https://newsletter.en.creamermedia.com
Africa|Components|Engineering|engineering news|Financial|Manufacturing|rail|Services|Manufacturing
Africa|Components|Engineering|engineering news|Financial|Manufacturing|rail|Services|Manufacturing
africa|components|engineering|engineering-news|financial|manufacturing|rail|services|manufacturing-industry-term

High-tech composites manufacturing factory opens in Gauteng

High-tech composites manufacturing factory opens in Gauteng

15th August 2019

     

Font size: - +

From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report.

Sashnee Moodley:

One of the world’s leading composites manufacturers, BFG, has invested R50-million in a new Gauteng factory to supply components for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s new commuter trains.

The investment in Germiston is the first-ever by a Bahraini manufacturing enterprise in South Africa and has been made in partnership with black-owned financial services company Mergence.

In an interview with Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer BFG International group president Dr Samer Aljishi outlines the rationale for the investment.

BFG International group president Dr Samer Aljishi:

Sashnee Moodley:

That’s Creamer Media’s Real Economy Report. Join us again next week for more news and insight into South Africa’s real economy. Don’t forget to listen to the audio version of our Engineering News daily email newsletter.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

Comments

Showroom

ATI Systems
ATI Systems

ATI systems comprises five divisions: electrical assemblies, drives and controls, feedback sensors, enclosures, and strip guiding.

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Schauenburg SmartMine IoT
Schauenburg SmartMine IoT

SmartMine IoT has been developed with the mining industry in mind, to provides our customers with powerful business intelligence and data modelling...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Photo of Martin Creamer
On-The-Air (05/09/2025)
5th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer
Magazine round up | 05 September 2025
Magazine round up | 05 September 2025
5th September 2025

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







301

sq:0.136 0.752s - 172pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now