With continued expansion in the following years, we soon realized that at the rate the company was growing the current premises would not be big enough. In 1994 we decided the time had come for us to acquire a premises that would be suitably positioned and designed to suit our type of business and for future development. Fortunately for us, Falcon Park had come on the market and we purchased a prominent site on Otto Volek road linking Pinetown to New Germany and the M19 freeway to Durban. An architect was engaged; premises were designed and built to suit our needs. Construction was completed and in August 1994 we took up residence in our new premises - 32 Nipper Road, Falcon Park, and New Germany.
Being members of the Contractors Plant Hire Association (CPHA) of which Bob Moore is a founder member, we are often exposed to new innovations in the plant hire industry. Our Kieron Moore ran as president of the CPHA for KZN during 1996 and was fortunate enough to partake in a trip to Australia and meet with a number of Plant Hire companies in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. He noticed that Access Platforms formed a large part of the available plant for hire. Further investigation on his return showed the obvious benefits of these machines. Their obvious access abilities, ease of use, safety, cost-saving, productivity potential and versatility, showed us that it was a category of machines that South Africa could definitely benefit from.
During this time JLG Industries, the leading manufacturer of Access Platforms in the world, opened an office in Johannesburg and selected Need-A-Tool as their Rental partner for KwazuluNatal in 1998. Since that time we have been servicing KZN for its access needs and have had the privilege of dealing with customers such as Mondi Paper, Toyota SA, Engen Refinery and Gateway Construction. We obviously still provide construction, engineering and DIY equipment to KZN companies and the public for hire, sales and service and proud to be associated with products that we are agents for such as HILTI, STIHL, BOSCH, KRANZLE High Pressure Washers, HONDA Power Products, MAKITA, METABO and HITACHI. However, we have invested largely in Access Equipment believing firmly that in a rapidly changing world with increased demand on productivity and safety, this product will become as popular in S.A. as it has become throughout the rest of the world. We are confident in the direction that Need-a-Tool is taking with equipment like Access Platforms and we are committed to being the supplier of choice to all industries that require our service.
