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07 Sep 2017

8 decades of proud independence

By Staff Writer

For Excelsior Paint, traditions and values began serving the company when Walter Rauner, a German immigrant, opened the business in 1937. Since then, Excelsior has only had three owners and retained the pillars on which in was founded. It’s a rare thing in today’s economic climate to find a business where growth didn’t mean having...
01 Nov 2016

A solution for all coating applications

By Staff Writer

Xena Chemicals, the brainchild of Dudley Horne was established some 10 years ago. Horne has an impressive CV in the plastics and polymer industry. This starts at AECI then Plastomark, BASF – which included a two-year stint in Germany and First Chemicals. Horne left BASF and became a partner in First Chemicals, a multifaceted agency...
12 Sep 2016

Beyond conventional

By Staff Writer

Against a backdrop of widespread transformation in the South African coatings industry and the establishment of a hierarchy of coating manufacturers, Paint Alchemie was forged.
12 Sep 2016

A safe move with FLP

By Staff Writer

Flameproof Forklift Rentals (FLP) was established in 1998 to supply (flameproof) explosion protected (Ex) forklift trucks to the South African market. FLP bridges the gap where companies want to be Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSACT) compliant and implement Ex forklift trucks, but do not want the capital investment – or do not have the...
11 Aug 2016

Achieving measurable growth

By Staff Writer

A myriad of South African companies are being placed under increasing financial constraints as a result of the poor performance and volatility of the rand. Manufacturers importing raw materials from abroad are particularly hard-hit by a double-edged sword – rising production costs and a customer base with diminishing purchasing power. TAL is no exception to...
04 Jul 2016

‘Cut out’ for success

By Staff Writer

In a fast-changing and technology-driven world, many people take comfort in returning to a well-recognised, established brand that promises consistent quality and reliability. In the cutting industry, both First Cut and Spear & Jackson represent those qualities, thanks to their mutual longevity in the business.
18 Apr 2016

Mixing it up

By Staff Writer

F and D Technologies is an exclusive agent of Santint equipment who supplies the South African market with high-quality tinting and paint manufacturing equipment.   Based in Gauteng, F and D Technologies are able to distribute equipment to all parts of South Africa. The tinting equipment and paint manufacturing equipment (high speed dispersers, milling machines)...
18 Apr 2016

Matching colours

By Staff Writer

African Colour Systems a provider of instrumental colour matching equipment, founded in 1975, is the brainchild of Bill Gosling. African Colour Systems’ core business ranges from simple pantone guides to lighting cabinets and spectrophotometers for the measurement of coloured objects in quality controlled environments. It is also valuable in the formulation and correction of colour...
07 Sep 2015

Agrinet moving forward

By Staff Writer

About 65 years ago Agrinet was started as VETSAK (an acronym for ‘Vrystaat en Transvaalse Sentrale Aankoop Kooperasie’), with the initial vision to serve and uplift the South African farming community by establishing a centralised co-operative buying group that could negotiate better prices and source specialised products. VETSAK was to become the co-operative for the...
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