Safal Steel [Pty] Ltd is part of the Safal Group of companies. http://www.safalgroup.com .The Safal Group is a major manufacturer and supplier of coated steel and roofing products in Eastern Africa. Safal Investments (Mauritius) Ltd was established in 1995, and the group companies were restructured into the holding company in 2003, to incorporate the companies throughout eastern central and Southern Africa, some of which have been in operation for over 100 years.

Their investments span through out the Central, Eastern and Southern parts of the continent; these include Safal Steel (PTY) Ltd Coating Mill iin South Africa, Mabati Rolling Mills Ltd in Kenya, ALAF Ltd in Tanzania and Uganda Baati Ltd in Uganda.  The current operations have Cold Reducing, aluminium zinc Coating, Galvanising and Colour Coating facilities.

In the beginning:

Safal Group commenced with the construction of Safal Steel (Pty) Ltd in the Cato Ridge area, in line with the Group’s growth strategy. The company manufactures aluminium zinc coated steel coils which are supplied both to the local and global markets. The coils are produced in a variety of widths and gauges and can be supplied either pre-painted or unpainted.

The new state of the art metal coating facility incorporates a pickling and oiling line, a cold rolling mill, an aluminium zinc coating line and a colour coating line. A number of support lines and services have been installed including an acid regeneration plant, rewind and trim line, a Nitrogen generation plant, a Hydrogen generation plant, the regenerative thermal oxidiser, an effluent treatment plant as well as a sewerage treatment plant. These additional supports assist Safal Steel (Pty) Ltd in the challenge of maintaining environmental friendliness. The facility is 30 000 square metres under roof and the site is set on 14.4 hectares.

Vision

“To be the leading manufacturer & preffered supplier of unpainted & pre-painted aluminium zinc coated coil”.

Values:

S – Stakeholder care with uncompromising integrity
A – Attitude of gratitude towards community and the environment
F – Focus on creativity and innovation
A – Adaptability to the changing business environment
L – Lively and dynamic work culture

The Process:

In order to achieve our Vision, the following has been put in place:

The Safal Group is the first in Africa to set up the aluminium–zinc coating Technology. The technology is referred to as aluminium zinc (AZ) Coating. This is done under licence to BIEC International Inc. which is the worldwide licensor and acknowledged leader in technologies associated with AZ coated steel.

Safal Steel purchases Hot Roll Coils (HRC) from a variety of the Safal Group’s current global suppliers.  The HRC coils are firstly cleaned through a fully automated Pickling and Oiling Line to remove any mill scale. The cleaned coils are then Cold Rolled to a variety of gauges ranging from 0,2mm to 1,2mm.  Thereafter the coils are once again cleaned and then coated with an alloy of aluminium zinc in the metal coating process (55% aluminium, 43.5% zinc 1.5% Silicon) and sold to our customer base as ZincAL®.   The final process involves the painting of the coils, If required it’s then sold to market as ColorPLUS®.  The paint line has been manufactured to ‘whites goods’ standard and paints mainly using the modified polyester system
When our products are used in the correct application you can be assured of the following attributes:

o    Considerable increase in service life        
o    Cost effective solution
o    Superior thermal protection            
o    Eco-friendly credentials
o    Added aesthetic value

Environmental Considerations:

Safal Steel is known for its world class processes and conformance to environmental standards; the new production facility is based on these principals. In line with this commitment the company has joined as Silver founding members of the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA). Every effort has been made to minimise resource consumption and the company has many processes that regenerate and recycle waste.