Morris – Africa’s Lifting Legend

Morris Material Handling SA (Pty) Ltd has been supplying lifting equipment to the South African market since 1952 and has earned itself a reputation for quality and reliability in sub-Saharan Africa. Projects Director Bryn Jones, who has worked for the company for 48 years, attributes this success to being able to understand the individual requirements of each clients process and engineer specific solutions to suit the needs of each manufacturing process to supply the right solution for each application.

The company’s product range is predominantly based on the ABUS range of lifting equipment, which is supplied from ABUS, in Germany.

Morris has had the ABUS agency in sub-Saharan Africa for over a decade and the units have proven themselves in various environments and applications, including the challenging South African crane market, particularly in the mining and smelter industries.

Morris has managed to keep abreast of changing regulations and the latest technological advances in the lifting industry, which has enabled the company to be a market leader in Africa and to offer its clients high quality and extremely safe lifting equipment.

With a proven product line-up ranging in capacity from 250 kg to 300 t, Morris continues to service and maintain all makes of cranes through its 17 Morris and Crane Aid branches, which are strategically located throughout the African continent. These branches are staffed by fully trained technicians and lifting machine inspectors.

A fully South African owned company, Morris has the largest number of on-site service contracts, further emphasising the quality of service available and continued customer satisfaction. Servicing and load testing agreements are tailored to suit clients’ specific needs, allowing end-users to fulfil their legal obligations under the new Regulation 18 – Driven Machinery Act.

Morris is capable of tailoring the right mix of both standard and engineered solutions to cater for applications from simple machine shop applications to specialised ladle or container handling solutions.

With an in-house training school, Morris has also embarked on a continuous training regime aimed at not only providing for the continuous skills development of existing employees but also at supporting the ongoing apprenticeship scheme, which is designed to provide Morris with the skills that are required well into the future.