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Automotive industry the ‘unsung hero’ of the South African economy – Mavuso

By: Darren Parker 21st October 2024 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso has described the domestic automotive industry as the “unsung hero of the South African economy” after joining the naamsa | The Automotive Business Council’s 2024 South African Auto Week conference, in Cape Town, from October 15 to 18, where... →

Mahle Behr has started production of engine cooling module for latest BMW X3 generation

By: Rebecca Campbell 18th October 2024 Automotive air conditioning and engine cooling systems company Mahle Behr South Africa (MBZA) has recently launched its new production line at its plant in Durban. The new line will manufacture the engine cooling modules (ECM) for the latest (G45) generation of BMW’s X3 car. The G45 ECM... →

Netstar appoints group CFO

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 18th October 2024 Altron subsidiary Netstar, provider of vehicle tracking and telematics solutions, has appointed Morné Grundlingh as its new group CFO, effective this month. The company says he brings considerable experience, with a career in the financial and technology sectors, having held key executive roles... →

New CFO Morné Grundlingh

Africa should embrace smart, advanced manufacturing to add greater value

By: Schalk Burger 18th October 2024 Africa contributes about 2% of global GDP, but provides about 30% of global raw materials. However, if African manufacturers focus on adopting modern manufacturing technologies and creating smart factories, then much greater value can be added by local industry. When looking at manufacturing... →

Private equity firm targeting manufacturing

By: Halima Frost 18th October 2024 Investing in the local manufacturing sector is a real opportunity to stimulate the South African economy, mid-market private equity firm Agile Capital partner Liz Kolobe tells Engineering News, adding that the firm is, therefore, targeting niche and differentiated local manufacturers in its... →

A corporate image of Agile Capital partner Liz Kolobe

LIZ KOLOBE Agile Capital has funds readily available to in vest into South Africa's manufacturing Sector

Event an opportunity to source new tech

By: Halima Frost 18th October 2024 Waterjet cutting service provider MAXJET will attend this year’s Manufacturing Indaba – to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, on October 22 and 23 – to scout new technologies and network with relevant industry players. It aims to engage with several of its current clients... →

A MAXJET Waterjet cutter cutting into a piece of metal

MAXIMUM EFFICACY MAXJET Global maintains embracing new technologies is crucial to ensuring its processes and products meet its clients exacting requirement

New-vehicle sales down 4.1%, exports plunge by 38.1%

By: Irma Venter 18th October 2024 New-vehicle sales in South Africa in September dropped by 4.1%, to 44 081 units, compared with the same month last year. naamsa | The Automotive Business Council reports that the new-passenger-car market reached 30 218 units – a 2% increase compared with September last year. →

Zero Carbon Charge welcomes President’s announcement of EVs incentives, cautions on source of power

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 17th October 2024 Solar-powered charging station provider Zero Carbon Charge has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement, in an address at SA Auto Week, in Cape Town, on October 17, that government is considering introducing new incentives to encourage consumers to buy electric vehicles (EVs). The... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Consumers to be subsidised to buy electric vehicles – President Rampahosa

By: Irma Venter 17th October 2024 South African consumers should, in the nearer future, receive some form of subsidy to buy electric vehicles (EVs), as has been the case in most major markets in the world. These subsidies are aimed at assisting car buyers to transition to these cleaner, but still more expensive, vehicles. →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

In pioneering move, Malben Engineering begins green steel trial at Nigel auto component plant

By: Creamer Media Reporter 17th October 2024 South African manufacturer Malben Engineering, of Nigel, is pioneering the use of green steel in the production of automotive components for leading local original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company, which was established in 1974 and has developed into a tier 1 supplier of stampings and... →

Malben Engineering founder Amerigo Smargiasso (centre) in front of green steel coil, alongside (left to right standing) Jithin Kottikal, Giuliano Smargiasso, Luca Smargiasso, of Malben, with Lee-Ann Geyser, of Allied Steelrode, Marco Smargiasso and Werner Kapp, also of Malben, and Naacam CEO Renai Moothilal, with Shane Barnard of United Steel and Marius Schafer of Malben kneeling.

Government must look after current investors and not only seek new ones – Naamsa president

By: Irma Venter 16th October 2024 It is important for government to not only pursue new investors, but to also look after current investors already doing business in South Africa, says Naamsa | The Automotive Business Council president Billy Tom. Tom is also the CEO of Isuzu Motors South Africa. The local arm of the Japanese... →

Naamsa president Billy Tom

Nissan Africa expanding, upgrading Navara range

16th October 2024 Automotive manufacturer Nissan Africa has announced expansions and upgrades to its Navara range, aligned to business and customer demands, as the company looks to use this to grow its footprint in Africa. Tasneem Bulbulia explains. →

Nissan Africa expanding, upgrading Navara range

GoMetro awarded grant for six-month UK EV fleet management trial

By: Schalk Burger 16th October 2024 Software-as-a-service fleet management company GoMetro has been awarded a £147 000 grant from the UK Freight Innovation Fund to finance a six-month trial with UK logistics companies Maritime Transport and Welch’s Transport to implement GoMetro’s EV-FIT solution for electric vehicle (EV) fleet... →

GoMetro CEO Justin Coetzee and GoMetro EV-FIT project lead Christopher de Saxe

As key export markets falter, SA Inc must work together to secure maximum production at its auto plants

By: Irma Venter 15th October 2024 New-vehicle exports from South Africa were down 9.2% for the first half of the year compared with the same six months last year, says naamsa | The Automotive Business Council president Billy Tom. This follows a new record, set last year, at 399 594 new vehicles exported. Three-quarters of South... →

naamsa Manufacturing Original-Equipment Manufacturers VP Peter van Binsbergen

naamsa announces Accelerator Awards finalists

By: Darren Parker 15th October 2024 Industry body naamsa | The Automotive Business Council has announced the finalists for the upcoming naamsa Accelerator Awards. The winners will be announced at an inaugural event at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on Friday, October 18. The awards, which are sponsored by WesBank,... →

naamsa CEO Mikel Mabasa

YASA to take ten student placements for Formula Student 2025

By: Schalk Burger 14th October 2024 Automotive manufacturer Mercedes-Benz subsidiary YASA has partnered with engineering competition Formula Student 2025 to inspire the next generation of automotive engineers. YASA has launched its latest campaign to recruit students to take part in its engineering placement programmes at its sites... →

GAC Motor arrives in SA with two SUVs, EV to follow next year

By: Irma Venter 11th October 2024 GAC Motor is one of the newest companies to join the inflow of Chinese brands into the South African new-vehicle market. Engineering News Online spoke to GAC Motor South Africa (GAC SA) CEO Leslie Ramsoomar about the prospects for the company in an increasingly crowded sports-utility vehicle... →

The EMZOOM

VWA operating normally amid rumours of plant closures at German parent company

By: Irma Venter 11th October 2024 Volkswagen Group Africa (VWA) says its Kariega assembly plant, in the Eastern Cape, is operating as normal amid possible plant closures and job cuts at its parent company in Germany. In fact, the local company says it expects exceptional production volumes this year. →

Selling Mutlu, stabilising Hesto key as Metair moves towards new strategy

By: Irma Venter 11th October 2024 Selling the troubled Mutlu battery business in Türkiye and continuing stabilisation efforts at Hesto Harnesses are key in returning Metair to solid ground, says CEO Paul O’Flaherty. Announcing the energy storage and auto component group’s financial results for the six months ended June 30 at the... →

Belgian team claims 2024 Sasol Solar Challenge title

By: Irma Venter 11th October 2024 Belgium’s Innoptus team has secured the 2024 Sasol Solar Challenge title, with the team breaking the daily distance record twice in a row during the competition. The Innoptus team consists of engineering students from KU Leuven. →

Zero Carbon Charge, AIDC-EC launch off-grid EV charger programme in the Eastern Cape

By: Irma Venter 8th October 2024 Zero Carbon Charge (Charge), in partnership with the Automotive Industry Development Centre Eastern Cape (AIDC-EC), and together with the Eastern Cape provincial government, has broken ground on what it describes as an off-grid, ultra-fast, green electric vehicle (EV) charging network. Once... →

BMW Group South Africa starts production of the new plug-in X3

By: Irma Venter 7th October 2024 BMW Group South Africa’s (BMW SA’s) Rosslyn plant, in Tshwane, has started production of the fourth-generation BMW X3, following a R4.2-billion investment. It is the only facility in the BMW global production network to build the X3 as a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV). →

BMW staff celebrates the start of PHEV X3 production

SA to host third round of World Rally-Raid Championship

By: Irma Venter 7th October 2024 South Africa has been selected to host the third round of the World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC). The South African Safari Rally will take place from May 18 to 24 next year. →

Metair to acquire troubled AutoZone chain

By: Irma Venter 4th October 2024 Metair is set to acquire the entire issued share capital of AutoZone Holdings. The JSE-listed Metair is a manufacturer, distributor and retailer of automotive components and energy storage solutions. →

Chinese vehicle sales accelerating rapidly in South Africa – Lightstone Auto

By: Irma Venter 2nd October 2024 If you think you are seeing more Chinese vehicles on the road, you are correct. Chinese vehicle brands accounted for 9% of all passenger and light commercial vehicles (light vehicles) sold in South Africa this year, until the end of July, up from 2% in 2019, says research group Lightstone Auto. →

Chery Tiggo

South African delegates hear of Thailand's consistently adapted automotive support policy

By: Schalk Burger 2nd October 2024 Thailand has a national automotive industry policy committee, which includes private-sector and government representatives, that deliberates and then puts in place fixed-term incentives to drive private-sector companies to transition in the agreed-upon direction. This was informed by the effect... →

Thammasat University Faculty of Economics associate Professor Kriengkrai Techakanont tells delegates at a seminar hosted by NAACAM and TWIMS about the policy decisions that have helped to grow Thailand's automotive industry. Video and editing: Shadwyn Dickinson.

New TWIMS, Toyota Teach facilities launched

2nd October 2024 Automotive company Toyota South Africa’s Educational Trust last month commemorated its new, expanded Toyota Wessels Institute for Manufacturing Studies, or TWIMS, and Toyota Teach facilities at its Kloof campus, in KwaZulu-Natal. →

New TWIMS, Toyota Teach facilities launched

New-vehicle sales down 4.1%, exports plummet by 38.1%

By: Irma Venter 1st October 2024 New-vehicle sales in South Africa in September dropped by 4.1%, to 44 081 units, compared with the same month last year. naamsa | The Automotive Business Council reports that the new-passenger-car market reached 30 218 units – a 2% increase compared with September last year. →

Business as usual at VWA amid rumours of German plant closures

By: Irma Venter 30th September 2024 Volkswagen Group Africa (VWA) says its Kariega assembly plant, in the Eastern Cape, is operating as normal amid possible plant closures and job cuts at its parent company in Germany. In fact, the local company says it expects good production volumes this year. →

Image of inside the VWSA plant in Kariega

Inside the VWA plant in Kariega

Increased local content, skills transfer attainable targets

By: Lumkile Nkomfe 27th September 2024 The Nedbank Manufacturing Roundtable, held on July 11, in Johannesburg, has highlighted the imperative of greater localisation opportunities and the need to facilitate comprehensive skills transfer in the manufacturing sector. The speakers at this event included financial services company Nedbank... →

A generic image of a car manufacturing assembly line

OBJECTIVE OUTLOOK Private sector manufacturing stakeholders remain hopeful in the sector’s ability to reach its production targets, despite the pressing logistical and energy challenges

Localisation key to unlocking potential

By: Lumkile Nkomfe 27th September 2024 Efforts to catalyse the localisation of the automotive component manufacturing sector are critical to economic development, says financial services company Nedbank Commercial Banking manufacturing national manager Amith Singh. Increased localisation efforts facilitate job creation and security... →

AMITH SINGH Nedbank believes that the automotive sector is one of the utmost importance and, as such, partners with industry associations to aid the manufacturing ecosystem

Push to increase component volumes gains impetus – NAACAM

By: Lumkile Nkomfe 27th September 2024 The National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (NAACAM) says the local production of automotive components must increase to foster sustainable economic growth. While the association laments the sizable energy and logistics challenges, it takes comfort in the strategic... →

BETH DEALTRY We need to double our production volumes and get to producing 1.4 million vehicles by 2035

Demand for used cars streaks ahead, Asian newcomers big new-car winners

By: Irma Venter 27th September 2024 The prolonged economic downturn experienced across multiple sectors in South Africa has resulted in markedly depressed sales in the new-car segment over the past 12 months, says finance group WesBank. Additionally, as consumers continue to seek more affordable mobility alternatives, a noticeable... →

Selling Mutlu, stabilising Hesto key as Metair moves towards new strategy

By: Irma Venter 26th September 2024 Selling the troubled Mutlu battery business in Türkiye and continuing the stabilisation efforts at Hesto Harnesses are key in returning Metair to solid ground, says CEO Paul O’Flaherty. Announcing the energy storage and auto component group’s financial results for the six months ended June 30 on... →

Paul O’Flaherty

Redisa initiates court action over Waste Tyre Management Plan

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 25th September 2024 Nonprofit organisation the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) has approached the Pretoria High Court to review and set aside government’s Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan (IWTMP). Redisa says it has done this as a last measure and with the strong belief that... →

An image showing waste tyres for recycling

Waste tyres offer immense economic potential through processes for re-use in other industries, Redisa says

Belgian team clinches 2024 Sasol Solar Challenge title

By: Irma Venter 23rd September 2024 Belgium’s Innoptus team has secured the 2024 Sasol Solar Challenge title, with the team breaking the daily distance record twice in a row during the competition. The Innoptus team consists of engineering students from KU Leuven. →

Image of the Innoptus solar team from Belgium

The Innoptus team

South Africa’s coalition government triggers wave of investment

By: Bloomberg 23rd September 2024 The formation of South Africa’s business-friendly coalition government has triggered a wave of investment announcements and positive sentiment not seen in years, spurring hope that Africa’s biggest economy may finally be finding its footing after a lost decade-and-a-half. Within days of the... →

ArcelorMittal South Africa CEO Kobus Verster says there is more positive outlook for the country.

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