid Muhd Iqbal for exceeding his vehicle sales target for Isuzu at Genavco. Addressing the attendees, Mr. Shalabi said: “All employees, irrespective of grade level, role or position contribute towards delivering the KPI’s of any organisation. With this in mind, I am pleased to announce that this year we are recognizing those employees – grade 7 and below – for their exceptional individual efforts and contributions to the businesses they are part of. We are also recognizing the Group’s best drivers, best security guards and supervisor, and best labor camp and the team behind it.” Mr. Shalabi continued: “These employees went above and beyond their job responsibilities to deliver excep- tional performance, and for that it gives me great pleasure to award each of them with a certificate and a financial reward. On behalf of the Group, I would like to convey my sincere gratitude for their contributions, outstanding performance, dedication, and professionalism.” The Ceremony ended with Mr. Shalabi stating: “We have by far exceeded all the KPI’s we had set – so thanks to all for the great performance and hard work… congratulations once again to all the winners, and I look forward to your contributions and equally impressive results in 2023.”

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22Mar 2022

Truck & Fleet Awards ISUZU

In a gala dinner held at the Raffles Hotel in Dubai, Truck and Fleet Magazine voted ISUZU N-Series as the Light Duty Truck of the Year for 2021. 3,000 people along with a specially recruited judging panel voted in the awards aimed at celebrating manufacturers and dealers whose trucks play a key role in the operations, logistics and projects at the heart of the region’s economy. The awards honor the achievements of the key players responsible for the industry’s dramatic post-Covid re-set. With its singular combination of cutting-edge safety features, unbeatable performance, effortless drive-ability, unparalleled driver comfort, low operating costs, and high productivity, the ISUZU N-Series ticks all those must-haves for business and fleet owners alike – it’s little wonder it was voted the Truck & Fleet Light Duty Truck of the Year award. The N-Series lineup covers a comprehensive array of models between 4,550 to 8,500 GVW (Kg) - designed to handle the full range of trucking needs of any business. This smart and innovative series has garnered a strong following around the world and certainly in the UAE too. “I am proud of my team for their dedication and hard work over the past 3 years – this award is dedicated to them” said Anton Du Plessis, General Manager – Commercial Vehicles Division at GENAVCO, the exclusive distributor for ISUZU in the UAE.  

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09Jun 2026

Silent Generators in the UAE: How Acoustic Specification Actually Works

No generator is silent. The term describes a set built to run quietly enough for the location it serves — a hospital courtyard, a hotel basement, a residential-adjacent site, a facility working through the night. What counts as quiet enough is set by the location, not by the marketing. This matters commercially because acoustic performance is one of the few generator specifications that is difficult and expensive to fix after installation. Output can be supplemented with a second set. Noise has to be designed in. This guide covers how a silent generator actually achieves low noise, what canopy and silencer grades mean in practice, how to read a dB(A) figure properly, and the acoustic options available across the GENAVCO range. Where Generator Noise Comes From A generating set produces noise from four distinct sources, and each is treated differently. Understanding which one dominates is what makes an acoustic specification effective rather than expensive. Exhaust noise: The loudest single source on most sets, and the one that responds best to treatment. Exhaust silencers are graded by attenuation level, which is why the same machine can be supplied at very different noise ratings. Engine and mechanical noise: Combustion, valve train and injection noise radiating from the engine block. This is addressed by the canopy — its construction, its lining and how well it seals. Cooling fan and airflow noise: Often underestimated. A canopy has to admit and exhaust large volumes of cooling air, and those openings are also the path noise takes out. Attenuated air paths are what allow an enclosure to be both quiet and adequately cooled. Structure-borne vibration: Transmitted through the base into the slab and building structure. Anti-vibration mounting matters particularly on rooftop and basement installations, where the structure itself can radiate noise into occupied space. A specification that treats only the exhaust will disappoint, because the fan and casing noise then dominate. This is the most common reason an installation fails to meet a limit it was supposedly specified for. Reading a dB(A) Figure Correctly Acoustic figures are only comparable when quoted the same way, and they frequently are not. Distance changes everything: A noise level is meaningless without the distance it was measured at. Sound pressure falls with distance from the source, so a figure quoted at 7 metres and one quoted at 1 metre describe very different machines. Always confirm the measurement distance before comparing two quotations. The decibel scale is logarithmic: A 10 dB reduction is perceived as roughly halving the loudness, and small numerical differences represent large changes in acoustic energy. A few decibels is not a rounding difference. Load condition matters: A set measured at no load is quieter than the same set under full load. Figures should state the condition they were measured under. Site conditions modify the result: Reflective surfaces, enclosures, courtyards and adjacent buildings all change what actually arrives at the boundary. A free-field figure is a starting point, not a prediction of site compliance. The practical rule: when a noise limit applies, get the requirement stated as a level at a defined position, and specify against that rather than against a headline figure. Canopy and Silencer Grades Two separate specification decisions control the outcome, and they are frequently confused with each other. The canopy: A closed canopy provides sound attenuation together with weather and dust protection, while allowing the airflow the machine needs. Steel construction rated for tropical environments is the appropriate specification for UAE installation, and maintenance access should be weighted heavily — in a dusty environment, radiator and filter servicing happens often, and an enclosure that makes it awkward results in maintenance being deferred. The silencer: Exhaust silencers are supplied in grades — industrial, residential and hospital — which are genuinely different products with different attenuation levels, not marketing tiers. The grade required is set by the location and by the applicable noise limit. These are ordered together. Specifying a high-grade silencer on a basic canopy, or the reverse, produces an unbalanced installation where one path dominates and the money spent on the other is wasted. Acoustic Options Across the GENAVCO Range GENAVCO supplies GPS power generation solutions in the UAE. The table below sets out the acoustic provision available on each range.   Range Acoustic provision Output band Industrial Range Closed canopy; silencer in hospital, residential or industrial grade 10 – 2500 kVA Containerised sets Non-silenced, or silenced up to 50 dB(A) at 7 m Per set installed Marine Range Closed canopy available for sound attenuation 40 – 500 kVA   Three ranges are worth looking at in detail, described here purely by their acoustic provision. 1. Industrial Range — three graded silencer options The only range in the lineup where exhaust attenuation is offered as a graded specification, which makes it the range to specify against a defined noise limit. Silencer grades: Hospital, residential or industrial Enclosure: Closed canopy for sound attenuation Output range: 10 kVA to 2500 kVA Frequency: Can be supplied as 50 Hz or 60 Hz Integration: Compatible with BMS, ATS and synchronisation The grade is an order-stage decision and the most consequential one on this page. Hospital grade is a physically different silencer from industrial grade, and fitting the higher grade later means working in the space already built around the installed set. View the industrial generator range 2. Marine Range — closed canopy in a confined space Acoustic treatment matters differently at sea. The set sits inside a hull with accommodation nearby and no boundary distance to fall back on, so attenuation is measured against occupied space a few metres away. Enclosure: Closed canopy available for sound attenuation Output range: 40 kVA to 500 kVA Cooling: Sea-water cooled — no radiator fan noise path to the space Approval: Marine type and class approval Control: Programmable control panel with synchronisation Sea-water cooling removes one of the four noise sources entirely. With no radiator fan drawing and exhausting air through the enclosure, the airflow path that usually dominates a canopied set does not exist. View the marine generator range Working to a specific noise limit? Send us the limit, the position it applies at, and the distance from the proposed generator location — our team will specify the canopy and silencer grade to meet it and return a cost proposal. Request an Acoustic Specification Advantages of Specifying Acoustics Properly These benefits follow from getting the enclosure and silencing right at order rather than after installation. Compliance without retrofit: Meeting the site noise limit on commissioning avoids remedial acoustic work, which is expensive and often constrained by the space already built around the set. Night running becomes viable: A set that meets residential-adjacent limits can run outside working hours, which matters for testing schedules and for prime-power operations. Fewer complaints and fewer restrictions: Noise complaints tend to result in operating restrictions, and restrictions on a standby set are a resilience problem, not just an administrative one. Better working conditions nearby: Lower noise around the plant area reduces the need for hearing protection zones and makes adjacent work more practical. Weather and dust protection included: A properly built canopy protects the set from the same conditions that shorten component life in the region. Maintenance stays on schedule: An enclosure designed for access means servicing gets done rather than deferred, which matters more in dusty conditions than in temperate ones. Wider siting options: A quieter set can be positioned closer to occupied buildings, which shortens cable runs and simplifies the installation. Protected asset value: Acoustic and weather protection is difficult to add later, so a well-enclosed set holds its position in the market better. Acoustics and Cooling: The Tension to Manage Every acoustic decision has a cooling consequence, and in UAE conditions that tension is the central design problem. An enclosure has to breathe: A generating set rejects a large quantity of heat, and the canopy must admit cool air and exhaust hot air continuously. Those openings are also the primary escape path for noise, which is why attenuated air paths — rather than simply smaller openings — are what make an enclosure work. Ambient temperature narrows the margin: Published output assumes reference conditions, and available output falls as temperature rises. An acoustic enclosure that restricts airflow compounds that, so the two have to be specified together rather than sequentially. Positioning matters as much as the canopy: A well-enclosed set placed where it recirculates its own hot air will still run hot. Clearance and orientation are part of the acoustic and thermal design, not site details. Dust closes the gap over time: Attenuated air paths and radiator fins both load with fine sand. Acoustic performance and cooling performance degrade together as they block, which is why service intervals should be set against the actual environment. Where Acoustic Specification Matters Most Hospitals and healthcare facilities: Standby generation is mandatory and the surrounding environment is noise-sensitive, which is why hospital-grade silencing exists as a distinct specification. Hotels and hospitality: Guest-facing operations where plant noise carries a direct commercial cost, and where testing schedules have to work around occupancy. Residential-adjacent developments: Mixed-use buildings and sites bordering residential areas, where local limits apply at the boundary rather than at the machine. Offices and educational buildings: Occupied environments where standby sets sit close to working space and are tested during hours. Night-working construction sites: Road and infrastructure projects that work outside daytime hours specifically to reduce disruption, where plant noise would undo the benefit. Data centres and control facilities: Continuous operation close to occupied technical space, often with regular load testing built into the maintenance regime. Why Choose GENAVCO as Your Power Generation Partner in the UAE Buying the machine is the easy part. What determines whether the installation performs is everything that happens afterwards. Part of Juma Al Majid Holding Group: Decades of established presence in the UAE market and the financial stability that comes with a major regional group — this matters when you are signing multi-year service agreements. Authorised GPS representation: Genuine equipment, factory-backed specification and full warranty integrity — not grey-market imports with uncertain parts availability. Acoustic specification against a stated limit: We specify canopy and silencer grade against the noise limit at the position it applies, rather than quoting a headline figure and leaving compliance to be discovered at commissioning. In-country spare parts inventory: Attenuated air paths and filters load faster in regional dust. Our genuine spare parts operation holds stock locally so servicing is not delayed waiting on shipment. Certified service and maintenance: Scheduled servicing, preventive maintenance and breakdown response through our repairs and maintenance division across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the wider UAE. Installation and commissioning: Enclosure positioning, ventilation path and exhaust routing handled as one scope, rather than a machine delivered and left for others to site. Range across every acoustic requirement: Graded silencing, tropical-rated canopies and containerised sets to a stated dB(A) figure, within our wider power generation and industrial equipment range. Common Acoustic Problems — and What Causes Them Set louder in service than expected: Usually a comparison error — a figure quoted at one distance measured against a limit defined at another, or a no-load figure compared with in-service running. Noise complaints despite a silenced set: Frequently reflected sound from surrounding structures, or an exhaust discharging toward a boundary. Free-field figures do not predict site behaviour. Enclosure meets the limit but the set runs hot: Airflow restricted in pursuit of attenuation. Attenuated air paths, not smaller openings, are the correct solution. Acoustic performance degrading over time: Air paths and radiator fins loading with dust. Both acoustic and thermal performance fall together, and both recover with servicing. Vibration transmitted into the building: Structure-borne rather than airborne noise. Anti-vibration mounting is a separate specification item from the canopy and silencer. Retrofit quoted at several times the original cost: Acoustic treatment added after installation is constrained by the space already built around the set. This is why the grade is an order-stage decision. Frequently Asked Questions Are silent generators actually silent? No. The term describes a set built with acoustic enclosure and silencing so it runs quietly enough for a noise-sensitive location. What counts as acceptable is set by the applicable limit at the position it applies, not by a product description. What does dB(A) at 7 metres mean? It is the sound level measured at a distance of 7 metres from the set. Distance is essential to the figure, because sound pressure falls as you move away from the source. A level quoted at 7 metres and one quoted at 1 metre describe very different machines, so always confirm the measurement distance before comparing quotations. What is the difference between hospital, residential and industrial grade silencers? They are different products with different levels of exhaust attenuation, not marketing tiers. Hospital grade provides the greatest attenuation, industrial grade the least. The grade required is determined by the location and the applicable noise limit, and it should be specified at order. Does a silent canopy affect generator cooling? It can, if specified poorly. A generating set rejects a large amount of heat and the enclosure must admit and exhaust cooling air continuously. Attenuated air paths allow an enclosure to be quiet without restricting airflow, which matters particularly in UAE ambient temperatures. Can acoustic treatment be added after installation? It can, but it is considerably more expensive and often constrained by the space already built around the set. Canopy and silencer grade are order-stage decisions for this reason. Does GENAVCO supply spare parts and servicing for generators in the UAE? Yes. GENAVCO holds genuine parts in-country and operates a certified service network covering Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the wider UAE, with installation, commissioning, preventive maintenance programmes and breakdown support. Ready to Specify Your Acoustic Requirement? Noise is one of the few generator specifications that cannot be corrected cheaply after the fact. Get the limit stated, the measurement position defined, and the canopy and silencer grade specified against it, and the installation passes on commissioning instead of becoming a remedial project. GENAVCO supplies graded silencing, tropical-rated canopies and containerised sets to stated acoustic figures across the UAE, backed by installation, commissioning, genuine parts and certified service. For the wider selection framework, see our guide to choosing a power generator. Tell us your noise limit and where it applies. We will specify the enclosure to meet it. ENQUIRE NOW — GET YOUR ACOUSTIC SPECIFICATION Serving Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the wider UAE.

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08Jun 2026

Heavy Duty Shelving in the UAE: Storage for Hand-Picked Stock

Not everything in a warehouse arrives on a pallet. Cartons, bins, spare parts, apparel, components — items picked one at a time by a person rather than lifted whole by a machine. That is a different storage problem, and pallet racking solves it badly. Shelving is built around human reach instead of forklift access. The levels are set at heights someone can work at, the decking supports individual items rather than a pallet base, and the whole structure is designed so a picker can find and retrieve one item quickly. This guide covers how to specify heavy duty shelving by load per level and decking type, when to go multi-tier, why pick rate matters more than storage volume, and the Godrej shelving range GENAVCO supplies in the UAE. Shelving or Racking: Getting the Distinction Right The two look similar and serve genuinely different purposes, and specifying the wrong one is a common and expensive error. Racking holds pallets, handled by machine: Levels are set for pallet heights and forklift access. A person cannot reach most positions, and is not meant to. Shelving holds individual items, handled by hand: Levels are set at working heights, and the load per level is what someone can safely place and retrieve rather than what a truck can lift. The load figure means something different: Racking is rated per pallet position. Shelving is rated as uniformly distributed load per level, because the weight is spread across the shelf rather than concentrated on a pallet footprint. Most warehouses need both: Bulk reserve on pallets, pick faces and small items on shelving. The two work together, and specifying only one leaves part of the operation poorly served. The palletised side is covered in our guide to pallet racking systems compared. Load Per Level: The Specification That Matters Shelving is specified by uniformly distributed load per level, and this figure sorts the entire market into bands. Load band System type Typical stock Light load Boltless shelving Small parts, apparel, light components Light to medium, up to 350 kg/level Panel-based shelving Bins, cartons, general stores Light to medium, voluminous Longspan shelving Bulky but light items Medium to heavy, manual handling Heavy duty shelving Larger items handled manually Heavy, 300 to 4,000 kg/level Beam-based shelving Heavier discrete SKUs in cartons, bins or direct   Two things follow from this. Under-specifying load is a safety problem rather than an inconvenience — shelving carries weight above people working beneath it. And over-specifying wastes capital on steel that will never be loaded to capacity, which on a large installation is substantial. Decking: The Component Buyers Overlook The shelf surface is not a detail. It determines what can sit on it, how the installation behaves in a fire, and how easy stock is to find. Wire mesh: Allows sprinkler water through, which matters for fire protection design in high-bay installations. Also lets light through, improving visibility at lower levels, and does not collect dust the way solid decking does. Steel decking: Solid, durable and suited to heavier or smaller items that would fall through mesh. Available plain or perforated where some water penetration is required. Wooden decking: Economical and suited to general storage where fire design does not demand an open surface. The fire protection interaction is the critical one: Solid decking blocks sprinkler water from reaching lower levels, which can require in-rack sprinklers. Establishing the fire strategy before selecting decking avoids an expensive redesign. Going Vertical: Multi-Tier and Walkways Where floor area is constrained but height is available, shelving can be built upward with walkways giving access to upper levels. Catwalks and multi-tier systems extend upward: Rather than limiting shelving to what a person can reach from the floor, walkways create additional working levels within the same footprint. Walkway surface matters for the working environment: Gratings, plain steel, perforated steel and wooden decking each behave differently underfoot, and the choice affects noise, ventilation and comfort across a full shift. Loading gates handle stock movement between levels: Getting stock onto an upper tier safely requires a designed loading point rather than an improvised one. Trolley and pallet truck movement must be designed in: Walkways that will carry trolleys need to be rated and tested for it, not simply strong enough to walk on. Multi-tier shelving is frequently the cheapest additional storage available to an operation with high ceilings, because it uses volume that is otherwise doing nothing. Advantages of Correctly Specified Shelving These returns come from matching the system to how stock is actually picked. Faster picking: Items at accessible heights in a logical sequence shorten every pick, and picking is usually the largest labour cost in a warehouse. Better use of vertical space: Multi-tier and walkway systems convert unused height into working storage within the existing footprint. Safer manual handling: Levels set at appropriate working heights reduce the lifting and stretching that cause injuries. Fewer picking errors: Clear visibility and logical layout mean the right item is found first time, which reduces returns and rework. Appropriate load capacity: Shelving rated for the actual stock is safe without paying for capacity that will never be used. Fire protection compliance: Decking chosen with the sprinkler strategy in mind avoids retrofitting in-rack protection later. Flexible reconfiguration: Modular systems adapt as stock profiles change, without replacing the installation. Higher storage density for small items: Shelving holds far more individual SKUs per square metre than pallet racking used for the same purpose. Godrej Shelving Systems Available in the UAE GENAVCO supplies Godrej storage solutions in the UAE. Five shelving systems cover hand-picked storage from light boltless assemblies through to heavy beam-based structures. 1. Heavy Duty Shelving — medium to large items, manually handled A straightforward storage solution for non-palletised items, widely used in e-commerce and retail where product variety is high and everything is picked by hand. Designed for: Storage of non-palletised items Suits: Large variety of medium to big sized items that can be handled manually Vertical extension: Higher levels reached by providing catwalks and multi-tier systems Decking options: Wire mesh, wooden decking, steel decking Walkway options: Gratings, plain steel decking, perforated steel decking, wooden Accessories: Loading gate available Industries: Widely used by e-commerce and retail The decking and walkway options are where the specification work sits. Wire mesh for sprinkler penetration, gratings for ventilation, solid steel for small items — these choices determine how the installation performs day to day and how it interacts with the building’s fire strategy. View Godrej heavy duty shelving 2. Godrej Altius Titan — beam design, 300 to 4,000 kg per level The heaviest shelving in the range, built on a beam design configuration for discrete SKUs that are too heavy for conventional shelving but not palletised. Configuration: Based on beam design configuration Load capacity: 300 kg to 4,000 kg UDL Stock format: Heavier discrete SKUs stored in cartons, bins or directly Multi-tier capability: Indigenously developed step beam and upright profiles configurable up to 10 levels Integration: Can be integrated with conveyors, VRCs and loading gates to improve throughput Walkways: Rigorously tested to handle trolley and hand pallet truck movement, providing a ventilated and noise-free working environment Modularity: Wide range of components enabling future expansion that fits the existing system Ten levels with conveyor and vertical reciprocating conveyor integration puts this system close to a small automated facility. The walkway testing for trolley and hand pallet truck movement is what makes upper tiers genuinely workable rather than merely accessible. View Godrej Altius Titan shelving 3. Godrej Altius Lite — panel design, up to 350 kg per level A panel design configuration for light to medium stock, using a wide upright profile to build a sturdy system that makes full use of vertical space. Configuration: Based on panel design configuration Load capacity: Light to medium SKUs up to 350 kg per level Stock format: Stored in bins, cartons or directly Structure: Wide upright profile creating a strong and sturdy system, increasing storage efficiency through vertical space utilisation Fire compliance: Designed to comply with FM Global norms for fire safety Space utilisation: Optimised for effective cubic space utilisation Additional: Designed to deliver unmatched aesthetics; comprehensive accessory range FM Global compliance is the specification detail worth leading with. Where a facility is insured to those standards, or where fire strategy is being reviewed, having the compliance stated on the product removes a question that otherwise requires separate verification. View Godrej Altius Lite shelving 4. Longspan (X Span) — light to medium, voluminous items Long beam spans without intermediate uprights, suited to items that take up considerable space without weighing very much. Designed for: Items which are light or medium in weight and voluminous in nature Key characteristic: Long spans between uprights, giving unobstructed shelf width Applications: Auto, apparel and engineering sectors Best for: Bulky stock where shelf area matters more than load capacity The reason this system exists is that bulky light items waste conventional shelving. Standard bays force awkward stacking around uprights; long spans let items sit as they naturally fit, which recovers usable shelf area on every level. View Godrej Longspan shelving 5. Bolt Free Shelving — boltless assembly for light loads Contemporary boltless construction for light load applications, assembled and reconfigured without tools. Construction: Boltless Load class: Light load applications Accessories: User friendly accessories to suit various industry applications Applications: Automotive spares, light engineering components, apparel Best for: Stores and pick areas where layout changes frequently Boltless construction earns its place where the layout changes. Reconfiguring a bolted installation is a job; reconfiguring a boltless one is an afternoon, which suits spares stores and pick faces where stock profiles shift regularly. View Godrej bolt free shelving Not sure which shelving suits your stock? Send us your item weights and dimensions, pick rate, available clear height and any fire protection requirements — our team will design the system and return a costed proposal. Request a Shelving Design How to Specify Shelving Step 1 - Weigh and measure the stock. Load per level is the primary specification, and it must reflect what will actually sit on the shelf rather than an estimate. Under-specifying is a safety issue. Step 2 - Establish the pick rate. How often items are retrieved determines what should be at accessible heights. Fast-moving stock at waist height and slow-moving stock high or low is the simplest productivity gain available. Step 3 - Choose decking against fire strategy and stock. Wire mesh where sprinkler penetration is needed, solid steel for small items, wooden where neither constraint applies. Confirm the fire strategy first. Step 4 - Decide whether to go multi-tier. If clear height exceeds what a person can reach from the floor, walkways convert that unused volume into working storage. Step 5 - Specify walkway surface and loading points. Grating, steel or wooden decking, plus designed loading gates for moving stock between levels safely. Step 6 - Plan for reconfiguration. Stock profiles change. Modular or boltless systems adapt without replacement, which is worth more than a marginal saving at purchase. Shelving in UAE Warehouses E-commerce growth is driving demand: Regional online retail expansion means more facilities handling large numbers of individually picked items, which is precisely what shelving is for rather than pallet racking. Land cost favours multi-tier: Where floor area is expensive, walkway systems that use full building height deliver better returns than extending the facility. Fire strategy must be settled before decking: Sprinkler design and decking type interact directly. In high-bay multi-tier installations this needs resolving at design stage, not after installation. Spares and distribution operations hold wide ranges: The region’s role in distribution and re-export means many facilities carry very large SKU counts in small quantities, which is shelving territory. Shelving is a structure carrying load above people: Load ratings and design sign-off matter as much here as on pallet racking, particularly on multi-tier systems where people work beneath and above. Why Choose GENAVCO for Warehouse Shelving in the UAE Buying the steel is the easy part. What determines whether the installation performs is the design work before it and the support after it. Part of Juma Al Majid Holding Group: Decades of established presence in the UAE market and the financial stability that comes with a major regional group — this matters when you are signing multi-year service agreements. Authorised Godrej representation: Genuine engineered components with factory-backed load ratings — not generic steel of uncertain provenance and unverified capacity. Design against stock profile and pick rate: We specify from item weights, dimensions and retrieval frequency rather than quoting a bay count, because picking productivity is worth more than the price per bay. Fire compliance considered at design stage: Decking and sprinkler strategy interact. We raise it during design rather than leaving it to be discovered at inspection. Installation and team training: We manage installation and train warehouse teams so the system is used as designed from the first shift. Scheduled inspection and structural audits: Multi-tier shelving carries load above working people. Our repairs and maintenance division provides inspections, structural audits and component replacement. Shelving and racking from one supplier: Most warehouses need both. Our material handling and racking solutions cover the whole facility rather than one part of it. Common Shelving Mistakes Using pallet racking for hand-picked stock: Levels set for forklift access are the wrong heights for people, and the density for small items is poor. It stores the stock but picks badly. Under-specifying load per level: This is a safety issue rather than an inconvenience, because shelving carries weight above people working beneath it. Choosing decking before settling fire strategy: Solid decking blocks sprinkler water from lower levels and can require in-rack protection. Establishing the strategy first avoids expensive redesign. Ignoring pick rate in the layout: Fast-moving items in awkward positions cost time on every retrieval, and picking is usually the largest labour cost in the building. Leaving vertical space unused: Where clear height exceeds human reach, multi-tier walkways are typically the cheapest additional storage available. Treating walkways as merely strong enough to stand on: Walkways carrying trolleys or hand pallet trucks must be rated and tested for that loading, not just for foot traffic. Frequently Asked Questions What is the difference between shelving and pallet racking? Racking holds palletised loads handled by forklift, with levels set for pallet heights and machine access. Shelving holds individual items picked by hand, with levels set at working heights and load rated as uniformly distributed weight per level rather than per pallet position. Most warehouses need both. How much weight can heavy duty shelving hold? It depends on the system. Panel-based shelving handles light to medium stock up to 350 kg per level, while beam-based systems carry heavier discrete SKUs from 300 kg to 4,000 kg UDL. The specification should reflect actual stock weights, since under-specifying load is a safety issue. What decking should I choose for warehouse shelving? Wire mesh allows sprinkler water and light through and does not collect dust. Steel decking suits heavier or smaller items that would fall through mesh, and is available plain or perforated. Wooden decking is economical for general storage. The fire protection strategy should be settled before choosing, since solid decking can block sprinkler water from lower levels. Can shelving be built with multiple levels and walkways? Yes. Catwalks and multi-tier systems allow higher levels to be reached and can be configured up to ten levels on beam-based systems. Walkways carrying trolleys or hand pallet trucks must be rated and tested for that loading rather than simply for foot traffic. Is boltless shelving strong enough for warehouse use? Boltless construction suits light load applications such as automotive spares, light engineering components and apparel. Where heavier loads are involved, panel-based or beam-based systems are the appropriate specification. The advantage of boltless is rapid assembly and reconfiguration where layouts change frequently. Does GENAVCO install and maintain warehouse shelving in the UAE? Yes. GENAVCO manages installation, trains warehouse teams, and provides scheduled inspections, structural audits and component replacement across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the wider UAE. Ready to Design Your Shelving? Shelving is specified around people rather than machines. Weigh the stock, understand how often it is picked, settle the fire strategy before choosing decking, and use the height you already have — and the same floor area supports a considerably faster operation. GENAVCO supplies the full Godrej shelving range across the UAE, with design, installation, team training and scheduled structural inspection. For the wider storage decision, see our guide to choosing a warehouse racking system. Tell us your stock weights and pick rate. We will design the shelving and price it properly. ENQUIRE NOW — GET YOUR SHELVING DESIGN Serving Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the wider UAE.

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07Jun 2026

Wheel Loaders in the UAE: Sizing for Load and Carry

A wheel loader looks like a simple machine: a bucket on the front, tyres underneath, drive it into a pile and lift. That simplicity is exactly why it is so often specified badly. The loader is rarely working alone. It fills trucks, feeds hoppers, rehandles stockpiles — and its productivity is determined almost entirely by how well it matches whatever it is feeding. A loader sized without reference to the trucks it serves will either waste bucket capacity on every pass or keep those trucks waiting, and both cost money on every cycle of every shift. This guide covers how to size a wheel loader by bucket and pass matching, what actually governs cycle time, why tyres are the running cost that surprises people, and the Shantui loaders GENAVCO supplies in the UAE. What a Wheel Loader Is Built To Do The defining characteristic is that the machine carries. Unlike an excavator, which digs from a fixed position and slews to discharge, a loader drives into material, lifts it and travels with it. That distinction shapes everything. A loader excels on loose or already-broken material — stockpiles, blasted rock, aggregate bays, crushed product — where the bucket can penetrate without the machine having to break the ground first. It performs poorly digging undisturbed ground, because it has to push the whole machine forward to generate breakout force. It also travels well. Rubber tyres and a road-capable travel speed mean a loader repositions across a site quickly, which is why it dominates yard and stockpile work where the machine moves constantly between piles, hoppers and trucks. Where the material has not yet been broken out, an excavator is the correct machine. That comparison is covered in our guide to building an earthmoving fleet. Pass Matching: The Sizing Decision That Matters Bucket capacity should not be chosen in isolation. It should be chosen so that filling the truck takes a sensible whole number of passes. Three to five passes is the practical target: Fewer than three and the bucket is large relative to the truck, so capacity is wasted on the last partial pass. More than five and the truck waits too long, which is the more expensive of the two errors because trucks usually cost more per hour than the loader. Partial passes waste the whole cycle: A loader filling a truck in three and a half passes performs a complete cycle — approach, fill, reverse, travel, dump — for a half bucket. That half cycle is entirely lost productivity and it repeats on every truck. Match the fleet, not the biggest truck: Where several truck sizes work the site, size against the one that dominates the cycle count rather than the largest occasional vehicle. Bucket fill factor is not 100%: Rated bucket capacity assumes an ideal heaped load. Real fill depends on material — loose sand fills well, blasted rock with large fragments does not. Sizing from rated capacity alone overstates what the machine will actually move. Working the calculation the other way round is also valid: if the truck fleet is fixed and cannot change, the truck size determines the correct bucket, and therefore the loader. What Governs Cycle Time Loader productivity is bucket capacity multiplied by cycles per hour. The second half is where most output is lost. Travel distance dominates: Every metre between the pile and the discharge point is travelled twice per cycle. Reducing the distance by positioning stockpiles and trucks well delivers more output than a larger machine would. Loading technique varies enormously between operators: The angle of approach, how the bucket enters the pile and whether the operator uses a V-pattern or a load-and-carry cycle can change output substantially on identical machines. Pile condition affects fill and penetration: A well-formed, tidy face lets the bucket fill in one clean pass. A collapsed or spread pile forces repeated attempts and wastes both time and fuel. Surface condition affects travel speed: Rutted, soft or uneven ground slows every cycle and increases tyre wear at the same time. Maintaining the working surface is one of the cheapest productivity measures available. Tyres: The Running Cost Nobody Budgets Properly On a tracked machine, undercarriage is the recurring consumable. On a wheel loader, tyres perform the same role — and they are frequently absent from the operating budget until the first set needs replacing. Abrasive surfaces destroy tyres: Sharp blasted rock, crushed aggregate and quarry floors cut and abrade tyres far faster than prepared surfaces. Where the loader works on rock, tyre cost can rival fuel as an operating expense. Site surface maintenance pays for itself: Clearing spillage from travel routes and maintaining the working area is the single most effective way to extend tyre life. It costs a machine hour and saves considerably more. Wheel spin accelerates wear disproportionately: Excessive tyre spin during pile penetration — usually a technique or pile condition issue — wears tyres rapidly. This is one of the clearest returns on operator training. Tyre specification should match the surface: Different compounds and tread patterns exist for rock, general site and sand conditions. A general-purpose tyre on a rock face is a false economy. Heat compounds everything: Sustained high ambient temperature raises tyre operating temperature, which accelerates wear and increases failure risk. Pressure monitoring matters more here than in temperate markets. Advantages of a Wheel Loader These are the characteristics that make it the standard machine for stockpile and yard work. Fast cycles on loose material: On already-broken material a loader out-produces an excavator of equivalent size for straightforward loading duties. Travels well between work points: Rubber tyres and road-capable travel speed mean the machine repositions across a site quickly rather than being tied to one position. Load and carry in one machine: Over short distances the loader can carry material itself, removing the need for haulage entirely. Versatile with attachments: Bucket changes and attachment options adapt the same machine to different materials and tasks. Good visibility to the bucket: The operator sees the load and the discharge point directly, which supports accurate placement into hoppers and trucks. Simple, well-understood machine: Widely operated and widely serviced, so operator availability and technician familiarity are rarely constraints. No undercarriage cost: Tyres are consumable but a tracked undercarriage is a considerably larger and less predictable replacement cost. Works on finished surfaces: Rubber tyres do not damage sealed or prepared ground the way tracks do, which suits yards and established plant areas. Shantui Wheel Loaders Available in the UAE GENAVCO supplies Shantui construction machinery in the UAE. Shantui has taken substantial market share in the loader segment on the strength of its manufacturing and quality control process, alongside the bulldozer line it is better known for. 1. Shantui Wheel Loaders — L68K and L76 The loader range covers general site duties through to high-capacity quarry and stockpile work, with two larger models published in detail. L68K — total power: 178 kW L68K — operating weight: 22,500 kg L68K — bucket capacity: 4 m³ L76 — total power: 209 kW L76 — operating weight: 24,800 kg L76 — bucket capacity: 5 m³ Wider range: Loaders available from 1 m³ bucket capacity upward for lighter duties The gap between these two models is the pass-matching decision in practice. A 4 m³ bucket and a 5 m³ bucket fill different truck sizes in a clean whole number of passes, and choosing between them should follow the haulage fleet rather than a preference for the larger machine. On a site where the trucks are fixed, the truck determines the loader. View Shantui wheel loaders 2. Shantui Forklift Series — wheeled handling for finished product Where the material has already been processed and packaged, a forklift handles it more efficiently than a loader bucket. Shantui added the line in 2007, applying its construction machinery production to material handling. Introduced: 2007, built on Shantui’s construction machinery production capability Application: Handling palletised and packaged material rather than bulk loose product Position in the fleet: Complements a loader on sites producing bagged, palletised or unitised output Best for: Yards, dispatch areas and finished product handling Using a loader bucket to move palletised products is a common yard inefficiency. Where a site produces bagged or packaged material, a forklift releases the loader for the bulk work it is actually built for. For warehouse and indoor handling specifically, the earthmoving and light construction equipment range sits alongside dedicated material handling equipment. View the Shantui forklift series Not sure which bucket size matches your trucks? Send us your truck capacities, material type, haul distance and daily tonnage — our team will work the pass matching and specify the loader. Request a Loader Specification How to Specify a Wheel Loader Step 1 - Start with what you are loading. Truck capacity, hopper size or whatever the loader feeds. This sets the bucket, and the bucket sets the machine. Step 2 - Work the pass matching. Aim for a whole number of passes, ideally three to five. Adjust the bucket rather than accepting a partial pass on every cycle. Step 3 - Apply a realistic fill factor. Rated capacity assumes ideal heaped loading. Loose sand fills well; coarse blasted rock does not. Size against realistic fill, not the datasheet figure. Step 4 - Check breakout and lift at working height. The machine must handle the material at the height it discharges. Lift capacity falls as the arms extend, and a loader that can lift at ground level may not at truck height. Step 5 - Specify tyres for the actual surface. Rock, general site and sand conditions call for different tyre specifications, and this decision affects running cost more than most buyers expect. Step 6 - Specify the cab for UAE conditions. Air conditioning is a productivity requirement on sustained summer operation, not a comfort option. Loader Operation in UAE Conditions Loose sand undermines traction: Wheel loaders depend on pushing the machine into the pile to fill the bucket, and loose sand under the tyres reduces the traction available to do it. A prepared, firm working surface at the pile face makes a measurable difference to fill and to fuel. Dust load shortens filter intervals: A loader works in its own dust cloud constantly. Air filters and cooling packs load far faster than temperate-climate schedules assume, and intervals should follow the environment. Heat affects tyres and operators together: Tyre operating temperature rises with ambient, accelerating wear, while operator concentration falls — and concentration is what governs technique, which governs both fuel and tyre life. Abrasive aggregate consumes edges and teeth: Bucket cutting edges and ground engaging tools wear faster in abrasive material and should be budgeted realistically rather than from baseline figures. Why Choose GENAVCO for Wheel Loaders in the UAE Buying the machine is the easy part. What determines whether the investment performs is everything that happens afterwards. Part of Juma Al Majid Holding Group: Decades of established presence in the UAE market and the financial stability that comes with a major regional group — this matters when you are signing multi-year service agreements. Authorised Shantui representation: Genuine equipment, factory-backed specification and full warranty integrity — not grey-market imports with uncertain parts availability. In-country spare parts inventory: Cutting edges, teeth and filters are consumed continuously on a loader working abrasive material. Our genuine spare parts operation holds stock locally. Certified service and maintenance: Scheduled servicing, preventive maintenance and on-site breakdown response through our repairs and maintenance division across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the wider UAE. Operator training: Loading technique determines cycle time, fuel consumption and tyre life, and the variation between operators on identical machines is substantial. Our operator training centre covers correct operation and daily checks. Specification by pass matching: We size the bucket against what the loader is feeding rather than quoting on capacity alone, because a mismatched bucket wastes productivity on every single cycle. Depth across site and quarry equipment: Loading alongside our quarry and mining equipment range, so crushing, screening and loading are supported from one relationship. Common Wheel Loader Problems Trucks waiting between loads: Too many passes per truck. The bucket is undersized relative to the haulage, and it costs truck time on every cycle. Bucket never filling completely: Pile condition or approach technique rather than machine capability. A well-formed face fills in one clean pass. Rapid tyre wear: Abrasive surface, spillage on travel routes or excessive wheel spin. All three are addressable without changing machines. High fuel consumption per tonne: Usually excessive travel distance per cycle or wheel spin during fill. Repositioning the stockpile often fixes more than a machine change would. Struggling to dig into the pile: The material has not been broken out sufficiently. A loader is not a digging machine, and forcing it to be one wears tyres and drivetrain. Cannot lift at discharge height: Lift capacity falls as the arms extend. A machine adequate at ground level may not be at truck height with a full bucket. Frequently Asked Questions What size wheel loader do I need? Start with what the loader is feeding. Bucket capacity should fill the truck or hopper in a whole number of passes, ideally three to five, and the bucket then determines the machine size. Apply a realistic fill factor rather than rated capacity, since coarse material fills a bucket less completely than loose sand. What is pass matching and why does it matter? Pass matching means sizing the bucket so filling the truck takes a sensible whole number of passes. A partial pass means a complete loading cycle performed for half a bucket, and that lost productivity repeats on every truck. Too many passes leaves trucks waiting, which is usually the more expensive error. Should I use a wheel loader or an excavator? A wheel loader is faster on loose or already-broken material and travels well between work points, which suits stockpiles, yards and truck loading. An excavator digs undisturbed ground and works below its own level. Loaders carry; excavators dig. Why do wheel loader tyres wear so quickly? Abrasive surfaces such as blasted rock and crushed aggregate cut and abrade tyres rapidly, and wheel spin during pile penetration accelerates it further. Maintaining the working surface, clearing spillage from travel routes and correcting operator technique all extend tyre life substantially. How can I improve loader productivity without a bigger machine? Reduce travel distance by repositioning stockpiles and trucks, keep the pile face well formed so the bucket fills in one pass, maintain the working surface, and address loading technique. These typically deliver more output than moving up a machine size. Does GENAVCO supply spare parts and servicing for Shantui loaders in the UAE? Yes. GENAVCO holds genuine parts in-country and operates a certified service network covering Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the wider UAE, with preventive maintenance programmes, operator training and on-site breakdown support. Ready to Specify Your Loader? Wheel loader productivity comes down to pass matching and cycle time, and both are decided before the machine arrives. Size the bucket against what it feeds, shorten the travel, keep the pile face tidy, and the machine delivers what it was bought to deliver. GENAVCO supplies Shantui wheel loaders across the UAE, backed by genuine parts, certified service and operator training. For how the loader fits alongside the rest of the site fleet, see our guide to building an earthmoving fleet. Tell us your trucks, material and tonnage. We will work the pass matching and price it properly. ENQUIRE NOW — GET YOUR LOADER SPECIFICATION Serving Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the wider UAE.

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06Jun 2026

Mobile Crushers in the UAE: Tracked Plant, Transport and Site Deployment

Every Kleemann crushing and screening machine in the GENAVCO range is track-mounted. That is not a detail of specification — it changes what a crushing operation is. Instead of hauling material to a fixed plant, the plant travels to the material. For quarries working multiple faces, contractors crushing on client sites, and demolition operations processing arisings where they fall, that reversal removes the largest cost in the whole process: moving rock that has not been reduced yet. This guide covers when a mobile crusher makes more sense than a fixed installation, what transport and setup actually involve, how machines link together into a mobile circuit, and the deployment characteristics of the Kleemann range. Mobile or Fixed: The Real Comparison Factor Mobile (tracked) plant Fixed installation Position Moves to the material Material is hauled to the plant Haulage cost Reduced — crushed material is hauled, not raw rock Raw material haulage over the plant life Setup Hours to days Civil works, foundations, commissioning Site permanence None required Long-term commitment to one location Multiple faces or sites Relocates between them Cannot follow the work Throughput ceiling High, but below large fixed plant Highest available Capital commitment Machine only Machine plus civils and infrastructure Resale and redeployment Retains value, moves to next project Tied to the site   The decision usually turns on one question: how long will the material be in one place? A single quarry face worked for twenty years justifies a fixed plant. Multiple faces, a contract of defined length, or work that moves with a project is mobile territory. Where Mobile Crushing Earns Its Position in the UAE Contract crushing: Processing material on a client site for a fixed rate per tonne. The whole business model depends on plants that relocate efficiently between jobs. Multi-face quarrying: Working several faces or benches without hauling raw rock across the site to a single fixed plant. Construction and demolition recycling: Crushing arisings where the building came down, so material never leaves the site as waste and returns as aggregate. Infrastructure and road projects: Producing base material along the alignment rather than importing it, moving forward as the works advance. Temporary and project-length works: Where the crushing requirement has a defined end date and a permanent installation could never be justified. Remote sites: Locations where importing aggregate is expensive and processing local material is the practical alternative. Transport, Setup and Site Access Mobile does not mean effortless. Four practical considerations determine whether relocation is a half-day operation or a week. Transport dimensions and weight decide the trailer: Machine weight and travel dimensions determine what trailer is needed, what permits apply, and which routes are viable. Compact machines transport on standard equipment; larger plants need specialist arrangements and planning lead time. Setup time varies enormously between machines: Some plants are craned into position and hydraulically unfold; others need substantial assembly. Machines designed for quick assembly and disassembly are worth a premium to any operation relocating frequently — the difference compounds across every move. Site access constrains the whole plan: Gradients, ground bearing capacity, overhead clearances and turning space all affect whether a tracked plant can reach the working position. This should be surveyed before purchase, not on delivery day. Tracks move the machine on site, not between sites: Tracked undercarriage repositions plant within a working area — following a face, adjusting to a stockpile, moving between benches. Travel between sites is by trailer. Linking Machines into a Mobile Circuit A single mobile crusher produces one product. Linking machines produce a plant, and this is where mobile crushing becomes genuinely competitive with fixed installations. Direct feeding between machines: The discharge conveyor of one machine feeds the next, so a primary, a secondary and a screen operate as a continuous circuit without intermediate stockpiling or loader rehandling. Linkage control coordinates the plant: Machines that communicate can match feed rates automatically, so the primary slows when the secondary is loaded rather than surging material into it. This is what prevents the alternating overload and starvation that limits unlinked mobile plants. Stacking conveyors extend stockpile capacity: Discharge conveyors on the machines themselves build only modest piles. Track-mounted stackers extend reach so the plant runs longer before a loader has to intervene. Matched machine pairs simplify the design: Where a manufacturer specifies a primary and secondary as a matched combination, the balancing calculation is already done. That is a meaningful advantage for operations without in-house plant engineering. The circuit design principles behind all of this are set out in our guide to designing a crushing circuit. Advantages of Mobile Crushing Plant These are the benefits that show up in project economics rather than in machine specifications. Haulage cost falls immediately: Crushing at the face means hauling reduced material rather than raw rock, which is the single largest saving mobile plant delivers. No civil works or foundations: The machine arrives and works. There is no groundworks programme, no commissioning phase and no capital tied up in infrastructure. Follows the work: Plant relocates between faces, phases and projects instead of dictating where material has to be brought. Deployable across multiple contracts: One asset serves several projects over its life, which changes the return calculation entirely compared with a site-tied installation. Fast to bring into production: Machines designed for quick assembly reach working condition in a fraction of the time a fixed plant requires. Scalable by adding machines: Capacity grows by linking another unit rather than redesigning an installation. Retains asset value: Mobile plant leaves with the operator at project end and holds value in an active secondary market. Enables on-site recycling: Processing demolition material where it falls avoids both disposal cost and imported aggregate cost. Deployment Characteristics Across the Kleemann Range GENAVCO supplies Kleemann crushing and screening equipment in the UAE. The machines below are described here purely by how they transport, deploy and link — their crushing action is covered in the type guides. 1. MOBICAT MC 100i EVO — the most relocatable primary The smallest jaw crusher in the EVO line, and the primary best suited to operations that move frequently between short jobs. Deployment class: Compact primary — relocates between jobs regularly Design: Compactness and reliability across a wide variety of materials Drive: D-DRIVE diesel-direct — self-contained, no external power required Fuel: Economical in consumption, which matters on fixed-rate contract work Operation: Simple control with menu-guided touch panel, so crews change without retraining Best for: Demolition companies and contract crushing companies working multiple sites For contract crushers, transport and setup time is unbillable. A machine that moves on standard equipment and reaches production quickly protects margin on every mobilisation. View the MOBICAT MC 100i EVO 2. MOBIREX MR 110i EVO2 — compact design, fast assembly An impact crusher explicitly designed around transportability, which makes it a natural fit for work that changes location regularly. Deployment class: Universally deployable — designed for frequent relocation Transport: Compact design makes the machine easy to transport Setup: Can be assembled and disassembled again quickly Drive: D-DRIVE diesel-direct — no site power connection required Control: SPECTIVE control concept, simple and intuitive Circuit: Post screening unit with oversize grain returning available as an option The closed-circuit post screening option matters for mobile work specifically: it means the machine can produce a finished product on its own, without a separate screening unit to transport and set up alongside it. View the MOBIREX MR 110i EVO2 3. MOBIREX MR 130i EVO2 — large plant output, transportable footprint Designed as an all-rounder, achieving a production rate previously associated with a considerably larger crushing plant while remaining straightforward to move. Deployment class: High-output mobile — relocates between phases rather than daily Transport: Compact design makes the plant easy to transport Setup: Can be assembled and disassembled again quickly Output positioning: Production rate previously associated with considerably larger crushing plant Drive: D-DRIVE diesel-direct — fully self-contained Circuit: Post screening unit with oversize grain returning available as an option This is the machine that most directly challenges the case for a fixed installation. Where output was previously the reason to build a permanent plant, a transportable machine at this production rate removes that argument for many operations. View the MOBIREX MR 130i EVO2 4. MOBICONE MCO 90i EVO2 — built to link with other plants A secondary specified with plant-to-plant linkage as a stated capability, which is what turns a set of individual machines into a mobile circuit. Deployment class: Linked secondary — operates as part of a multi-machine circuit Circuit capability: Linkage option with other KLEEMANN plants Feed coordination: Continuous Feed System for optimum crusher loading Drive: D-DRIVE diesel-direct — no external power dependency Control: Simple and intuitive SPECTIVE control concept Protection: Innovative overload systems for protecting the crusher Linkage is the feature that makes a mobile circuit behave like a plant rather than three machines working near each other. Feed rates coordinate automatically, which removes the surging that otherwise limits unlinked mobile installations. View the MOBICONE MCO 90i EVO2 Planning a mobile crushing operation? Send us your material, target tonnage, how often the plant needs to relocate and your site access constraints — our team will configure the circuit and return a cost proposal. Request a Mobile Plant Specification Drive Concepts and Site Power How a machine is driven affects both running cost and where it can practically work. Diesel-direct (D-DRIVE): Fully self-contained. The machine needs nothing but fuel, which suits sites with no power infrastructure and operations that relocate frequently. Simplest to deploy and the most common choice for contract crushing. Diesel-electric (E-DRIVE): Runs from its own engine or, where a mains connection exists, from external power. On an established site this lowers energy cost per tonne substantially. It requires a power supply to realise that benefit, so it suits longer deployments. Diesel-hydraulic (H-DRIVE): Used on screening and stacking plants, frequently with an external power supply option on the same basis. The practical rule: frequent relocation and no site power favours diesel-direct; longer deployment on a serviced site favours diesel-electric with an external supply. Operating Mobile Plant in UAE Conditions Positioning determines cooling: A plant sited against a face or between stockpiles recirculates its own hot air and loses cooling margin. Clearance for airflow is a production decision in summer, not a preference. Dust load is severe and self-generated: A crushing plant works inside its own dust cloud. Filtration and cooling packs load rapidly, and service intervals should follow the environment rather than the manual. Ground conditions affect tracked movement: Soft or uneven ground limits where tracked plant can reposition. Preparing a working platform is usually faster than recovering a machine that has sunk. Water for suppression is a logistics item: Suppression consumes water continuously with high evaporation, so supply planning belongs in the production schedule. Why Choose GENAVCO for Mobile Crushing Plant in the UAE Buying the machine is the easy part. What determines whether the investment performs is everything that happens afterwards. Part of Juma Al Majid Holding Group: Decades of established presence in the UAE market and the financial stability that comes with a major regional group — this matters when you are signing multi-year service agreements. Authorised Kleemann representation: Genuine equipment, factory-backed specification and full warranty integrity — not grey-market imports with uncertain parts availability. In-country spare parts inventory: Mobile plants often work far from a depot, and wear parts are consumed continuously. Our genuine spare parts operation holds stock locally so a remote site is not waiting on a shipment. On-site service across the Emirates: Scheduled servicing, preventive maintenance and breakdown response through our repairs and maintenance division covering Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the wider UAE. Circuit configuration, not single machines: We configure linked mobile plants against your material and tonnage, including how the machines feed each other, rather than quoting one crusher in isolation. Deployment planning: Transport dimensions, site access and setup requirements assessed before purchase rather than discovered on delivery day. Depth across quarry and mining: Crushing, screening and stacking within our wider quarry and mining equipment range. Common Mobile Crushing Problems Circuit surging between machines: Unlinked plant with no feed coordination. The primary discharges in bursts and the secondary alternates between flooded and starved. Plant stopping on full stockpiles: Discharge conveyor reach exhausted and no loader available. A stacking conveyor usually costs less than the lost production it prevents. Relocation taking longer than planned: Transport dimensions, permits or site access not assessed in advance. This is a planning failure rather than a machine limitation. Machines running hot in summer: Positioning that recirculates exhaust heat, or dust-blocked cooling packs. Both are site decisions rather than equipment faults. Tracked plant bogging on soft ground: Repositioning attempted without preparing a working platform. Prevention is considerably cheaper than recovery. Higher fuel cost than expected: Diesel-direct plant on a site that has mains power available. A diesel-electric machine with external supply would have lowered cost per tonne materially. Frequently Asked Questions What is a mobile crusher? A mobile crusher is a crushing plant mounted on a tracked undercarriage so it can be positioned at the material rather than requiring material to be hauled to a fixed installation. All Kleemann crushing and screening machines in the GENAVCO range are track-mounted. When is a mobile crusher better than a fixed plant? When the material is not in one place for the long term. Multiple quarry faces, contract crushing on client sites, demolition recycling and project-length works all favour mobile plant, because relocating the machine costs far less than hauling unprocessed rock. How are mobile crushers transported between sites? By trailer. The tracked undercarriage repositions the machine within a working area but travel between sites is by road transport, with the trailer type, permits and route determined by machine weight and travel dimensions. Can mobile crushers be linked together? Yes. Machines can feed each other directly and, where linkage is supported, coordinate their feed rates automatically so the primary matches what the secondary can absorb. This is what allows mobile plant to operate as a continuous circuit rather than as separate machines. What is the difference between D-DRIVE, E-DRIVE and H-DRIVE? D-DRIVE is diesel-direct and fully self-contained, suiting sites without power. E-DRIVE is diesel-electric and can run from an external power supply where one exists, which lowers energy cost per tonne. H-DRIVE is diesel-hydraulic, used on screening and stacking plants, also with an external supply option. Does GENAVCO service mobile crushing plants on site in the UAE? Yes. GENAVCO holds genuine parts in-country and operates a certified service network covering Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the wider UAE, with preventive maintenance programmes and on-site breakdown support. Ready to Plan Your Mobile Crushing Operation? Mobile crushing is a logistics decision as much as an equipment one. How often the plant moves, how it links together and how far it sits from the material determine cost per tonne more than the rating on any single machine. GENAVCO supplies the full tracked Kleemann range across the UAE — jaw, cone and impact crushers, scalping screens and stackers — backed by genuine parts, on-site service and deployment planning. For how the machines themselves reduce material, see our guides to jaw crushers for primary crushing and impact crushers for shaping and recycling. Tell us your material, tonnage and how often you relocate. We will configure the plant and price it properly. ENQUIRE NOW — GET YOUR MOBILE PLANT SPECIFICATION Serving Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the wider UAE.