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Companies
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The Hytec Group of Companies, established in 1966, is southern Africa’s largest hydraulics and automation company, with clients in every major industrial sector, from marine and shipbuilding to packaging and food and beverage.
Afripower (Pty) Ltd, trading as Hytec, supplies complete hydraulic solutions that vary from highly complex hydraulic systems. Hytec is Africa’s largest hydraulic company, supplying complex systems and fit-for-purpose components.
Tectra Automation is a specialist partner in industrial and factory automation applications. Tectra Automation is a single-source supplier of pneumatic, electric drive and control, linear and assembly technology and process valves.
Hytec Engineering is sub-Saharan Africa’s only hydraulics cylinder company with in-house cylinder design, manufacturing, testing, and repair services in a single workshop. Hytec Engineering is a leader in custom-designed cylinders.
Hytec Services Africa supplies the world’s leading hydraulic, pneumatic and automation brands throughout Africa. Hytec Services Africa has a strategic African network of operations and distributions centres.
Hytec Fluid Technology is a specialist provider of hydraulic filtration solutions in Africa. Hytec Fluid Technology has a fully-fledged laboratory for in-house sampling and analysis of oil and fluids technology.
HAW is one of Africa’s largest distributors of hydraulic components and a specialist supplier of mobile machinery products. HAW’s Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban,PE, Pinetown and Middelburg branch stockholdings ensure fast component delivery.
HYSA is the overseas procurement, import and export arm for all Group companies, managing the entire interlinking supply chain to ensure an effective distribution network of the Group’s entire range of products to sub-Saharan Africa.
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Products
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Achieve a leaner, smarter plant floor with Bosch Rexroth’s range of assembly technology. Flexible and scalable to your requirements, assembly technology maximises production efficiency and product consistency.
Our electric drive and control technology enables new possibilities in factory automation. We offer full design, installation and support of the Bosch Rexroth range for efficient, reliable and economical production.As specialists in filtration technology, the Hytec Group enhances the performance and longevity of your hydraulic system. We have a wide range of filtration technology for mobile and fixed hydraulic systems.
The Group supplies a complete range of hydraulic hose and fittings. We’ve got your application covered with the world’s leading hose and fittings brands.The Hytec Group is a leading provider of hydraulics products and systems. We specialise in the design, manufacture, supply and maintenance of hydraulic solutions.Bring cutting-edge production concepts to life with our range of linear technology! We design, supply, install and maintain linear technology and motion systems as required by your operation.
The Hytec Group is a specialist supplier of pneumatics in sub-Saharan Africa. As the authorised distributer of Aventics, the Group provides tailored, cutting-edge pneumatic solutions..jpg)
We distribute and support Omal’s range of process valves. Our process valves include industrial valves, ball valves, butterfly valves and pneumatic and electric actuators.
We are an authorised distributor of Schmalz vacuum technology in Africa. Our vacuum technology includes handling and gripping systems for workpieces up to 2 000 kg..jpg)
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Services
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An extensive branch network throughout southern Africa ensures parts availability and product support on the complete range of Hytec Group products.The Hytec Group has the in-house expertise and experiance to maintain your hydraulic and fluid technology, pneumatic and automation systems and vacuum technology to OEM standards.
We combine In-house logistics, design, installation and commissioning services with decades of application knowledge to provide turnkey systems and machines that are guaranteed to provide maximum industrial performance and long-term viability.
The Hytec Group has a fully equipped training centre in Johannesburg, We offer fully accredited hydraulics and pneumatics training programmes aimed at various degrees of specialist operation. These courses can be customised and are offered inhouse or at customer facilities.
The Hytec Group is a leading provider of hydraulics products and systems. We specialise in the design, manufacture, supply and maintenance of hydraulic solutions.
The Hytec Group is a leading manufacture and assembly specialist in hydraulic, pneumatic and automation products and systems through its various ISO-compliant production facilities.
We integrate, install and commission hydraulic, pneumatic, automation and filtration technology solutions to OEM standards, ensuring your system consistently runs at its optimum performance levels..jpg)
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Africa Contacts
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Hytec has appointed a series of distributors to provide customers outside of South Africa with access to leading hydraulics, pneumatics, control and other technologies and products from within the Hytec Group of Companies. HSA distribution centres represent all 24 brands, along with numerous solution-based services.
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Hytec a series of branches to provide customers outside of South Africa with access to leading hydraulics, pneumatics, control and other technologies and products from within the Hytec Group of Companies. HSA distribution centres represent all 24 brands, along with numerous solution-based services.(1).jpg)
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Whether as a jib crane or a crane system, the Schmalz modular crane systems from Tectra Automation enables perfect integration into your vacuum handling environment.
The Schmalz VacuMaster uses vacuum technology as its only retention process and has been engineered to feature a robust design.
The Vacuum Tube Lifters Jumbo, from Tectra Automation, has a retractable lifting unit mounted upon an adjustable crane boom to deliver safe, secure, fast and frequent lifting capabilities.
Vacuum lifters applications:
A wide range of workshops, assemblers and manufacturers in Southern Africa are implementing vacuum manual handling systems to increase the productivity and safety of their operation.
They are used across a wide range of industries to ensure efficient material flows and production processes, including automotive, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, glass and woodwork, logistics and packaging.
Schmalz manual handling systems are flexible in how they can be adapted for your specific handling processes, with a range of attachments, grippers and components available to ensure a manual handling system that precisely matches your operational requirements.
Manual operators benefit from the easy, ergonomic and safe operation of the manual handling systems, allowing them not only to increase their productivity, but also increase their on-site safety and prevent health issues caused by lifting heavy loads and wellbeing during shifts.
We’ll help you design and install a manual handling system tailored to your worksite requirements!
Contact Tectra Automation today!
Find Out More About Our Manual Handling Systems
Schmalz: Leaders in vacuum manual handling systems
Formed in 1910, Schmalz is one of the world’s leading suppliers of vacuum technology for handling applications, with decades of experiencing in helping customers across industry and trade applications maximising their production and process efficiency by creating custom solutions. Schmalz vacuum technology range consists of over 3 500 products, ensuring an optimum vacuum handling solution for your operation!
About Tectra Automation
Tectra Automation is a leader in the supply of automation solutions across pneumatic, electric and mechanical drive technology.It is a leading single source supplier in Africa in the design, supply and installation of tailored pneumatic technology solutions. The Schmalz range of vacuum technology is a central part of Tectra Automation’s pneumatics offering, and, since becoming a certified distributor, the company is helping plant and site operators maximise the efficiency of their processes.
Maximise your facilities’ efficiency with our manual handling systems!
Call us on +27 11 971 9400 or send us an enquiry.