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WEGTransformers Africa – growth continues
WEGTransformers Africa, a division of ZestWEG Manufacturing, is
determined to continue growing its share in both the SouthAfrican
and African transformer markets. Louis Meiring, chief executive
officer at Zest WEG Group Africa, says the acquisition last year
of Heidelberg-based TSS Transformers facilitated immediate ac-
cess to additional facilities as well as best-in-class technical skills.
“Upskilling ourselves in this critical market sector and increasing
our local manufacturing base was a strategic move that will see
greater involvement from ZestWEG in this industry,” Meiring says.
WEGTransformer Africa (WTA) operates two major facilities and
is poised to reinforce its position as a leadingAfrican manufacturer
of electrical equipment.The last two years has seen the recapitalisa-
tion of theWTAWadeville operation. Andre Mans, Chief Operations
Officer ofWTA, says: “Today,WTAWadeville is a modern operation
that boasts best-in-class production andmanufacturing capabilities.”
WTAWadeville produces standard distribution, power and spe-
cial application transformers ranging from 50 kVA to
10 MVA in voltages up to 66 kV with off-load tap switch
or on-load tap-changers. Known for its responsiveness
to customer specific needs, the facility also has the
engineering expertise and capability to manufacture
special transformers for mining, industrial, rectifier/
traction, converter and thyristor drive applications.
WTA also manufactures a range of mini substations.
The Heidelberg facility was acquired in the third quarter
of 2015 and boasts an impressive 45 000 m² footprint.
The modern facility is capable of locally manufacturing
power transformers up to 40 MVA in voltages up to
132 kV as well as mini substations and moulded circuit
breakers. This modern facility houses what is consid-
ered to be the best privately operated oil sampling
laboratory in South Africa.
Enquiries: Kirsten Larkan.Tel. +27 (0) 11 723 6000 or
email
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