Unique Welding imports, supplies and distributes a wide range of welding equipment, welding consumables and industrial gases to the Southern African region. Established in 1968, Unique Welding has grown from strength to strength over the last 50 years by taking advantage of its world-class supply chain and distribution facilities to become the largest independent gas and welding distributor in South Africa.

Unique Welding’s head office is based in Boksburg, on Gauteng’s East Rand, with a widespread network of branches spanning across the country, from Roodepoort, Vereeniging, Witbank and Middelburg, to Rustenburg, Polokwane, Ermelo, Evander, Nelspruit, Pinetown, Richards Bay, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town.

The company uses its fleet of more than 70 vehicles and trucks to provide reliable delivery to its customers around the country, including major corporations across a wide range of industries. It also has dedicated service centres around the country stocking an endless array of spares, as well as providing machine services and repairs to all makes and models of welding machines – both in-house and on-site.

With a broad customer and distributor network across Southern Africa, Unique Welding’s products are easily accessible. It serves customers across multiple industries, from heavy engineering, automotive, and construction, to sugar, manufacturing, petrochemicals and mining. Some of its larger clients include Illovo Sugar, Sasol, Transnet and ArcelorMittal.

Unique Welding differentiates itself from others in the market through a strong emphasis on customer service and after-sales service. It excels in service delivery, customer-focused interaction and providing the highest quality technical solutions, while offering sustainable value. It has a team of more than 50 sales executives who travel across the country. They are led by a sales management team with more than 150 years combined experience under their belts. It also has a team of dedicated internal sales representatives who work at every branch to ensure that customers are always taken care of, no matter where they are.

Unique Welding invests a lot of time and money into empowering and upskilling its employees and communities through skills development initiatives and social and economic projects. It has a training centre where it facilitates regular training interventions for its employees. It also offers product-specific training to help clients get the most out of their products. Technical training is also offered on-site by fully competent staff. Unique Welding conscientiously supports the principles of broad-based Black Economic Empowerment to foster greater economic equality within our society.

At the cutting edge of welding technology, Unique Welding works with some of the world’s best-known manufacturers to develop its own welding machines and equipment. Unique Welding’s Thermamax products are market-leaders in terms of their world-class technology and innovative design. These customised ranges include machines and consumables for MIG, TIG and ARC welding, as well as plasma cutting and gas cutting equipment and regulators. The Thermamax brand is the best in the market when it comes to value and quality, meeting the required industry and safety standards.

Unique Welding’s entrepreneurial spirit helps its employees meet the needs of their customers for flexibility and reliability.

“We care about our employees, customers, stakeholders and suppliers, as well as the wider community. For this reason, we don’t run our business through call centres. Here, people talk to people,” the company states.