SPX at Work in Africa
From gold mines in Ghana to power stations, margarine processing plants and steel manufacturing facilities in South Africa, SPX is helping customers meet growing demands for power generation, healthier food and beverages, the processing of natural resources and more.
An Established Presence
The strong presence of SPX in Africa goes back nearly 40 years with the establishment of the SPX manufacturing facility near Johannesburg in South Africa. Numerous sales offices are located across the African continent and throughout the Middle East, and are complemented by our extensive distribution channel.
Today, numerous SPX companies are well known throughout Africa.
Components and expertise from Balcke-Dürr and SPX Cooling Technologies are increasingly being used to help modernize existing power plants and to construct new, more efficient ones throughout South Africa. South Africa is also where you will find SPX’s APV® behind numerous equipment upgrades at breweries and beverage production facilities.
Lightnin® mixers are common fixtures at mining operations and mineral processing facilities throughout the African continent.
Bran+Luebbe® metering pumps are used extensively in the chemicals, petrochemicals oil and gas industries. That includes South Africa’s only offshore gas rig where Bran+Luebbe equipment was commissioned in 1991-1992 and continues to operate successfully to date.
The Customer Advantage
The depth and breadth of SPX’s presence in Africa means that we can offer you a full range of local marketing, sales, manufacturing and distribution expertise to meet unique government requirements and deal with the issues and needs specific to countries across the African continent.