From humble beginnings in 1988 Pro Roof Steel Merchants has grown to become one of the largest and most prominent steel merchants in Southern Africa. Since its embryonic beginnings Pro Roof Steel Merchants has contributed significantly to the growth of South Africa by manufacturing and supplying quality steel products into all sectors of the South African economy.
In 1994 Pro Roof Steel Merchants expanded its Vereeniging operation by acquiring cut to length and slitting lines, the operation was further enhanced in 1997 by commissioning a cold formed sections plant. In 1998 a gate and fence manufacturing division was established.
Pro Roof Steel Merchants entered the export market in 1998, and since then the group has been supplying various steel and allied products into numerous export markets in addition to its South African commitments.
The Cape Town operation was established in 1999 and the manufacturing capabilities of the group were further enhanced by acquiring the first of several tube mills. In 2001 the group branched into merchanting of structural steel sections and has since then, grown to a force to be reckoned with, in both the flat and long steel product markets. Further cut to length and slitting lines were introduced in 2002.
In order to continuously increase the “national footprint” of the Pro Roof Group of Companies, the Durban operation was established in 2006, followed by the opening of an outlet in Nelspruit in 2007.
A great strength of Pro Roof Steel Merchants is the diversity of the economic sectors that its product range services. Although it started as a roofing company back in 1988, it has expanded its product range to most steel products commonly used in the various markets it operates in.
The key to the sustained growth the group has experienced, is its determination to succeed and its total commitment to customers and employees alike. This commitment ensures an excellent working environment and an ever expanding customer base.
Pro Roof Steel Merchants currently employs approximately 500 staff members throughout its four service and steel processing centres situated in Vereeniging, Cape Town, Durban and Nelspruit. A large contingent of the staff employed are technical staff which are required to operate and maintain the various manufacturing and processing equipment within the group.
The group currently has the following equipment and manufacturing processes at its disposal:
- Corrugating roll formers
- IBR roll formers
- Widespan roll formers
- Roll top ridging roll formers
- Bullnose and cranking lines
- Palisade roll former & profile lines (3-point spear and devils fork)
- Hoop iron slitters
- Cut to length lines
- Slitting lines
- De - recoil lines
- Blanking lines
- Cold formed lip channel roll formers
- Tube mills for circular, rectangular and square hollow sections
- Tube saws
- Guillotines
- Razor wire lines (flat wrap & concertina)
- Gate and fence manufacturing equipment
- Welded beam line
- Eurotile plant
This impressive array of capital equipment and processing machinery, which is constantly being added to, confirm Pro Roof Steel Merchants’ leading position in the South African Steel Industry.
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