These are the Top Mechanical Engineering Startups in South Africa (2021)

April 14, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best South Africa based Mechanical Engineering startups. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Mechanical Engineering industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

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We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top South Africa Mechanical Engineering Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

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LightWare LiDAR

LightWare LiDAR

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LightWare LiDAR develops and distributes innovative laser rangefinder products for application across multiple industries.

Babcock International Group - Africa

Babcock International Group – Africa

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Babcock International Group – Africa is manages critically important assets that help to bring power to our homes and businesses.

ESTEQ

ESTEQ

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ESTEQ is a distributor of product lifecycle management, product design and simulation, and manufacturing operations software and services.

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Pratley

Pratley

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Pratley manufactures and supplies electrical cable glands, adhesives, craft, decoupage, microanalysis, perlite and zeolite.

Pandrol Track Systems

Pandrol Track Systems

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Pandrol Track Systems is the manufacturer and distributor of railway fasteners and associated railway products.

Cincinnati SA

Cincinnati SA

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Cincinnati South Africa is a black empowered company, with a Level 5 BEE Rating. Cincinnati SA is the sole distributor of Cincinnati Mine Machinery products in Southern Africa.

Cincinnati Mine Machinery products have been used in the coal mining industry in Southern Africa for the past 75 years and are known as the benchmark in cutting, conveying and crawler chains and spare parts. Cincinnati Mine Machinery products are used by many equipment manufacturers as standard on new machinery.

Cincinnati Mine Machinery products are also used as replacement parts for equipment manufacturers who do not fit Cincinnati Mine Machinery parts as new equipment.. Success required expansion so in 1997 Shields Manufacturing moved to a 10,000 sq.

ft. location in Sherwood, Oregon.

In addition to the machined parts, it became clear that there was a market for mechanical assembly, using the same passion and fanaticism for quality. The new business rapidly grew and in 2006 an additional 10,000 sq.

ft. of space was added, this included clean rooms for optical assembly.

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