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Giraffe sticks its neck out

IF SPENDING more than $1 million to develop a heavy equipment washing system on spec is not taking a big punt it is hard to know what is.

Noel Dyson
Giraffe spent more than $1 million to develop a heavy equipment washing system on spec for the mining sector.

Giraffe spent more than $1 million to develop a heavy equipment washing system on spec for the mining sector.

However, that is exactly what Giraffe has done. The company has taken the concept of aircraft de-icing machines and applied it to the world of heavy, dirty mining equipment. With an extendable boom...

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