IBG
Prime Automation

Unit 28, Jet Park, Caravelle Street, Walmer, Gqeberha

tel:  
+27 41 819 7746
cell:  
+27 72 213 0953
email:  
[email protected]
url:  
www.primeautomation.co.za

Core business offering: Sole agent for a leading brand of safety automation products in southern Africa and sole agent for leading brands of enclosures, cables and drives. The company offers service, support and sales throughout South Africa and can do safety risk assessments.


Cuff, Craig
Director
[email protected]
Team, Sales
Sales Manager
[email protected]
Escha
(Sole Agency)
Flexbox
(Sole Agency)
IDE Enclosures
(Sole Agency)
Inxpect
(Sole Agency)
Pilz
(Sole Agency)
Santerno
(Shared Agency)
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
-Boxes - electronics
- Metal construction
- Plastic construction
-Cabinets
- Explosion protected
- Free-standing
- Industrial computers
- Wall mount
-Relays
- DIN-rail mount
- General purpose, control
- Time delay
-Switches
- Magnetic
-Audible alarms
- Horns, sirens
-Emergency stop switches
-Gas burner safety control
-Light curtains
-Protection relays
- Over/under voltage
- Over-current
-Rope-pull switches
-Safety limit switches
-Visible alarms
- Indicator lights
- Industrial beacons
- LED
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-Networking
- Ethernet
- Fieldbus
- PLC-to-PLC
-Programming
- Diagnostic software
- Function block diagram
- Ladder diagram (relay logic)
- Logic diagram
-Rotary encoders
-Inductive
-Machine guard
-Magnetic
-Metal detectors
-Other
Section - Services & Systems
-Automotive
-Boiler/furnace control
-Compressed air
-Food & beverage
-Furnace control & management
-Gas, infrared heating systems
-Injection moulding
-Materials handling
-Mining & metals
-Packaging and Labelling
-Petrochemical
-Pharmaceutical
-Pulp & paper
-Rubber & plastics
-Sugar
-Textiles
News from Prime Automation:
Safety products for automation
Africa Automation Fair 2019 Preview, Enclosures, Cabling & Connectors, Prime Automation

Prime Automation is exhibiting Pilz safety products for automation, Escha connectivity solutions, IDE enclosures and Inxpect safety scanners. These can be viewed at Stand D05. Pilz specialises in safety ...

Safety solutions
Africa Automation Fair 2017 Preview, IS & Ex, Prime Automation

Prime Automation supplies the Pilz brand, offering the highest level of quality in safe sensors (light curtains, interlocks, e-stops), control relays and safety PLCs. The company also offers safety training ...

Base unit for large projects
March 2016, PLCs, DCSs & Controllers, Prime Automation

New base unit in the configurable control system PNOZmulti 2 from Pilz.

Industry news:
All eyes on the modern DCS platform
January 2026, PLCs, DCSs & Controllers, Schneider Electric South Africa

Modernised DCS platforms are no longer confined to hardware-dependent architectures. These systems have evolved to combine the strengths of both PLCs and DCS while adding capabilities that make them more open, resilient and collaborative.

Hydraulic system upgrades to boost performance and save money
January 2026, Pneumatics & Hydraulics, CT Hydraulics (Nqoba)

Those working with hydraulic or pneumatic systems know that keeping your machinery running at peak performance balances productivity and cost. As systems age, they often become less efficient, requiring more energy and more frequent repairs. The good news is that you don’t always need to invest in an entirely new machine to solve these problems.

Modernising Vertical Filter Press Machines with Future-Focused Control Systems
January 2026, System Integration & Control Systems Design

Project and Industry Pressure Filter Specialists approached us to modernise vertical filter press machines for the Minerals and Metals industry. The goal was to improve reliability, reduce downtime, ...

Strain wave gearheads for precision and compact design
November 2025, Motion Control & Drives, DNH Tradeserve t/a DNH Technologies

Strain wave gearheads from maxon are a specialised type of gearhead where precision and compact design are crucial.

ABB and Compu-Power bring high-efficiency UPS innovation to IS3 X-Change 2025
January 2026, News

ABB recently participated in the 31st annual IS3X-Change 2025 in Cape Town, alongside its long-standing channel partner Compu-Power.

Africa’s brightest young battery innovators
January 2026, News, Schneider Electric South Africa

Schneider Electric and Enactus, the international NGO dedicated to inspiring students through entrepreneurial action, have announced the winners of the 2025 Energy Transition Battery Innovation Challenge, funded by the Schneider Electric Foundation. It empowers young innovators to design battery solutions addressing the region’s most pressing energy challenges.

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