PREPARATION DETERMINES PERFORMANCE

PREPARATION DETERMINES PERFORMANCE

Big Five Accident Repair Centre Centre are based in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, and have been enjoying successful growth and expansion for over a decade. “Growth didn’t happen overnight. It was built job by job, relationship by relationship. From the beginning, the focus...
PUTZMEISTER SA UPGRADE PAINT-PLANT

PUTZMEISTER SA UPGRADE PAINT-PLANT

Hurricane Equipment has completed a major paint-plant overhaul for Putzmeister’s Sub-Saharan Africa branch, installing two advanced spray booths and a purpose-built paint room to modernise the entire refinishing process. The upgrade brings the facility much closer to...
THE TRANS LETABA LEGEND LIVES ON

THE TRANS LETABA LEGEND LIVES ON

The more Automotive Refinisher feature top shops in the collision repair industry – whether locally, in Africa or abroad – the more it becomes apparent that the family run businesses remain renowned for quality workmanship and customer focus. This is exactly the case...
STAR BODY WORKS, NAMIBIA

STAR BODY WORKS, NAMIBIA

Founded nearly 53 years ago, Star Body Works has grown into a world-class collision repair centre in Ruhr Street, located in Windhoek’s busy northern industrial area. Under the leadership of Managing Director Dick Cornelissen, the company has expanded through three...
FORD MODEL T

FORD MODEL T

I was sitting next to one of the stalwarts of the Ford Model T preservation movement in the country, when I mentioned that years ago I happened to own a Kawasaki triple, a motorcycle of fearsome repute. Kevin Casey asked me, “Which one, the H1 or H2?” At that moment...