EBOR building extension approaches completion

The building extension at Ebor Automotive Systems is nearing completion.  The new area is in two sections, comprising a Raw Material store and an additional machine hall housing 2 large injection molding machines.  The first of these – an Engel Duo 1700T – is already in place and in full production.

The building and crane structure was designed by Structural Solutions in Port Elizabeth and built by Strydom Basson & Tait (Pty) Ltd.  It incorporates a 30t/15t twin hoist Demag gantry crane supplied by Terex MHPS.   Rainwater collection provides for all the company’s expected water requirements; high efficiency lighting provides a very comfortable working environment, and the entire structure is covered by sprinkler fire extinguishers.   The building has been constructed to extremely high standards and provides Ebor with an outstanding purpose-built facility to accommodate the rapid expansion of the operation.

The building team, led Mr Jappie Strydom and Mrs Anelle Bailey, Directors, SBT (Pty) Ltd, worked hard to meet the very aggressive build schedule whilst accommodating many disruptions created by installation and commissioning of the production equipment.  The project has been completed with a perfect accident-free record, complementing the accident-free record of Ebor since operations began in August 2014.

 

 

Ebor Automotive Systems (Pty) Ltd wins nearly a billion rand of orders

During the second half of 2015, the newly formed Ebor Automotive Systems has won nearly R1 billion rand worth of business.  A significant part of this package of work, which will be delivered over the next 7 years, is for Volkswagen South Africa and includes a number of components for the relaunch of the Polo around the middle of 2017.

Ebor Managing Director Andy Dealtry comments that “This completely vindicates the considerable risk that management and shareholders took when they acquired the assets from Visteon, took on an onerous property lease and made commitments to the founding team of around 25 staff.  While we were always quietly confident that we would be able to use the considerable experience and available plant, we spent much of the first year in hope without any certainty around the future.  That certainty has now been realised and we are enormously excited about delivering this basket of parts”.

Wesley Strydom, the Technical and Project Director at Ebor elaborates, “in order to execute this work, we have had to expand our fleet and will be adding six new injection moulding presses over the next year.  The first of these new presses, a 1700t Engel machine will be in operation by the end of March 2016.

To support this significant expenditure we are extremely grateful for the support of the Industrial Development Corporation who have provided Ebor with R43million rand worth of loan funding.”

Dealtry went on to explain how the additional work would create in excess of 90 new jobs in the Perseverance area of Port Elizabeth and provide a potentially very exciting ownership opportunity for every single staff member through the company Staff Trust scheme which owns 25% of Ebor.

And while everyone in the Ebor management team is completely focussed on ensuring the successful execution of the current basket of new work, there is still an air of expectation around the significant un-utilised capacity still available particularly in several of the smaller machines and in the team’s historically strong area of assembly.

January 2016

 

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High Street Rocky Horror Function

The High Street function at the Rocky Horror Picture Show at Montecasino on Friday 21 November 2014

High Street Asset Management CIO Mike Patchitt and Sabina Seeber

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Olivia Parkin and Ross Beckley of High Street

Tubby Roy, Pete MacKenzie, James Whitehouse and Mike Patchitt

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Pete MacKenzie and Les Vercilotti

Jo and Murray Stewart