Who We Are

Hazmat Protective Systems (Hazmat), a subsidiary of Armscor, is a major manufacturer and supplier of purpose-designed quality respiratory and filtering products to the commercial and defence industries. 

Activated carbon is impregnated in Hazmat’s purpose-designed advanced carbon impregnation plant for use in a comprehensive range of commercial and military respirator filter canisters and cartridges. Hazmat is one of only a few companies capable of impregnating activated carbon in respiratory and filtering products and is a sole manufacturer of canisters in South Africa.

Why Choose Us

With a 30-year history of excellence, Hazmat is one of only a few companies capable of impregnating activated carbon for use in its comprehensive range of commercial and military respirator filter canisters and cartridges. As an ISO 9001:2015 certified facility, Hazmat is customer-centric, with processes in place to ensure that customers consistently receive high quality, safe products at competitive prices. 

Hazmat uses in-house testing facilities and internal technical support from Armscor subsidiary Protechnik Laboratories. 

All canister and cartridge batches are compliance tested on site against the applicable South African Bureau of Standards respiratory specifications.

Our Customers

Hazmat offers a wide range of services to various industries, including mining, pharmaceutical and health services, agriculture, pulp and paper, textiles, beverages, engineering and chemicals, including petrochemical commodities, pesticide chemicals, organic/inorganic chemicals, explosives, paint adhesives, sealants and cleaning chemicals, amongst others.

Hazmat’s product range consists of the following categories:

• Full face mask respirators
• Double and single half mask
• Respirator filter canisters    
• Respirator filter cartridges

Protechnik Laboratories

Multidisciplinary scientific laboratory Protechnik Laboratories, a subsidiary of Armscor, is focused on high-end research and development work in chemical and biological defence solutions.

An ISO 17025 / IEC 2017 accredited testing laboratory with a 30-year history, Protechnik Laboratories offers a wide range of analytical services to verify and detect the presence of highly toxic and prohibited chemical and biological agents, which includes the testing of masks and materials. These services are vital for the defence and commercial industry, agriculture, food manufacturing, mining and environmental sectors.

Who We Serve

Protechnik Laboratories is customer-centric, offering tailored analytical testing solutions to local and international customers in the defence industry and commercial sector. The facility proudly offers chemical and biological research and development to the National Authority in terms of non-proliferation activities.

Services Offered

Analytical testing services of analytical samples: All occupational health samples including silica (alpha quartz), VOCs, air pollutants; pesticides, metal analysis, sanitisers testing; water analysis (chemical, according to SANS 241) and verification of toxic industrial chemicals.

Protection testing services for respiratory protective equipment: masks (surgical, half- and full-face); gas filters; surface characterisation of adsorbents (activated carbon, Zeolites, catalysts); material characterisation - chemical and physical properties (films, textiles and rubbers).

Detection and decontamination of hazardous and toxic Industrial chemicals - Expertise in both laboratory and field detection for the identification of CWAs, hazardous chemicals and toxic industrial chemicals. Expertise in the destruction of hazardous chemicals, toxic chemicals and toxic industrial chemicals using its in-house developed decontaminants.

Remote testing services - The Mobile Chemical and Biological Defence Laboratory (MCBDL) with its support container, is a first of its kind multidisciplinary testing mobile laboratory able to service customers at their point of need to reduce contamination. The service is available nationally in South Africa, and can be used statically or be deployed 
as a remote laboratory for the screening of chemicals and biotoxins.

Training hub - Protechnik Laboratories offers the OPCW Analytical Chemistry Course to African member states, the Basic Chemistry Course to military personnel, as well as training on the operation of analytical instrumentation (FTIR, GC, GC-MS, HPLC, LC-MS, ICP-MS and IC).