Hino achieves 30pc mart share in Sabah
Published on: Monday, January 20, 2020
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KOTA KINABALU: It has been 10 years since Hino Motors Sales (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Hino Motors Limited Japan, made its presence in Sabah and already it has achieved 30 per cent market share in the State.
“At the moment we are only here for about 10 years and we have already achieved 30 per cent market share which is a good achievement actually,” said Hino Motors Sales (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Executive Director, Dato’ Johnny Chan.
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“On behalf of the company we thank the people of Sabah for supporting Hino,” he said during a handover event of their new model Hino 700 Series Automated – Manual Transmission, model SH1EERA, to its existing customer, W.T.S Gas Sdn Bhd at Kg Keliangau, here, Sunday.
He said they will continue to introduce new models suitable to their customers and able to best fit products for their customers.
“Every year we also have new introductions and improvement on our trucks in order to cater to our customers business,” he said.
W.T.S Gas is an enterprise that operates in the Natural Gas Distribution sector and has been using Hino trucks since the year 2015 and owned more than 20 of Hino trucks.
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The Managing Director of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Company, Robert Wong, continues to add Hino trucks in its fleet to enhance the logistics and distribution operation.
He also believes the truck purchased will help to improve the profitability of its haul operation.
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An ultimate combination of Japanese engineering and build, the Prime Mover; the model SH1EERA, comes with 16-speed automated-manual transmission and drive configuration 4x2, is a Complete Build-Up truck made in Japan and promises the Japan genuine parts with quality, durability and reliability.
It was recently launched in the mid of last year, seems to lead a high demand not only from the regional customer in West Malaysia but in East Malaysia as well.
In addition to its new AMT technology, the Hino 700 Series comes with safety compliance and comfort features such as optimised cab space for better visibility and operability.
“In tandem towards safety direction, it is well understood that driving the oil and gas industry, safety angle is the major detail in its operating procedures. This includes the distribution and supply-chain of the liquefied petroleum gas,” said Chan.
“Providing the best support on safety features, our new Hino 700 Series AMT heavy duty truck is equipped with an antilock braking system to prevent uncontrolled skidding and also comes with the Energy-absorbing Steering Column to absorb some of the impacts and providing better protection for the drivers. We believe this feature will support the safety control of its haul operation,” he said.
With the AMT fitted, the customers may also sustain a lower operation cost through the lower fuel consumption and clutch replacement cost, especially when the trucks steering through heavy traffic roads. As well as the drivers, they may experience less fatigue while driving the heavy-duty trucks which usually travel a long haul trip.
On top of that, all the drivers are offered and encouraged to register and sit the training programmes at Hino Total Support Customer Centre, in Sendayan. This is part of the company’s total support concept, which aims to provide Total Support in after-sales for customers, maximise vehicle uptime, and minimise vehicle lifetime cost.
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