Joined Forces for the Australian Waste Equipment Market

Superior Pak, Australia’s largest manufacturer and servicer of mobile waste equipment, has announced a joint venture with German Faun Group.

The Australian company works with vehicle suppliers such as Iveco, Dennis Eagle, Mercedes-Benz, Scania, Isuzu Trucks, Hino, Fuso, Volvo and DAF. The head office is located in Brisbane, with its manufacturing center based in Bundaberg (Queensland). The current management team remains unchanged; the new shareholding arrangement took effect at the beginning of September. Faun is part of the international operating Kirchhoff Group, which belongs to Europe’s leading manufacturers of waste handling equipment and road sweepers. With a history dating back to its foundation in 1845, the company produced its first “dustcart” especially for collecting rubbish in 1897. Production of refuse collection vehicles and sweepers commenced in 1908 with the name Faun established in 1916.

GR 3/2018