November 2008
Steinmuller - whose Chamdor fabrication facility was put on ice in 2002 - has now established a new state-of-the-art factory in Pretoria West and is currently ramping up production for Medupi unit six. MechTech visits the site and talks to Hermann Brummer, managing director; Bob Stevens, business consultant; Hans-J Leister, management consultant and Gerrit Buitenbos, quality assurance manager about the facilities and Steinmuller's future role in the power generation, petrochemical, mining and industrial sectors.
For more information contact:
Bob Stevens; Steinmuller, 37 Homestead Road, Rivonia, South Africa
Tel: +27 11 806 3000
Fax: +27 11 806 3330
e-mail: info@steinmuller.co.za
http://www.steinmuller.co.za
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