GRW Cape Town

GRW Cape Town, a division of GRW Engineering (Pty) Ltd., are delighted to announce that GRW ENGINEERING has expanded and opened a new MAINTENANCE and REPAIR branch in Cape Town to provide better support services for customers.

At our new Cape Town branch, strategically situated next to the N1 – located at 28 Karee Road, Kraaifontein (ex Tyco / International Trucks premises), the team provide GRW customers with the highest level of service.

GRW Cape Town specialises in all tanker and tank container repairs, which also includes refurbishments and contract maintenance. GRW Cape Town has a fully equipped spray painting shop, pressure testing and washing facility, therefore facilitating any service required by a tanker operator. GRW Cape Town offers all customers the additional service of a parts outlet. Our after hours customer care includes site and road side assistance.

Dirk van de Wal, the newly appointed GM, previously employed by BPX Axles (Pty) Ltd. as Area Manager has vast technical experience in the transport industry and is well known to most of GRW’s customers.

The Technical Manager is Joheine Els and the Office Manager is Maryke Cloete. 

GRW Cape Town will be happy to evaluate any needs and offer you the service that will help you achieve your goals. It will be our pleasure to serve you at our new location with the same quality and service you have come to expect from GRW Engineering. 

See the “Contact Us” page for details and “Location Map” for site location assistance.

Merger

GRW Isando, a division of GRW Engineering (Pty) Ltd., and Transport and Engineering Equipment Co (Pty) Ltd. (better known as TEE) are merging.

GRW Holdings (Pty) Ltd. acquired the issued shares in TEE effectively 1 July 2008.  A decision was made to move the manufacturing of pneumatic dry bulk tankers from the TEE plant in Devland to the GRW manufacturing plant in Worcester for economic and technical reasons. Capacity is therefore created at the Devland plant to carry out all repair work currently conducted in Isando. 

The old TEE plant will now be known as GRW – Gauteng, a division of GRW Engineering (Pty) Ltd.

GRW Isando will remain open until Friday 12 June 2009 for degassing and estimating purposes and all work will thereafter be carried out at the corner of East Street and Axle Road – Devland JHB.  GRW Isando will close down, officially on Saturday 13 June 2009. 

TEE (now GRW Gauteng) has been involved in tanker manufacturing and repair for more than 20 years and our customers will benefit from their experience. 

Andries Smith, the newly appointed GM will take over from Peter Hoeben.  Andries, previously employed by Unitrans as Technical Manager for the Mining Division has vast technical experience in the transport field. Peter Hoeben has been the MD of TEE for the last 11 years and has decided to retire.  Peter however will be responsible to ensure a smooth transition of management to Andries prior to leaving.

The Technical Manager is John Larsen and the Workshop Manager is Terence Jorden. 

GRW thank our customers for your valued support over the years.  Be assured of our best efforts to continuously improve on the products GRW manufacture as well as the after sales services.

See the “Contact Us” page for new details and “Location Map” for site location assistance.

A New Giant Tanker Deal

GRW Engineering, South Africa’s leading liquid tanker manufacturer, and Transport and Equipment Engineering Company (TEE), South Africa’s leading manufacturer of dry bulk aluminium tankers, are now a combined force under the ownership of GRW Holdings through the outright purchase of TEE.

This deal makes a lot of sense as it extends GRW’s product offerings into the pneumatic dry bulk and animal feed auger bulker tanker arena with quality tankers manufactured by TEE under licence to Feldbinder Germany and Warren Manufacturing USA, both leading product specialist companies.

“As GRW, we have been very successful in the liquid tanker market. However, with the acquisition of TEE, who have over 30 years experience in the local market and with their strong license agreements on dry bulk, this deal now extends our footprint across a broader segment of the market,” says Wentzel van der Merwe, chief financial officer of GRW.

“Many blue chip clients such as Unitrans and Imperial have always been part of the GRW client family. Through this deal, this family has now grown with the inclusion of companies such as Barloworld Logistics and Haulcon, to mention but a few,” he adds.

For these clients, the synergies arising from the deal will be welcomed news. Unitrans, for example, runs feed from Epol to the Rainbow Chicken outlets in Worcester. Up to now, the service and back-up facilities for the dry bulk tankers used on this contract were based at TEE’s Aeroton service centre. Unitrans is now offered a back-up facility closer to the operational area of this contract via GRW’s Worcesterbased operation.

According to Van Der Merwe, GRW will also soon be opening a branch in Cape Town bringing to three the number of outlets it has in the country. The third is in Johannesburg. TEE’s head office and manufacturing plant is also based in Johannesburg.

Founded in 1996, GRW has been a phenomenal success with huge inroads made not only into the local market but also into overseas markets. This is the company’s first major outside acquisition and based on its past record, the combined operations will grow into a giant on the South African tanker market.

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Engineering News Magazine
September 2008

Tank container manufacturer wins SAIW gold medal
At a South African Institute of Welding (SAIW) gala dinner in July 2008, SAIW Executive Director Jim Guild awarded road and intermodel tank container manufacturer GRW Engineering the institute highest award, the gold medal for 2008...

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WIN WIN its the name of the game

Every now and again we come across a transport operation or application that really stands out in terms of innovation and pure ingenuity. An invitation last November from GRW Engineering to the handover of some new tankers to Pietermaritzburg-based logistics operator Manline for use in a contract with ArcelorMittal South Africa sparked the feeling that here was one such operation. That feeling was not wrong. In fact, we came across an industry- first writes

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GRW ENGINEERING AT THE JOHANNESBURG
INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW 2008

Come and visit GRW Engineering's stand at the Johannesburg International Motor Show 2008 schedule for 30 October 2008 to 9 November 2008.

A total of 300 000 visitors are expected to pass through the turnstiles during this period.

Johannesburg International Motor Show is one of only two shows in the Southern hemisphere to be affiliated with, and hold accreditationfrom the International Organisation of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers.

Looking forward to see you there!!!!

Stand no: OD TC006

DATES
Show Days Thursday 30 Oct - Sunday 9 Nov 08
Media Days Thursday 30 Oct - Friday 31 Oct 08
Public Days Saturday 01 Nov - Sunday 02 Nov 08
Trade Days Monday 03 Nov - Friday 07 Nov 08
Public Days Saturday 08 Nov - Sunday 09 Nov 08

VENUE
Johannesburg Expo Centre

How to get to Gold Reef City

PRETORIA, SANDOWN, SANDTON, ROSEBANK
Take the Ben Schoeman Highway M2 South
Pass Jhb City Center on your left
Take the Bloemfontein lane
Keep in the Bloemfontein lane, till you get Booysens exit.
Take Booysens exit and follow the signs to Gold Reef City

BRAYNSTON, FOURWAYS, RANDBURG
Take the N12 South (Concrete) Highway towards Roodepoort
Take the Randshow rd / Witbank exit
Take the Witbank lane
Take the JHB lane
Take the Xavier street exit and follow the Gold Reef City signs

East Rand, BENONI, BOKSBURG, EDENVALE, SPRINGS, BRAKPAN
Take the R22 towards JHB
Take the N3 Germiston lane
Take the M2 West lane
Take the Bloemfontein lane
Keep in the Bloemfontein lane, till you get Booysens exit.
Take Booysens exit and follow the signs to Gold Reef City

JHB International Airport
Take the R24 lane towards JHB
Take the N3 Germiston lane
Take the M2 West lane
Take the Bloemfontein lane
Keep in the Bloemfontein lane, till you get Booysens exit.
Take Booysens exit and follow the signs to Gold Reef City

West Rand, FLORIDA, ROODEPOORT, KRUGERSDORP
Take the N12 South (Concrete) Highway
Take the Randshow rd / Witbank exit
Take the Witbank lane
Take the JHB lane
Take the Xavier street exit and follow the Gold Reef City signs

GERMISTON, ALBERTON, ALBERANTE, BRACKENHURTS
Take N12 Concrete Highway
Take the Kimberley lane
Take the Xavier street exit
Follow the Gold Reef City signs

VANDERBIJL PARK, VEREENIGING, MEYERTON, WELKOM, KROONSTAD, BLOEMFONTEIN
Take Johannesburg Highway
Pass Grassmere Toll Plaza
Pass Golden Highway exit
Take JHB / Witbank lane
Take JHB lane
Take Xavier Street Exit
Follow the Gold Reef City signs

DRIVE SAFELY!

GRW Engineering UK Ltd at the
FPS Show 2008.

GRW Engineering UK Ltd exhibited two tanker trailers at the FPS Show 2007 in Telford.

At their first ever FPS show. GRW Eng UK Ltd turned the heads with two very impressive exhibits. One being that of “Haartz Tanker Rental”, a silver aluminium 42800L 6 compartment petroleum spirit tanker. And secondly a high spec chemical tanker for one of our Dutch customers “Jan Dohmen”.

GRW Annual Charity Golf Day 2007

GRW Engineering’s Annual Charity Golf Day was held on 9 May 2007 at the beautiful Gary Player designed golf course in Worcester S.A.

Altogether 180 players as far a field as Namibia, United Kingdom and Holland participated in GRW’s Golf Day, with a turnover of R520,000.00. Each member of the 45 teams that participated received a gift.  The golfers were supplied with a GRW corporate golf shirt, included in their handouts and all the guests attending the evenings function received a GRW corporate evening lounge shirt.

The sponsorships received from GRW’s Suppliers amounted to R335,000.00 making it possilbe for GRW to hand over two cheques, each in the amount of R40,000.00 to two charities, much in need of funding i.e.:  Institute for the Blind and Institute for the Deaf, both situated in Worcester S.A. 

The evenings sit down function was attended by 270 guests; customers, business associates, suppliers and friends alike. The well known comedian Martin Jonas entertained our guests, in his own special way.

To our customers, thank you for your continuous support and a special word of thanks to our suppliers, without you this day would not have been possible!

GRW Engineering UK Ltd at the
FPS Show 2007.

GRW Engineering UK Ltd exhibited two tanker trailers at the FPS Show 2007 in Telford.

At their first ever FPS show. GRW Eng UK Ltd turned the heads with two very impressive exhibits. One being that of “Haartz Tanker Rental”, a silver aluminium 42800L 6 compartment petroleum spirit tanker. And secondly a high spec chemical tanker for one of our Dutch customers “Jan Dohmen”.

The show was held in Telford, England and was held over two days (18th & 19th April). Customers from all over the UK & Ireland visited the show. The show was considered a resounding success with an order taken for 4 units by SOS Tanker Sales on the stand of day one.
As a result of the enquiries taken at the show the overall response was much greater than expected. Lee Tipton, head of the UK operation comments “The UK market is the first stepping stone in the long term vision in establishing ourselves as a major supplier of tankers to wider European market”.

He also remains quietly confident with the response from the show and the overall performance of their first year in such a small, yet very competitive market. Lee remains very optimistic and has already established the UK operation as a serious player in the UK market with much keen interest from many potential clients.

Next years show is to be held in Dublin. The dates for the show are 23rd & 24th of April 2008.

GRW repair and maintenance contracts
to be managed by Scania.

We have extended our service and repair network to all Scania (GB) Limited petroleum regulated workshops throughout the UK. We will be offering repair and maintenance contracts as managed by Scania.

Scania are a highly respected market leader who: