Motor spares giant celebrates 13th year
SOLATEK, a company that is known in the motor industry as a provider of motor spares and has grown in leaps and bounds is celebrating its 13th anniversary in style with a month long special where customers that spend US$50 or equivalent at any of their shops are set to walk away with prizes.
Solatek Motor Spares is a division of Solatek Enterprises Pvt Ltd and it opened its business operations in 2009 and never looked back. The company, with a competitive workforce of over 50 employees in Bulawayo and Gwanda has engraved its footprints in procurement and distribution of quality motor vehicle spares.
It strived through its establishment stage during a period characterised with economic challenges in the country and now looks back with pride as no challenge is going to weigh it down.
Driven by their motto “With Solatek You Drive Home”, their vision is to give the ordinary man on the street access to genuine motor spares and accessories at the lowest possible prices through smart synergies with strategic partners.
In the same celebratory mood, the company will be offering clients a special running from 21 September to 21 October 2022. During that period customers purchasing goods worth US$50/equivalent or more stand a chance of winning instant prizes. Prizes will include booster tool kits, double wall tumblers and LED key holders.
Mr Melusi Moyo, a seasoned professional and established businessman, is the founder and Managing Director of the company. His prior experience of over 10 years in motor spares industry geared up the success of his business.
His business antics have been recognised and applauded internationally after he received an International Award — “Manager of the year 2022” by the The Socrates Committee (Oxford UK). He has since managed to stretch operations into four branches, three of them strategically located around Bulawayo and the fourth in Gwanda Town.
Their head office is at 13997 Zenzele Crescent Kelvin North Bulawayo, second branch is at 21A 2nd Avenue Jason Moyo, their third is between 12th and 13th Avenue at No 124 J Moyo while the fourth branch is located in the heart of Gwanda Town at 648 Soudan St, Marpac Complex.
Solatek’s major range of products include engine parts, suspension parts, body parts, tyres, accessories and lubricants. Since starting operations in 2009, the division has experienced phenomenal growth to become a reliable supplier of choice.
It is recognised by the certification bodies provincially, nationally and internationally. Both customers and the esteemed certification bodies have taken note of their efforts and have rewarded them accordingly.
The company has so far been recognised with 16 awards to its credit. These include two international awards just to mention the most recent, “Best Enterprise in the field of Automotive, Zimbabwe” from the European Business Assembly (Oxford UK, 2022).
Not only have they been given recognition for their business acumen and quality, but they have also been awarded for corporate social responsibility, in appreciation of their response and generous contributions towards the fight against the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The company’s success is owed mainly to their adaptation of contemporary ways of advertisement as they have done their best to utilize all the most commonly used social media platforms. In addition to that, they also advertise with radio stations and print media platforms.
“One other key strategy we have pursued has been that of deliberately adapting to whatever prevailing conditions which, mostly, economic forces have thrusted upon us and this we have done our best without necessarily compromising the values we stand for,” said Mr Moyo.