Who We Are
About Us
Established in 1951, Penbro Kelnick is a South African electrical manufacturer and specialist supplier serving the Railway, Telecommunications, Mining, Petrochemical, Utilities and Industrial sectors.
From our facility in Pretoria, we manufacture and supply electrical products for critical infrastructure and demanding industrial applications. Our reputation has been built over more than seven decades through reliable products, technical knowledge and long-standing customer relationships.
Our customers include end users, consulting engineers, system integrators and OEM partners across South Africa and international markets. We support them with proven products, practical technical assistance and dependable service from specification through to supply and after-sales support.
As part of the internationally recognised Telema Group, Penbro Kelnick combines local manufacturing capability and South African market knowledge with the backing of a global industrial group. Together with sister company Strike Technologies, the group has a strong local presence in South Africa and supports customers across key infrastructure and industrial sectors.
Our Partner
Our Shareholders
Penbro Kelnick forms part of the Telema Group, an international industrial group with a long-standing reputation in electrical engineering and manufacturing.
The group gives Penbro Kelnick access to international experience, technical depth and global manufacturing standards, while allowing us to remain close to our local customers and market needs.
This combination of international backing and local capability strengthens our ability to support South African infrastructure, industry and export projects with reliable products and long-term technical support.
Our Facility
Manufacturing
Local manufacturing is central to who we are.
Our Pretoria facility supports the manufacture of robust electrical products for demanding applications, including standard ranges and customised solutions built to customer requirements.
Quality Assurance
Accreditation
Penbro Kelnick (Pty) Ltd pursues an up-to-date and controlled quality management system that satisfies the differing requirements, specifications and conditions specified by their customers. The quality system which has been implemented is in accordance to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
The quality objectives identified and published in our Quality Manual are intended to promote and strive to achieve satisfaction for our customers and other stakeholders, to utilize the quality management system to focus on continual improvement to all our processes and also to develop our staff to their full potential.
Special care is taken for special manufacturing processes such as welding. Our strict procedures and controls guarantee our product complies to industry standards such as ISO3834-2 and EN15085-2.
R&D
Innovation
Today's world it is imperative to move with the fast pace and adapt our products and services to the ever-changing needs of our customers. We are proud of our strong Research and Development team who manages to keep us at the forefront of the competition. Our products are re-engineered at regular intervals to keep them at world-class standards for all our customers on all continents.
Corporate Responsibility
Sustainability
Penbro Kelnick Pty Ltd is committed to the process of broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE), and its implementation within its operations. The broad-based nature of empowerment in South Africa presents an effective solution to addressing historical economic and social inequalities, and to this end, we support the BBBEE Act and the Codes of Good Practice for BBBEE.
As a responsible corporate citizen we support real transformation and have achieved a "Level Four" rating in terms of contribution to broad-based black economic empowerment, but strive to achieve at least a Level Two.
Employment Equity
Through our focus on creating a diverse workforce, we are shaping an organisational environment which supports the recruitment, development, and retention of all employees regardless of race, gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation and political persuasion. An employment equity employee forum has been established that monitors progress on strategic empowerment.
Skills Development
Our investment into employee development, improving the knowledge, skills, and experience of our employees, is vital to achieving the group's strategic objectives. Penbro Kelnick supports the national agenda aimed at the employment of youth in sustainable positions and has presented 18 Learnerships and Apprenticeships in 2018.
Preferential Procurement
We believe that the role of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) is crucial to job creation and economic growth in South Africa. Penbro Kelnick procurement practices are focused on sourcing merchandise and services from locally-based and empowered suppliers.
Enterprise Development
Our strategy is to foster strong working relationships with competent black-owned companies and to develop them in a tangible meaningful way to ensure that these companies become sustainable and increase their capacity to take on larger and more complex projects.
Supplier Development
Penbro Kelnick has identified a privately owned black female catering company to run her own catering company. Premises and all equipment as well as start-up capital was and is provided.
Socio-Economic Development
We focus on SED initiatives that address first support to our staff but also to the communities surrounding our operations. Currently, the main SED beneficiaries are our own employees and Boikanyao Care Centre in Temba.