Transformers, Substations + The Grid

ACTOM expands local manufacturing capacity for transformers

ACTOM last week officially opened its Pretoria Power Transformers manufacturing facility. This follows the group’s strategic acquisition of SGB Smit Power Matla when that company was struggling to emerge from a business rescue process and overcome concurrent challenges. The acquisition, which represents a major investment by ACTOM, was structured as an asset transaction including the SSPM facilities and the transfer of staff.

Powering municipal utilities

Municipalities throughout South Africa are facing rising energy demands and increasing costs – as well as opportunities to participate in a new market of energy independence and self-sufficiency. Modern power generation, storage, management, and transmission innovations bring the energy market closer to municipalities.

Electrical enclosures designed to protect infrastructure

On a recent visit to Power Process Systems’ manufacturing facility in Aeroton south of Johannesburg, Electricity + Control had the chance to gain an inside view of the work this South African original equipment manufacturer does.

M-TEC expands local cable manufacturing facility

Vereeniging-based Malesela Taihan Electric Cable (M-TEC), one of South Africa’s leading manufacturers of electrical and telecommunications cables, originally established in 1911, has played a part in the country’s cable industry for over 100 years.

Custom-engineered dry-type transformers

Trafo Power Solutions, working in partnership with TMC Transformers, is advancing dry-type transformer technology in Africa, delivering custom-engineered high-performance solutions tailored for use in demanding industries like mining and energy. The companies’ combined expertise, simulation-led design and commitment to innovation are seeing dry-type transformers increasingly specified for indoor and outdoor applications, and setting new standards for safety, reliability and environmental performance.

Leading the way in grid automation

Recently reported research by ARC Advisory Group recognises Hitachi Energy as the global market share leader in grid automation for electric power transmission and distribution utilities . The findings are part of the comprehensive market and technology study titled Grid Automation Global Market Study 2024-2029 (June 2025), published by ARC Advisory Group, a leading technology research and advisory firm for industrial, energy, and infrastructure markets.