South Africa

South Africa's metal packaging market hit USD 1.02B in 2025, aluminium at 62.55% share. Where can-line RFQs sit and how foreign suppliers win them.

A mid-scale biscuit line runs USD 1.5M to 5M before install. Here is the full CAPEX walkthrough for South African and SADC bakers.

SA's 7 vehicle plants run 400+ robot body shops and import every arm. How to source BIW welding robots and get comparable quotes.

Africa's corrugated box market is the fastest-growing region at 6.86% CAGR to 2031. Here is how to sell converting lines to South African buyers.

South Africa runs 300-350MW of live data centre load on an unstable grid. Here is how to source UPS systems and get quotes from foreign suppliers.

South Africa packed a record 203.4M citrus cartons in 2025 and targets 260M by 2032. Here is how to buy packhouse equipment, new or modular.

South Africa runs 7 vehicle-assembly plants but builds none of the kit. A guide to used and modular GA conveyors and AGVs, sourcing, and freight.

Importing an acid mine drainage treatment plant into South Africa: 15% VAT, FX and LC mechanics, customs, freight, and install for a 400 ML/day market.

Importing a lyophilisation freeze drying system into South Africa: 15% VAT, FX and LC mechanics, freight, and IQ/OQ/PQ install in one guide.

South Africa's underground mining equipment segment is growing 8.61% a year. Here is how to land an LHD or drill rig on FX, customs, and freight.

South Africa's IRP 2025 sets a 8,500 MW battery storage target. Here is how to land a utility-scale BESS container: FX, customs, freight, grid-tie.

A single-ply digital cutter lands in SA near $15K, a multi-layer line past $150K. Here is how to budget a garment cutting room, with install costs.

South Africa leads Africa's USD 33.9M ZLD market. How to buy industrial water reuse and zero liquid discharge plant, new, modular, or refurbished.

Africa's packaging automation market hits USD 3.89B in 2026, with palletising the fastest-growing line. How to win South African end-of-line RFQs.

396 of South Africa's 848 wastewater works are now critical. Here is the MBR procurement map: who buys, who specifies, and how you get paid.

South Africa runs 4 GW of operational wind. How buyers source used and modular nacelles, manage warranty, and freight 73-tonne units.

What does a transmission stringing spread cost in South Africa? A line-by-line CAPEX walkthrough for the 14,500 km grid build, from USD 350,000.

A full automotive paint shop runs an indicative USD 150 to 300 million. Here is the line-item CAPEX breakdown for South African plants.

Coca-Cola's R365m Midrand line runs at 72,000 bph. Here's where PET bottling line RFQs sit in South Africa and how foreign suppliers win them.

PET holds 40.36% of South Africa's beverage packaging. Here's how preform injection molding suppliers reach Mpact, Alpla and FMCG buyers directly.

South Africa slaughters 23 million birds a week and imports the lines that do it. Here is how to source a turnkey poultry plant and win the RFQ.

South Africa's mining equipment market hit USD 1.27B in 2025. Here is how to source flotation, lime, and flocculant dosing skids and win the RFQ.

South Africa's mining truck market hits USD 185.7M in 2025. Here is how to source rigid dump trucks, who supplies them, and how to get a quote.

South Africa's mineral processing equipment market hits USD 624M in 2025. Here is how to source a SAG mill, who supplies it, and how to get a quote.

Non-running locomotives rose from ~100 to 393 in South Africa. That gap, plus 11 new private rail operators, drives shunting-loco demand.

South Africa added 1.6 GW of solar in 2025 and single-axis trackers add 12 to 25% yield. Here is how to source tracker systems and get quotes.

SA packed a record 2.9M tonnes of citrus and crushes cane through 12 mills. Here is the agro-processing equipment buyer map for foreign suppliers.

SA exported a record 414,268 vehicles in 2025 and buys the plant to build them. A procurement-routing guide for foreign equipment vendors.

7 OEM plants, SAAM 2035, and Stellantis Coega anchor SA's 600K-unit auto base. How foreign equipment vendors win paint shops, press shops, and EV tooling.

SA plant bakeries run lines at 12,000 loaves per hour. Here is the equipment, supplier shortlist, indicative pricing, and procurement workflow.

South Africa runs a R1 trillion infrastructure pipeline and a cement market heading to 17Mt by 2034. Here is where building-materials suppliers win RFQs.

Transnet's Richards Bay dry bulk terminal alone targets a jump from 18.5 to 26.9 Mtpa. Here's the conveyor buyer's map for South Africa.

Gold hit a record US$3,431/oz average in 2025. Here is the greenfield procurement path for a CIL processing train in South Africa, step by step.

Sourcing cleanroom HVAC and isolators for SA sterile pharma? Specs, a 4-OEM shortlist, indicative pricing, and the procurement workflow.

A greenfield dairy UHT line in South Africa runs roughly 12 to 24 months. Here is the procurement, financing, and FX playbook for foreign suppliers.

South Africa is building 14,500 km of new transmission lines for R440bn. Here is how foreign grid, gas, and storage suppliers win the RFQs.

SA's Section 12V gives NEV producers a 150% deduction from March 2026. A buyer's guide to pack assembly line equipment, suppliers, and pricing.

South Africa's flexible packaging market hits USD 2.96B in 2026. A buyer's guide to extrusion and laminating lines: specs, suppliers, pricing.

South Africa's mineral processing equipment market hits USD 624M in 2025, with flotation cells the fastest-growing line. Specs, suppliers, and pricing.

Tiger Brands lifted capex to R1.2B and CCBA put in a 72,000 bph line. Here is the food processing equipment buyer map for South Africa.

Power transformer lead times now run 128 weeks. Here is how South African REIPPPP and IPP buyers spec, shortlist, and price grid-tie HV transformers.

South Africa needs 210 transformers and 133,000 MVA by 2034. Here is the greenfield procurement guide: shortlist, FX, FAT, and 128-week lead times.

South Africa runs the 1,920 MW Cahora Bassa HVDC link. A buyer's guide to converter station equipment, the 3 OEMs, pricing, and procurement.

South Africa runs 300-350MW of live data centre capacity with 120-200MW more in build. Here is how foreign equipment suppliers win the RFQs.

Transnet R127B, REIPPPP 5GW+, and SA's fully convertible rand make it Africa's easiest procurement market. Here's how foreign suppliers win.

South Africa's home appliance market hit USD 3.48B in 2025. Here's the light-manufacturing equipment procurement map for foreign suppliers.

Premier runs 680,000 t/a of maize milling and 40% of SA capacity sits idle. A greenfield project guide for turnkey maize milling plants in South Africa.

South Africa's mining equipment market hits USD 1.27B in 2025. Here is the buyer map foreign OEMs need to quote PGM, gold, coal, and iron ore RFQs.

South Africa's heavy-machinery imports rose 17.8% to USD 1.1B in 2025. Spec, supplier shortlist, and indicative pricing for mobile crushing plants.

South Africa's plastic packaging market hit USD 2.66B in 2025. Here's how foreign machinery suppliers win RFQs from Nampak, Mpact, Mondi and FMCG buyers.

SA runs a $7.9B pharma market and imports ~90% of its medical devices. Here's the buyer map for fill-finish, API, and device equipment RFQs.

A greenfield project guide for press shop tooling and dies in South Africa: 7 OEM plants, AIS grants up to 25%, FX/LC mechanics, and PPAP timelines.

REIPPPP Bid Window 7 awarded 3,940 MW of solar across 18 projects, plus a BESS and green-hydrogen pipeline. Here is how suppliers route the work.

REIPPPP Bid Window 7 awarded 4.87 GW of solar plus wind. Here is how foreign turbine, PV, BESS and HV suppliers actually win procurement in South Africa.

Transnet buys RTG cranes at R48m each and Grindrod is building a R285m terminal. The buyer-side map for sourcing yard cranes in South Africa.

South Africa needs 133,000 MVA of new grid capacity by 2034. Here are the SF6-free switchgear specs, suppliers, indicative pricing, and how to buy.

South Africa added 1.6 GW of solar in 2025. Balance of plant runs 20-35% of a farm's cost. A greenfield EPC procurement guide for buyers.

REIPPPP Bid Window 7 awarded 3,940 MW of solar across 18 projects. A greenfield procurement guide to specifying and sourcing PV inverters in South Africa.

Transnet's Pier 2 PPP earmarks $650M for equipment and four new STS cranes cost R967M. Here's how to win the next Durban crane order.

SA retailers plan to localise 81 million garments and R7.9B of output by 2030. Here is where the textile-equipment RFQs sit and who issues them.

Sourcing a TBM for a South African water, mine, or metro tunnel? Here are the 6 procurement steps, the OEM shortlist, and the FX and LC mechanics.

SA committed R156.3bn to water over three years and R139.1bn to 11 strategic schemes. Here is the procurement map for foreign equipment suppliers.

Sourcing tower internals for a South African wind project? With 550 km abnormal-load hauls and dtic local content rules, here is the procurement path.

Used and modular sterile fill-finish lines into South Africa: 5 sourcing channels, the GMP requalification workflow, and freight realities for buyers.

Cape Town's R5bn Paarden Eiland plant alone targets 70 million litres a day. Here is how foreign SWRO suppliers source and quote into South Africa.

SA's generics market hit $1.84B in 2025 and imports nearly all its tablet presses. Here's the supplier map, FX mechanics, and how to get quotes.

South Africa's mineral processing equipment market hits USD 624M in 2025, with dry-stack retrofits driving filter press demand. Here is how to source it.