Electrical Engineering
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South Africa has a dynamic electrical engineering sector which:
- Contributes 2.7% to manufacturing GDP; and
- Generates revenues of US$9.4b per annum.
- Services range from design, project management, contracting, manufacturing, operation, implementation through to training and maintenance.
- Companies have a competitive advantage in engineering and refurbishment.
- Firms are well established in providing contract utility management both locally and though Africa.
- We are leaders in prepayment solutions and developers of the Standards Transfer Specification (STS) revenue and energy management systems.
- Products developed in South Africa have been designed to meet the needs of emerging economies.
Key areas where South African companies have a competitive advantage:
- Cables, switchgear, transformers;
- Power conversion, distribution and protection products and solutions;
- Renewable and alternative energy;
- Leaders in prepayment solutions and developers of the Standards Transfer Specification
- (STS) revenue and energy management systems;
- SCADA control systems; and
- Customised industrial and security lighting.
The South African power network
If superimposed on Europe, this would stretch from Madrid to Berlin.
