KwaZulu-Natal’s (KZN) industries like pulp and paper, mining, materials handling, sugar, financial services, tourism and the medical sector offer many opportunities for Siemens, with its extensive competencies and the largest technology portfolio from a single source.
Since opening in 1932 at 76 Smith Street in Durban, Siemens today is located at 37 Gillitts Road in Pinetown, catering for Durban and Pietermaritzburg as well as RichardsBay/ Empangeni, Ladysmith/ Ezakheni, Newcastle/ Madadeni, and the South coast.
Siemens in KZN While many companies serve KZN through sales offices, Siemens employees deliver fast, efficient and responsive sales and service solutions. The Pinetown office is the only Siemens workshop to build switchgear panels for South Africa and the SADC.
Memorable projects include upgrading Sappi’s Stanger and Tugela mills; supplying an Automatic Train Routing (ATR) system for the Durban control centre; providing simultaneous entry facilities on the south coast railway line; upgrading Mondi Merebank’s Paper Machine 3; installing railway signalling equipment for the Vryheid to Richards Bay rail link; the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital PPP; designing and installing electrical works for the first woodchip ship loader at Richards Bay harbour; and installing multi-section, multi-head axle counters on the KwaZulu-Natal main line.
At Sea with Siemens With Durban a vital centre for imports and exports, opportunities abound in ship building, refurbishment and repair. Siemens KZN employs highly skilled, world-class marine engineers.
Turnkey solutions include the design, manufacture and supply of shipyard engineering solutions, generating sets and electrical infrastructure design, and the manufacture of switchgear for control and power distribution. Siemens Pinetown also built the complete electrical systems for the SA Navy’s new corvettes and submarines; commissioned electrical equipment for SA’s first research vessel; installed and commissioned the electrical distribution systems for two Portnet tugs; and was responsible for the electrical installation of SAS Amatola for the South African Navy.
Looking Ahead With its High Performance Culture and building on its decades of experience, Siemens KZN aims to grow market share and further develop its competencies to the benefit of its customers and the province as a whole.
Full Name of Company: Siemens Nature of Business: Electrical and electronic engineering. Services/ Products: Automation & Drives; Industrial Solutions & Services; Building Technologies; Transportation Systems; Medical Solutions; Components; Power; Business Services and Communications. Date Established: KZN – 1932 No. of Employees: KZN – 200
KEY PERSONNEL Managing Director: Bruce Atherton Financial Manager: Anthony Venketsamy
