MANUFACTURING SUBSECTORS - Capital equipment

Value added in capital equipment, 1994 to 2016, in billions of constant (2016) rand (a) Metals, metal products, machinery and equipment - StatsSA Electrical equipment and apparatus - StatsSA Machinery and electrical equipment - Quantec 120.0 100.0 80.0 60.0 40.0 20.0 - Note: (a) Deflated by calculating the deflator used in the sources from figures in current and constant rand, and then rebasing to. [...] Much smaller companies have a crucial role in designing and installing capital equipment for companies and utilities, in manufacturing specialised products, and in providing after-sales maintenance, service and repair. [...] Large companies in capital equipment production Company Employees Nature of business Electrical machinery and equipment Barloworld SA 16 400 in SA In addition to auto and Caterpillar products rental and sales, imports, (group) assembles and distributes generators and equipment for SA and neighbouring countries, including turnkey solutions and aftercare. [...] Manhattan 570 Manufactures, supplies, installs and refurbishes new and reconditioned Mining mineral and mining equipment for diamond, gold and coal operations in SA Equipment and worldwide. [...] The decline appeared to reflect a combination of the end of the metals price boom, which saw a fall in mining and metals production; depreciation, which increased the cost of imports in rand terms; and the overall slowdown in investment that began in 2014.