The HeavyMovement steel acquires a Caterpillar fleet

HeavyMovement was founded in 2002 and started operations on the ground of Celsa Barcelona. Approximately 90% of its turnover is done through multi-year contracts on - site, i.e., through the management of staff and appropriate machinery for managing the operations externalizadas through the tendering of logistics and industrial processes. HeavyMovement in this way provides highly qualified staff, machinery quality and global solutions, rethinking processes and innovating, always in search of increased productivity and improved service.

In this regard, for example, in Barcelona manages one of the stores of the world's largest structural shapes, moving more than 1,000,000 tons of profile, in which machines are used for side loading of large tonnage. The company currently has approximately 250 employees, and among the main activities are the management of port terminals, loading and unloading of trains (steel products), evacuation of slag, metal recovery, Park of on-site scrap management, warehouse management of product finishing or semi-finishing, movement of billets or smoke management.

HeavyMovement, already from makes a period of approximately nine years, works for the Celsa Group (various locations) making different types of activities in plants of the company, dedicated to the smelting of scrap and steel manufacture. Processes in which acts HeavyMovement within these plants are the handling of scrap metal, raw material and finished product, logistics as well as in the development process of manufacture of the product in its different centers. In Santander, as well as the steelworks, manages the process of loading and unloading of ships and in Tycsa (steel company that transforms the steel material) manages the warehouse and loading trucks.

The work awarded on the ground of Global Steel Wire in Santander are management and movement of the billets, management of the Park of scrap, evacuation of slag and metal recovery, smoke management and preparation of shipment of the same, management services in the port and internal movements within the plant (management and transport of waste in production processes).

To develop these activities, HeavyMovement has recently acquired a package of Caterpillar machinery. Is trafficking in two-bladed wheel Cat 980 H new and two used with special application ' Steel mill' (special for steel wheels, reinforcements in buckets, mesh sealed special high temperature, cabina… special air conditioning), two-bladed wheel 950 Ha bulldozer of chains Cat 321D and other 325D, an articulated wheels 906 H Miniloader, a 308 minidigger and a Miniloader 226B.

Blade wheel 980 H engaged in work for the disposal of slag. Every hour and a half work half an hour, because the punishment suffered by the machine in this type of applications. One of the 950 H takes a coupling specific thrust of baskets and the other is used for movements in the Park of scrap metal, load of smoke and quinine. The 906 (h) and the 226B engaged in the evacuation of fumes. The 321D and the 325D are responsible for cleaning and chopped in the facilities of the steelworks.

All Caterpillar units acquired by HeavyMovement are maintenance contracts for not having to worry about anything else other than the production at the plant. With regard to the results obtained so far, can point out that, according to responsible for Caterpillar, has very pleasantly surprised the 980 H those responsible for HeavyMovement. The rest of the units has also fulfilled the expectations and operatives of the work have stressed that "the 321 has been a success" which has the exact size with the power required for the specific application that develops.

HeavyMovement has also acquired certified used machines, those responsible for the plant have stressed quality and the guarantee of one year: "Recommend the certified used Caterpillar". HeavyMovement, when it comes to this machinery was looking for an option, also studying the competition, which will provide a "comprehensive settlement".

It is said, not only a provider or supplier of the equipment required, but also cover the after sales service using different formulas, once implemented, affecting the maximum availability of the teams in their daily tasks. Among other things, improving performance and reducing costs in possible stops (with all that that entails in a process of production of the furnaces of a steel mill) and repair costs. Thanks to Barloworld-Finanzauto have also obtained the tools to make this possible, such as maintenance contracts, extended warranties or financing (through the financial brand Cat Finanzial). In addition, the high resale value of Caterpillar machinery has helped in decision: "in the future, is not the same to sell a Caterpillar that other brand", said José Ramón Pelayo, responsible for operations of Santander.

For the future, the HeavyMovement company faces new challenges in research, such as innovation in transport in hot, and the expansion in the market, with new projects, such as extensions in Santander, Barcelona and the possibility of expansion in the Scandinavian countries.