HCME appoints Serbian dealer

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) has appointed West Balkans Machinery to distribute its construction machinery in Serbia.

The agreement applies to the full range of mini, medium and large Zaxis excavators, rigid dump trucks, ZW wheel loaders and Hitachi Sumitomo crawler cranes.

West Balkans Machinery is based near Belgrade and has 57 employees. It has seven sales departments, as well as teams dedicated to service, logistics, accounting, marketing and quality.

The Hitachi department consists of two sales representatives, two service technicians and a fully equipped Hitachi service vehicle.

“Although the construction industry in Serbia has faced many challenges in recent times, the country is now in a phase of transition.” said quality and marketing manager Sanja Vukovic.

“This should see an increase in the number of jobs and projects, as well as the level of investment from abroad.”