Fabrinox

Fabrinox is a South African company with experience in manufacturing solutions offered in 6 continents, striving to provide the most accurate and prompt services to our esteemed worldwide clientele. Owing to our superior work standards, ethics and dedicated efforts, we have been able to set higher benchmarks in this domain. We are engaged in offering services of sheet metal and tube fabrication solutions, which includes custom tailored project management, global installation, procurement, technical advice along with manufacturing design and documentation, within an ISO 9001, ISO 3834 & EN 15085 environment.

Our reputation for quality and expert work is built upon the experience, and skills of our team and has earned us the Approved Supplier Status with customers such as Areva NP, General Electric, ABB, DeLaval, Orica, Howden, Ultra Spin & SABMiller. Our adoption of the latest manufacturing techniques and service solutions has enabled Fabrinox to tailor each customer’s precise and specific fabrication needs.

What We Do:

Fabrinox is empowered with the requisite facilities they support the on time completion of projects with high precision. Our team comprises some of the finest industry professional who are richly experienced and who are sensitive and knowledgeably of the current market conditions and industry challenges. We emphasize positive results driven customer relations, which centrally places customer requirements in all Fabrinox activities.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

We have a dedicated QMS department comprising of 8 staff members. A comprehensive custom Quality Control Plan (QCP) is developed for each Project to ensure customer and related requirements are fully met throughout the production process. We are ISO 9001, ISO 3834 & EN 15085 certified.

Our reputation for quality and expert work is built upon the experience and skills of our team and has earned us Approved Supplier Status with customers such as Areva NP, General Electric, ABB, DeLaval, Orica, Ultra Spin & SAB.
Independent QA directly reporting to Managing Director.

Integrated Management System:

ISO 9001 QMS certification.
Weld activities according to ISO 3834-2.
Welding of Pressure Vessels according to SANS 347:2012 Appendix C.
EN 15085-2 CL1 welding certification for railway vehicles and components.
API 650 and PD 5500 manufacturing knowledge.
Various welding procedures according to ASME IX, AWS D1.1 and ISO 15614-1 for Stainless Steel, Aluminium, Carbon Steel & Duplex materials.

A comprehensive custom Quality Control Plan (QCP) is developed for each Project to ensure customer and related requirements are fully met throughout the production process.
First Article Inspection (FAI) and/or Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) can be performed by request of the customer.
A detailed DataBook can be compiled upon request, to accompany the final product.

QMS department comprising of:

1 x Quality Assurance Manager
1 x Quality Assurance Officer
3 x Quality Controllers
1 x Welding Inspector (Level 2)
1 x Welding Inspector (Level 1)
1 x Health & Safety Officer

Components

Fabrinox manufactures high quality sheet metal & tube components for OEM’s, in all industries. With more than 20 years’ experience in thin to medium gauge fabrication, we have built a reputation in the industry by partnering with our clients to provide strategic outsourcing services coupled with superior products, performance and service. Our manufacturing processes and process validation can produce your components quickly, condensing the time from customer design to market.

We stock a wide variety of materials (stainless steel, mild steel, aluminium, copper & brass), use state-of-the-art machines and diligently follow all customer design and quality specifications. We continually strive to improve and optimize our processes and maximize customer convenience. We are focused on quality and customer service.

Sub Assembly

Assembly & Testing

Capable team to assemble and test mechanisms
Capable of installation and testing
Integration of critical assemblies in dust free enclosures
Can handle assemblies up to 5 tons by EOT cranes and 7 tons using forklifts
Torque Wrenching from 50 to 6000N-m
Alignment accuracy of 1 micron / 200mm
Capable of testing
- Pneumatic testing up to 10 bar
- Hydrostatic testing up to 60 bar
- Approved third party testing onsite

Projects

Project Management Capability

Dedicated project team.
Project planning and managing in consultation with manufacturing experts across divisions.
Multi-project scheduling & resource balancing, resource commitments, critical identification
& management using Project Management software
SYSPRO ERP is utilised for effective management of
- Material requirements through customised BOM
- Procurement
- Inventory management
- Routing
- Dispatch

Procurement Capability

Raw material buying as well as sub-contracting
Stringent vendor approval & monitoring
Carefully nurtured, long-term relationships with suppliers/vendors.
Global supplier base
Excellent record of healthy vendor relationships
- Partnership for business growth
- Competency enhancements
- Timely payment
Project quality & schedule requirements govern the selection of vendors
Dedicated corporate team for overseas procurement.
Dedicated team for consignment stock and level control

Installations

Global Installations Teams

Fabrinox has 8 teams travelling the world. Our teams are trained by our Multi-Nationals to install their manufactured equipment or equipment under-licenced manufactured, at Fabrinox.

Fabrinox Installation manager co-ordinates works and maintains effective communication between all parties involved, including the agreed structure of reporting with the client. All Fabrinox installation projects are managed on site with the highest compliance with Health and Safety, including the provision of risk management assessments, regular site inspections and staff training.

Once trained, all Fabrinox installers become a key part of our multinational customers and must participate in ongoing training, refresher courses and learning programmes to be prepared for differences in cultural, environmental & country laws for future installations.