THE recent announcement by Japanese firm TCM that it had introduced a Total Logistics Systems concept for transport and warehousing, construction, steel mill and mining, environment and materials handling will be good news for many companies in Saudi Arabia.

As TCM's distributor in Saudi Arabia for many years, Aljomaih has served the local market as an efficient source of quality material handling equipment. Aljomaih says it has always shared with TCM the value of excellent after-sales services provided by highly-qualified technical staff, well-equipped workshop and well-stocked parts department.

The Total Logistics Systems for transport and warehousing will include transfer cranes, container carriers, top lifters, container yard management systems and truck gate systems. In the field of materials handling, various TCM forklift truck models provide optimum choices of capacities and configurations.

"With the wide range of models that TCM manufactures, some made for specific applications like cargo container stacking or transporting large concrete pipes or long and heavy steel beams or heavy coils of steel or concrete blocks for building construction, customers are given the choice of the best-suited and optimal model for these unique applications," says Abdullah Al Ali, general manager for Aljomaih's heavy and agricultural equipment division.

Standard models of diesel, gasoline, LPG, electric powered forklifts are always made available through the distributors of TCM worldwide. These models could be part of the total logistics solutions in manufacturing, warehousing, construction or transport systems.

For its part, Aljomaih also represents Fiat-Allis, Iveco Aifo and Case New Holland of Italy, Claas and MTU of Germany, Tacom of Japan, Nokka-Tume of Finland, Perkins of the UK, Merlo and Nardi of Italy and Arcusin of Spain.

The firm sells a wide range of generator seta and engines, wheel loaders, dozers and graders, concrete mixers, vibratory compactors and asphalt rollers, forklifts and telescopic handlers, marine container straddle carrier and telescopic spreaders, agri-tractors and harvesters, mowers and balers, combined seed drills and fertiliser spreaders, cultivators and disc ploughs and trailers and auto-bale loaders to the Saudi market.