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DUYS ENGINEERING GROUP

Full Name of Company: Duys Engineering Group challenges for clients in the mining, automotive, and
industrial sectors.
Nature of Business: Mechanical and industrial engineering
KEY PERSONNEL
Services/Products: Steel fabrication, manufacturing, and Executive Chairman: Henk Duys
design house
Chief Executive Officer: Ian Sinclair
Date Established: 1960 Manufacturing Director: Paul Myburgh
Customer Base: Mining, smelting, aluminium, sugar, CONTACT DETAILS
automotive, and heavy industrial sectors HEAD OFFICE
Industry Quality Standards: ISO 9001 certified, RTMS Physical Address: 1-5 Progress Road, Pinetown, Durban,
compliant, and currently registering for ISO 3834. South Africa 3610
Tel:+27 (0)35 797 5193
MISSION E-mail: info@duysgroup.com
To provide world-class engineering, manufacturing, Website: www.duysgroup.com
and design solutions, with a strong focus on serving BRANCHES
the demanding African market by solving complex Richards Bay

65 YEARS OF ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE Duys’ design teams are renowned for transforming
complex client requirements into practical, actionable
Founded in 1960 in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, Duys solutions. Every project begins with a careful design
Engineering Group has grown from a modest family-run process that blends technical innovation with decades
engineering workshop into a leading steel fabrication, of engineering experience. This design-led approach
manufacturing, and design house with an established ensures that solutions are not only technically sound
footprint across Southern Africa. In 2025, the Group but also aligned with client needs and operational
proudly celebrates 65 years of continuous operation, realities. As Duys often emphasises: designing with
marking more than six decades of engineering purpose, engineering with precision, and delivering
innovation, client partnerships, and contribution to with pride remain at the heart of its operations.
Africa’s industrial development.
Major Projects and Impact
A third-generation family-owned and managed
enterprise, Duys has built its reputation on precision Over its long history, Duys Engineering Group
engineering, sustainable innovation, and strong has delivered numerous large-scale projects that
customer relationships. Over the years, the Group has demonstrate both technical expertise and social
diversified to meet the evolving demands of mining, impact. A notable example is the construction
smelting, aluminium, sugar, automotive, and heavy of a 75-tonne work barge, the WB Regina, at its
industrial sectors. Today, Duys Engineering Group is Richards Bay facility. The project, undertaken for
recognised not only for its technical capabilities but Kenmare Resources, involved trial assembly, cold
also for its ability to solve complex manufacturing, commissioning, and testing before final approval.
operational, and logistical challenges for clients across The barge was named in honour of Kenmare’s
Africa and beyond. Deputy Country Manager, Regina Machua, and the
handover ceremony paid tribute to Duys’ late CEO,
A Legacy of Partnership and Innovation Pieter Duys.
One of Duys’ defining values is its commitment to
building lasting partnerships with clients. The Group The WB Regina project provided employment for 40
combines technical expertise with significant human artisans, many of whom were previously unemployed.
and resource capacity, enabling it to adapt to both It also gave these workers the opportunity to acquire
short and long-term client requirements. This flexibility valuable skills and practical experience, reflecting
has ensured its continued success in servicing diverse Duys’ commitment not only to engineering excellence
sectors, where precision and reliability are essential. but also to community upliftment.

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