Last year, Le Monde’s sales exceeded the $1 million mark
and are expected to grow as the company continues to
extend its reach in the Canadian marketplace. While that’s
a good thing, Zivkovic says the company doesn’t want to get
too big too fast and abandon the customer-first philosophy
that made the family successful in Europe.
“We want to grow slowly. We want to stay a family-run
business that offers very high quality products that can support
our customers,” he said of Le Monde, which currently
has five employees. “We want to maintain those personal
relationships with our customers. We feel that’s the best way
to support them.”
The Dutch have long been considered masters of piling
and drilling technology. Zivkovic says it was a real coup for
his company when it secured the exclusive rights to distribute
Netherlands-based IHC IQIP equipment here in Canada.
IQIP is part of Royal IHC, a group of companies that has
evolved from a collection of independent shipyards to one of
the world’s largest equipment manufacturers.
Unique design
Zivkovic says what makes IHC and its FUNDEX line of piling
and drilling rigs unique is that unlike other similar products,
they are not built on an existing excavator. Each FUNDEX rig
is built from scratch and offers the stability and high power
and torque needed for large projects that require lots of
muscle. They are perfect for large CFA piles, displacement or
double rotary drilling applications.
“They’re more robust,” he said. “To have that kind of power,
you need to have lots of stability and a very robust rig.”
Le Monde offers a number of FUNDEX piling rigs both big
and small.
One of its most popular offerings is the CD20D, a compact
rig known as the “little giant,” which is ideal for jobs
where there is limited space and height. The diesel-powered
device provides support on every corner and can be
equipped with rotary heads that offer 120, 160 or 200 kNm
of torque. Another compact model is the CP25D, which is
ideally suited for down-the-hole and top drive piling. It can
work in a minimum height of 3,000 millimetres with a maximum
leader length of 11 metres and offers a maximum drop
weight of 2,500 kilograms. This rig can also be equipped
with 65 kNm rotary head or hydraulic impact hammer with
the CPE15 model.
On the other end of the scale is the FUNDEX F5600, the
largest drilling/piling rig available in the world. Unveiled this
past April at the BAUMA Exhibition in Munich, the F5600 is
used with continuous flight auger (CFA) piles and is capable
of working with a pile 1.5 metres in diameter and up to 50
metres long. It offers up to 200 tons of pull-up force, 50 tons of
pull-down force and a maximum drilling torque of 500 kNm.
Le Monde is also the Canadian distributor of the IHC
Hydrohammer hydraulic piling hammer. Its innovative design
provides more efficient and controllable pile driving with less
noise. It offers a high blow rate of between 50 and 150 blows
per minute. It is regarded as the most productive hammer
for steel piles, thanks in part to a design that requires no
cushioning material, which allows it to drive steel-on-steel
directly. IHC Hydrohammer also offers IHC Waterhammer,
which uses water instead of hydraulic oil. This makes them
COMPANY PROFILE
“We want to grow slowly. We
want to stay a family-run
business that offers very
high quality products that
can support our customers.
We want to maintain those
personal relationships with our
customers. We feel that’s the
best way to support them.”
– Goran Zivkovic,
Le Monde International Drilling Equipment
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