Coastal Engineering Supplies Johannesburg celebrates its fifth year since it opened in 2020 in the middle of the Covid pandemic lockdown. “It was very unfortunate timing but the resilience of the business is evidenced in the fact that we are now reaching the five-year milestone,” said newly appointed branch manager Bill Mallett.
“Coastal Engineering Supplies have been in the machine tool business since 1969 when Austrian born George Hintenaus established his family-owned concern in Cape Town. The initial emphasis of the company was to import conventional equipment used for machining and shaping metal from Europe and sell it locally.”
“The company has subsequently evolved into importing CNC equipment, sheet metal equipment and tooling accessories and today the company is one that stocks and sells one of the most comprehensive ranges of product that are suitable for the engineering and metalworking industry to cut, turn, bend, twist, mill, grind, drill, roll, punch and any other process to shape and form metal.”
“Our product range for CNC machines includes flat bed and slant bed lathes, single and double column machining centers, horizontal and vertical boring mills, grinding machines, whether they are double column, bridge type, flat bed, vertical and horizontal, twin spindle and knee and ram type.”
“Additional equipment sold by us includes the full range of conventional equipment, turret mills, universal milling machines, lathes, drilling machines, grinders, spark erosion and EDM machines, circular saws and bandsaws.”
“For companies requiring sheet metal processing and plate working we stock box and pan folders, guillotines, iron workers, presses, section rollers, plate rollers and plasma cutting machines. We also import fiber lasers, press brakes and hand-held fiber welding lasers.”
“On the tooling accessories side, we sell lathe chucks, chuck mounting backplates, drill chucks, toolholders, bandsaw blades, press brake tooling and guillotine blades, DROs, and an extensive range of machine vices, lathe tooling and revolving centres.”
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“I have been involved in the machine tool industry for most of my working life and I have recently been appointed to manage the Johannesburg operation. We operate from a large facility in Jet Park, which is an industrial area just near OR Tambo airport and is very centrally situated.”
“Having an office in Johannesburg has been a strategic move for Coastal Engineering Supplies due to its status as South Africa’s financial hub and a gateway to the rest of Africa. Over the years we have built up a client base which we intend to increase substantially.”
“Whether it’s general engineering or mass production Coastal Engineering Supplies Johannesburg will have the right machine to suit your needs. Our prices are competitive and machines are normally available ex stock. Our facility here is full of machines and clients will generally be able to find what they need immediately. If we don’t have or sell what they want we are able to source the product.”
“We also offer a range of machines for the plastic industry and today we finance equipment purchases so as to make it easier for clients to acquire their machine.”
“The company is now run by George’s son Albert. He is the CEO and is based in Cape Town.”
For further details contact Coastal Engineering Supplies Johannesburg on TEL: 010 800 15044 or Cape Town on TEL 021 552 6063 or visit www.coastalengineering.co.za
