CRH-Africa (PTY) LTD and subsidiary company Adient-PPC are industry leaders in metals technologies and manufacturing, offering global customer service excellence. CRH-Africa is a leading supplier of world-class metal-pressed components, welded and riveted assemblies. Adient-PPC is an industry expert in metal seat structures, tube bending and various welding methods, including laser welding. CRH-Africa and Adient-PPC are proud BBBEE level 2 contributors with 51% black shareholding.

CRH-Africa has long been a leading supplier known for our complete product development process, materials engineering, tooling/manufacturing expertise and capability to produce value-added metal pressed components and assemblies distributed locally and exported to Germany, USA, Brazil, Mexico and the Czech Republic.

Founded in 1964 and based in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape, CRH-Africa’s current plant has grown to 17 000m2 with 494 employees. CRH-Africa is accredited to the IATF16949 QMS and ISO140001 international standards and supports the following tier 1 and OEM customers:

› Toyota
› Volkswagen
› Isuzu
› Mercedes-Benz
› Purem
› Forvia
› Benteler
› Tenneco
› Boysen
› Linde + Wiemann

CRH-Africa employs the following key technologies:

› Metal pressing of stainless steel and mild steel
› In-house toolroom, including design capability
› Progression tooling manufacture
› Component assembly by welding (MIG/MAG/SPOT/CD)
› Component assembly by riveting
› CNC machining
› Full metrology, including scanning

The Adient-PPC plant, a subsidiary of CRH, assembles over 450 000 full metal seat structures for Tier 1 seat assemblers and exports directly to Volkswagen Argentina. The latest technologies, such as laser welding, are employed, and the seat structure assembly lines include full error-proofing of these safety-critical structures.

Adient-PPC has been in operation since 2016, with the Gqeberha plant growing to 16 000m2 with 550 employees. Adient-PPC is accredited to the IATF16949 QMS and ISO140001 international standards and supports the following tier 1 and OEM platforms:

› Adient
› Lear
› BMW
› Nissan
› Ford
› VWSA
› VW Argentina

Adient-PPC’s core competencies are its robotic welding of seat structures, laser welding systems, tube bending stations with in-house E-coating capabilities – an approved facility for Ford, BMW, Mercedes and Volkswagen.

CRH-Africa and Adient-PPC are B-BBEE: level 2 (51% black ownership) certified.

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