Dodge Industrial Australia business development manager Andrew Cousins discusses the mechanical power transmission sector and its potential to support quarries in 2025.
What was the most important lesson learned from 2024?
Dodge has been in a growth phase since we established ourselves in Australia. We’ve been working to find out and have learned to focus on where we excel: bulk material handling equipment.
We’ve also learned how important it is to focus on our stock level and available product range the right people in the right places with the right products and technical know-how is vital.
What surprised you about 2024?
Our customers are much more interested in long-term solutions instead of quick fixes. For example, clients don’t just want a like-for-like replacement if a gearbox fails 12 months after a site increases throughput from 250 to 350 tonnes per hour. They want to know what solution is the best fit for the application.
What is a trend you have spotted, and what has caused it?
There’s been a lot more communication between businesses. I believe the industry is embracing more structure, allowing them to share knowledge more than ever. Whether through social media like LinkedIn or IQA events, people are becoming more receptive to collaboration.
What do you think is the biggest issue facing the quarrying industry?
Safety. Whether it’s dust, hot work permits, or lost-time injuries, our industry needs to do a lot to keep people safe. The industry lacks staff and time, meaning workers need to do more on-site work than ever before. That can lead to accidents, which is why Dodge creates the safest products.
What are you looking forward to in 2025?
Growth. Although the market downturned in 2024, I believe we will start to see more infrastructure projects being approved. Quarrying is so reliant on these projects, whether road building or housing construction, but I can see the signs of potential movement in both segments. We need more housing, which will, in turn, require road upgrades and construction.
What innovations are you most excited by?
We have a new mounted bearing product known as “Safety Mount,” which will be released in 2025. It will make it much easier to fit and de-fit mounted bearings to the shaft, and we expect it will change how the industry looks at this kind of technology.
How is Dodge growing the quarrying industry?
With our technical expertise and advice. We showcase that not only through our products but also by highlighting how clients can get more efficiency out of the equipment that is in use right now.
What do you have planned for 2025?
We’re going to continue growing. We plan to hire another staff member and expand our technical team. We are also going to release more products to service a wider range of industry segments. •
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