President Ramaphosa to attend launch of Sandvik manufacturing facility

President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend the launch of the new Sandvik Khomanani Manufacturing Site in Kempton Park on Friday, 09 September 2022.
 
Sandvik is a Swedish global manufacturer of mining and mineral processing equipment, which has operated in South Africa since 1948.
 
Sandvik renewed its commitment to South Africa as an investment partner at the 4th South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC) in Sandton six months ago.

The launch of Sandvik’s Khomanani high-tech head office facility, workshop and manufacturing complex in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, is a fulfillment of this industrial giant’s investment pledge of R350 million, made at the investment conference.

The Khomanani facility, whose name means “hold each other as a unit” in Xitsonga, consolidates operations previously undertaken at five separate sites and accommodates approximately 550 employees.
 
This 62 000 square-metre site is one of Sandvik’s biggest and most advanced facilities globally and has the ability to produce underground loaders with over 60% South African content, allowing them to be designated as ‘Proudly South African’.
 
A media pool has been arranged to cover the President’s site tour and the official launch occasion.
 
Details are as follows:
 
Date: Friday, 09 September 2022
Time: 09h30
 
 
Media enquires: Vincent Magwenya, Spokesperson to the President on +27 82 835 6315
 
Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria