Company reaffirms market dominance
Power and distribution transformer designer and manufacturer Powertech Transformers, a subsidiary of the JSE-listed Allied Electronics Corporation, has re- established itself as the only South African manufacturer designing, building and testing arc furnace transformers locally, through a R42-million project for inorganic mineral and material mining company Tronox Mineral Sands.
The project entailed producing two arc furnace transformers of 60 MVA, 33 kV and 33 kA for the company’s Namakwa Sands mine in the Western Cape.
Powertech CEO Bernard Meyer states that currently there are no other local suppliers with the capabilities to design, build or even test arc furnace transformers, which are used in industrial plants where large quantities of electricity are required to run a plant’s furnaces.
Meyer asserts that the Namakwa Sands project represents an important milestone in the company’s endeavours to capture new markets, adding that Powertech is re-entering the arc furnace market and has convincingly advanced in terms of technology and pricing.
The R42-million manufacturing mandate enabled Powertech Transformers to reaffirm its competency in arc furnace transformers and enhance its product offering.
“We are proud to be contributing significantly, not only to job creation, but also in ensuring the continuance of local innovation through the South African manufacture of market-relevant technology and products,” he adds.
Meyer concludes that the company is a proudly South African innovator, firmly in support of the National Development Plan 2030’s initiative to grow the manufacturing base within South Africa’s borders.
Comments
Research Reports
Projects
Latest Multimedia
Latest News
Showroom
Leading condition monitoring specialists, WearCheck, help boost machinery lifespan and reduce catastrophic component failure through the scientific...
VISIT SHOWROOM
In 1958 John Deere Construction made its first introduction to the industry with their model 64 bulldozer.
VISIT SHOWROOM
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation
