Gauteng Business 2017-18 edition
Gauteng Business 2017/18 is the ninth edition of this highly successful annual journal, that has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province. Special features for 2017/18 include a focus on major new developments in the region’s metros, complemented by detailed overviews of the main economic sectors in South Africa’s most important provincial economy.
Gauteng Business 2017/18 is the ninth edition of this highly successful annual journal, that has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province. Special features for 2017/18 include a focus on major new developments in the region’s metros, complemented by detailed overviews of the main economic sectors in South Africa’s most important provincial economy.
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OVERVIEW<br />
Automotive and components<br />
The South African Auto Master Plan has been unveiled.<br />
In the context of policy uncertainty in some areas of the South African<br />
economy, and in the year of elections to the top positions within<br />
the country’s ruling party, it was significant that a South African Auto<br />
Master Plan was announced in early July <strong>2017</strong>, just a few days after<br />
the policy congress of the African National Congress.<br />
The Department of Trade and Industry, working together with the<br />
National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa, set targets<br />
for 2035 to increase production to 1% of world volumes (which would<br />
mean 1.4-million more vehicles made in SA), increasing local content<br />
and doubling employment and black-owned businesses in the sector.<br />
Some of the world’s largest motor vehicle brands (including BMW,<br />
Ford, Nissan and Tata) have manufacturing facilities in <strong>Gauteng</strong>. The<br />
province is also home to a thriving automotive components industry,<br />
together with several bus and truck assembly plants. These include<br />
Scania, TFM Industries and MAN Truck and Bus South Africa, as well<br />
as the Chinese truck manufacturer FAW, which owns an assembly<br />
plant in Isando. Bejing Automotive Works (BAW) assembles taxis at<br />
Springs and has committed (with its partners) to a new investment<br />
of R250-million.<br />
BMW is spending R6-billion on its facility at Rosslyn to gear up to<br />
produce the X3. It already has a high reputation as a maker of the<br />
3 Series. The Ford Motor Company of South Africa started producing<br />
the Everest SUV at Silverton in 2016. The Nissan/Renault plant at<br />
Rosslyn, Pretoria, produces the Renault Sondero hatchback, Nissan<br />
light commercial vehicles and the Tiida and Livina models. UD Trucks, a<br />
part of the Volvo group, announced in <strong>2017</strong> that they will assemble the<br />
CONTACT INFO<br />
Automotive Industry Development Centre: www.aidc.co.za<br />
Automotive Industry Export Council: www.aiec.co.za<br />
Automotive Supplier Park: www.supplierpark.co.za<br />
National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South<br />
Africa: www.naamsa.co.za<br />
National Association of Automotive Component and Allied<br />
Manufacturers: www.naacam.co.za<br />
SECTOR INSIGHT<br />
UD Trucks will assemble<br />
the Croner heavy vehicle in<br />
Rosslyn.<br />
Croner heavy commercial vehicle<br />
at Rosslyn.<br />
Armoured cars are also<br />
produced in <strong>Gauteng</strong>. DCD<br />
Protected Mobility manufactures<br />
armoured cars in Boksburg,<br />
which are branded as Vehicle<br />
Mounted Mine Detectors. In<br />
nearby Benoni, BAE Systems<br />
OMC designs and manufactures<br />
protected vehicles.<br />
The Automotive Industry<br />
Development Centre (AIDC), the<br />
City of Tshwane (CoT) and Tshwane<br />
Economic Development Agency<br />
(TEDA) are collaborating on a strategic<br />
project to boost the sector<br />
with a focus on infrastructure.<br />
Incentives are available to<br />
firms and investors within the<br />
automotive industry. The national<br />
Department of Trade<br />
and Industry’s Automotive<br />
Investment Scheme (AIS) offers<br />
from 20-30% in non-taxable<br />
grants to qualifying investments.<br />
Such incentives are a key factor<br />
in encouraging firms within the<br />
automotive industry to upgrade<br />
or expand their facilities.<br />
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