Directech

Directech is an industrial mechatronics company based in Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. It delivers turnkey automation projects from design and procurement through manufacture, testing, commissioning, handover and support. The company describes itself as a single partner for needs ranging from a simple concept to a detailed design. Its engineers specialise in mechanical, electrical and fabrication work, and it serves automotive manufacturing and smart factory systems.

Automation and machinery

• Material handling: automated guided vehicles and conveyors that move products through a plant.
• Production systems: production lines, factory control, intralogistics and purpose-built machinery.
• Tooling: jigs and fixtures, plus CNC metal cutting and bending.
• Robotics and telemetry: robotic systems, robotic simulation and telemetry.

The site lists design services including software, electrical and PCB design, mechanical design, CAD and draughting, circuit design, PCB prototyping and 3D modelling. It states that the group has partners in Germany, Turkey, Japan, the United Kingdom, America and Austria, and that it has received awards from a science and technology department and from automotive manufacturers. The site describes the work as spanning design, installation and commissioning, with support beyond handover, and uses the motto 'Impossible is an opinion' to describe how it approaches customer needs.

Design services and partners

Directech's design services cover software, electrical and PCB design, mechanical design, CAD and mechanical draughting, circuit design, robotic simulation, PCB prototyping, 3D modelling and pre-manufacture 3D designs. The site says the Directech Group has partners in Germany, Turkey and Japan, as well as in the UK, America and Austria. It also says the company has received awards from a science and technology department and from automotive manufacturers.

Key facts

• Based in: Randburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Markets: Automotive manufacturing and smart factory systems, with customers across the world