VAAL INDUSTRIAL & BUSINESS GUIDE
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The industries in the Vaal Triangle owe their growth to the basic resources of coal and water. The building of the Victoria Falls and Transvaal Power Station in the early nineteenth century laid the foundation for the area to become the 'Powerhouse' of South Africa.
Afrox is the largest full-spectrum gases business in Africa, with a continuous history as a corporate entity that dates back to the 1920s. The year 2007 saw Afrox turn eighty years of age, a year that marked a renewal process that will ensure the business is properly positioned to
Founded in 1972 by Leslie Immelman and today run by his son, Gary, AK Stone Guards is truly a family business. AK Stone Guards is South Africa’s largest privately owned manufacturer of motor vehicle bumpers and other accessories. It produces a range of products
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (USA) is a leading international supplier of industrial gases and related equipment, and selected chemicals. The company’s South African affiliate is the country’s largest supplier of industrial gases and related equipment and services.
In 1878, the geologist George Stow, acting under commission from the Orange Free State Volksraad, discovered the Vaal River coalfield. The coalfield extended from the confluence of the Vaal River and the Taaiboschspruit, to Maccauvlei in the east and the Leeuwspruit
Originally founded in 1929 at Parow, Western Province by the Kaplan and Kushlick families as the Cape Gate Fence & Wire Works (Pty) Limited, the company became Cape Gate (Pty) Ltd in 1962 on the purchase of a small wire netting plant on 15 hectares in Vanderbijlpark. Today, it is
On 5 June 1928, the South African Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation Limited (Iscor) was founded and within six years Iscor tapped its maiden steel in Pretoria from iron ore mined at Thabazimbi. During World War II, the global conflict created a new and more pressing need
African Cables is the only cable manufacturer in Southern Africa that supplies a complete range of cables from housewire up to 132 kilovolt cable, with various insulation materials, whilst Power Installations, a division of African Cables, install and maintain medium
African Cables is the only cable manufacturer in Southern Africa that supplies a complete range of cables from housewire up to 132 kilovolt cable, with various insulation materials, whilst Power Installations, a division of African Cables, install and maintain medium
African Cables is the only cable manufacturer in Southern Africa that supplies a complete range of cables from housewire up to 132 kilovolt cable, with various insulation materials, whilst Power Installations, a division of African Cables, install and maintain medium
African Cables is the only cable manufacturer in Southern Africa that supplies a complete range of cables from housewire up to 132 kilovolt cable, with various insulation materials, whilst Power Installations, a division of African Cables, install and maintain medium
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