The Manufacture and Wholesale of General Purpose Machinery
Government considers the machinery industry to be a key strategic sector for economic and employment growth, and the industry receives support through industrial policies. However, it had been facing significant headwinds even before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. The fundamental challenges facing the industry are primarily structural, and include the depressed economy, declining construction sector, import penetration, and a host of factors undermining South Africa’s manufacturing competitiveness.Uncompetitive
There is a widespread perception that the domestic machinery sector’s relative competitiveness has been falling for a number of years, and that low domestic productivity and foreign import substitution represents an increasingly serious threat. This decline has been partly a result of the economy, exacerbated by rising costs and instability in the steel and electricity sectors, and most recently the pandemic. Government has turned to trade tariffs, local content regulation, and industrial policy master plans in an attempt to support manufacturing by boosting domestic demand. However, many players say that these measures alone cannot improve the sector’s prospects, and have sometimes actively contributed to the decline.Agricultural Machinery
Trade in agricultural machinery continued to grow in 2020 as farmers remained active, and some attempted to mitigate worker disruption with more mechanisation. Increased on-farm mechanisation is likely to present opportunities for machinery suppliers in the future, although this may have dire consequences for agricultural employment.Report Coverage
This report examines the capital equipment and general purpose machinery industry in South Africa and covers the manufacturing and wholesale of key products including mining and construction machinery, agricultural machinery, and pumps and valves. There is comprehensive information on the state and size of the sector, trade, corporate actions and developments. There are profiles of 236 companies including large domestic original equipment manufacturers such as Bell and ELB Equipment, specialised manufacturers such as mining equipment supplier Master Drilling and local subsidiaries or representatives of global players such as LG Electronics.Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION3. SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY7. SWOT ANALYSIS8. OUTLOOK9. INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY
4. STATE OF THE INDUSTRY
5. INFLUENCING FACTORS
6. COMPETITION
10. REFERENCES
APPENDIX 1
COMPANY PROFILES
Companies Mentioned
- A and R Engineering and Mining Supplies (Pty) Ltd
- Aard Equipment Zambia Ltd
- AARD Mining Equipment (Pty) Ltd
- Abacus Automation (Pty) Ltd
- ABB South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Acepak (Pty) Ltd
- ACTOM (Pty) Ltd
- Advanced Worx 112 (Pty) Ltd
- African Traction and Associated Technologies (Pty) Ltd
- AGCO South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Aggreko Energy Rental South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Agrico (Pty) Ltd
- Agrisol Schoeman Precision Services (Pty) Ltd
- AHI Carrier South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Aksa Power Generation SA (Pty) Ltd
- Anton Paar Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Appleby Instrumentation (SA) (Pty) Ltd
- ARGO Industrial (Pty) Ltd
- ARI Flow Control Africa (Pty) Ltd
- ArmCoil Afrika (Pty) Ltd
- Atbro Systems CC
- Autopac Machinery Corporation CC
- Autotronix (Pty) Ltd
- Aveng (Pty) Ltd
- Aveng Africa (Pty) Ltd
- AVK Holding Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd
- AZ-Armaturen South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Babcock Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Babcock MCS Mozambique Lda
- Babcock Mocambique Lda
- Babcock Namibia Services (Pty) Ltd
- Baltimore Aircoil Company (S A) (Pty) Ltd
- Barloworld Ltd
- Beckhoff Automation (Pty) Ltd
- Bell Equipment Sales South Africa Ltd
- BHBW South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Blue Disa Trading 542 (Pty) Ltd
- Braybar Pumps (Pty) Ltd
- Brehnor Pumps (Pty) Ltd
- Burkert South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- C and R Industries CC
- C F W Industries (Pty) Ltd
- Caco Trading (Pty) Ltd
- Cape Heat Exchange (Pty) Ltd
- Carl Zeiss (Pty) Ltd
- Centa Fire (Pty) Ltd
- Channel Data (Pty) Ltd
- Cherangani Trade and Invest 6 CC
- Chigo Airconditioning CC
- Circuit Breaker Industries (Pty) Ltd
- Closeal Manufacturing CC
- CMTI Mining Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd
- Colcab (Pty) Ltd
- Columbit (Pty) Ltd
- Conlog (Pty) Ltd
- Consolidated Water Conditioning S A (Pty) Ltd
- Cross Fire Management (Pty) Ltd
- Cummins Namibia Engine Sales and Services (Pty) Ltd
- Cummins South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Cummins Zambia Ltd
- Daikin Air-Conditioning South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Defy Appliances (Pty) Ltd
- Defy Botswana Pty Ltd
- Defy Namibia Pty Ltd
- Defy Sales East Africa Ltd
- Defy Swaziland Pty Ltd
- Desmond Equipment S A (Pty) Ltd
- Diesel Electric Services (Pty) Ltd
- Diesel Gen Technologies CC
- Donaldson Filtration Systems (Pty) Ltd
- Dual Valve (Pty) Ltd
- Dupleix Liquid Meters (Pty) Ltd
- Eigenbau (Pty) Ltd
- ELB East Africa Ltd
- ELB Equipment Holdings (Pty) Ltd
- Elsat (Botswana) (Pty) Ltd
- Embedded IQ (Pty) Ltd
- Embedded Works (Pty) Ltd
- Endress and Hauser (Pty) Ltd
- Energenic GL (Pty) Ltd
- Enserve Engineering Services (Pty) Ltd
- enX Fleet Management Botswana (Pty) Ltd
- Epiroc South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- ERD Fab (Pty) Ltd
- Euro Automation Technology (Pty) Ltd
- Evapco South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Everflo (Pty) Ltd
- Federal-Mogul of South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Fermel (Pty) Ltd
- Festo (Pty) Ltd
- FGW Generators (Pty) Ltd
- Flowserve South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- FLSmidth (Pty) Ltd
- Flsmidth Industrial Solutions Africa (Pty) Ltd
- FLSmidth-Sociedade Unipessoal Lda
- Forestry Plant and Equipment Sales CC
- Franke South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Franklin Electric (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
- Free State Transformers (Pty) Ltd
- Friedshelf 559 (Pty) Ltd
- G C Tillage CC
- GEA Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Gear Pump Distributors (UK) Ltd
- Gear Pump Manufacturing US LLC
- GEC Zimbabwe Pvt Ltd
- Generator King (Pty) Ltd (The)
- Genpower Electrical Wholesalers CC
- Geomechanics (Pty) Ltd
- Goscor (Pty) Ltd
- Grundfos (Pty) Ltd
- Grunwald Construction (Pty) Ltd
- H C Heat Exchangers (Pty) Ltd
- H G Molenaar and Company (Pty) Ltd
- Harrack Automotive Air-Conditioning (Pty) Ltd
- HGF Plate Heat Exchangers (Pty) Ltd
- Hitachi Construction Machinery Southern Africa Co (Pty) Ltd
- Hitachi Energy South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Hoffmann Power (Pty) Ltd
- Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Howden Donkin (Pty) Ltd
- Hudaco Trading (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd
- Hudaco Trading (Pty) Ltd
- Hudaco Trading Kenya Ltd
- Hybrid Automation CC
- Ian Dickie and Company (Pty) Ltd
- Iled (Pty) Ltd
- Indecon (Pty) Ltd
- Indoco Remedies SA (Pty) Ltd
- Ingersoll-Rand Company South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Instrotech (Pty) Ltd
- Instrument Transformer Technologies (Pty) Ltd
- Inta Safety Corporation (Pty) Ltd
- Intaka Tech (Pty) Ltd
- Interwaste Environmental Solutions (T) (Pty) Ltd
- Interwaste Swaziland (Pty) Ltd
- Invicta Holdings Ltd
- Invincible Valves (Pty) Ltd
- Iritron (Pty) Ltd
- Iveco SA (Pty) Ltd
- J A Engineering Works (Pty) Ltd
- James Howden Holdings (Pty) Ltd
- John Deere (Pty) Ltd
- John Moffat Prolock (Pty) Ltd
- Joy Global (Africa) (Pty) Ltd
- Kelvion Thermal Solutions (Pty) Ltd
- Kemach Equipment (Pty) Ltd
- KIC S A (Pty) Ltd
- KLB Engineering (Pty) Ltd
- Klinger (Pty) Ltd
- Klinger Zambia Ltd
- Komatsu South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- KSB Pumps and Valves (Pty) Ltd
- Kwatani (Pty) Ltd
- Lamp Room Solutions and Consulting (Pty) Ltd
- Lektratek Watertegnologie (Pty) Ltd
- LEMKEN South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- LG Electronics S A (Pty) Ltd
- Liebherr-Africa (Pty) Ltd
- LIXIL Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Longyear South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- LTA Construction (Kenya) Ltd
- Macadams International (Pty) Ltd
- Macsteel Service Centres SA (Pty) Ltd
- Magetz Electrical (Pty) Ltd
- MAHLE Behr South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Mass-Measuring Systems (Pty) Ltd
- Matase Industrial Solutions (Pty) Ltd
- Megatron Energy and Housing Zambia Ltd
- Metso Outotec South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Micropower Modulek (Pty) Ltd
- MIP Process Technologies (Pty) Ltd
- Moore Process Controls (Pty) Ltd
- Moxie Digital (Pty) Ltd
- Multotec (Pty) Ltd
- Munters (Pty) Ltd
- N and Z Instrumentation and Control (Pty) Ltd
- National Security and Fire (Pty) Ltd
- New Way Power (Pty) Ltd
- Nidec Industrial Automation Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Novatek Drills (Pty) Ltd
- Nukor Woodtech (Pty) Ltd
- Orbach Agri (Pty) Ltd
- Packo RSA (Pty) Ltd
- Paltechnologies (Pty) Ltd
- Pamodzi Unique Engineering (Pty) Ltd
- Parker-Hannifin (Africa) (Pty) Ltd
- Pepperl-Fuchs (Pty) Ltd
- Piket Implemente (Pty) Ltd
- Pilot Crushtec International (Pty) Ltd
- Pipe Makers (Pty) Ltd
- PREI Instrumentation (Pty) Ltd
- Prentec (Pty) Ltd
- Protea Electronics (Pty) Ltd
- Protherm Systems (Pty) Ltd
- PSV Holdings Ltd
- PTMax Solutions
- Radium Engineering (Pty) Ltd
- Rapid Allweiler Pump and Engineering Company (Pty) Ltd
- Reliable Transformers CC
- Revive Electrical Transformers (Pty) Ltd
- Rham Equipment (Pty) Ltd
- Ridgeway Construction (Pty) Ltd
- Rothenberger Tools South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Rovic and Leers (Pty) Ltd
- Royal HaskoningDHV (Pty) Ltd
- S A M Engineering (Pty) Ltd
- SafeQuip (Pty) Ltd
- Sandvik Mining RSA (Pty) Ltd
- Sasco Metrology Services (Pty) Ltd
- Scamont Engineering (Pty) Ltd
- Schneider Electric South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Senwes Ltd
- SGB Smit Power Matla (Pty) Ltd
- Siemens (Pty) Ltd
- Sinetech (Pty) Ltd
- Smith Capital Equipment (Pty) Ltd
- Smith Mining Equipment (Pty) Ltd
- Smiths Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd
- Stevens and Co (Pty) Ltd
- Structa Technology (Pty) Ltd
- Styria Stainless Steel Fabrication (Pty) Ltd
- Sulzer Pumps (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd
- Systems Automation and Management (Pty) Ltd
- Tenova South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (Mozambique) Ltda
- Tilghman Rotoblast Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Torre Equipment and Parts (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd
- Torre Holdings (Pty) Ltd
- Trafo Power Solutions (Pty) Ltd
- Trans Electron CC
- Transformer Manufacturers (Pty) Ltd
- Trek Scale Company (Pty) Ltd
- Tuning Fork (Pty) Ltd
- Turner Morris (Pty) Ltd
- Turnmill Proquip Engineering (Pty) Ltd
- Ultimate USBE Holdings (Pty) Ltd
- Universal Fans (Pty) Ltd
- V R Engineering (Pty) Ltd
- Valco Group SA (Pty) Ltd
- Veolia Services Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Vincemus Investments (Pty) Ltd
- Vulcan Catering Equipment (Pty) Ltd
- Wacker Neuson (Pty) Ltd
- Walter Meano Engineering (Pty) Ltd
- Watson-Marlow Bredel SA (Pty) Ltd
- Weir Minerals Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Welkom Industrial Controls (Pty) Ltd
- WIKA Instruments (Pty) Ltd
- Wirtgen South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- WP Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd
- Wuhlf Equipment (Pty) Ltd
- Yokogawa South Africa (Pty) Ltd
- York International (SA)
- Zest WEG Group Africa (Pty) Ltd
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