The Organisation

COPPER CABLES

OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES

DATA CABLES

CBI electric

ENERGY CABLES

CABLE ACCESSORIES

PROTECTION DEVICES

SPECIALISED PRODUCTS

AUTOMATION & CONTROL

MEDIUM VOLTAGE

PRODUCTS

SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS

POWER INSTALLATIONS

The Past

• Founded in 1949.

• Extensive investment in skills, machines, systems, facilities and equipment.

• (Vertical Integration)

• Invented the first high sensitivity RCD in 1957.

• Formed Circuit Breaker Industries in 1986, by merging Fuchs and Heinemann

companies.

• 64 year track record on African continent.

• Different Technologies (Heinemann / Fuchs).

The Present…

• Employ 1400+ staff.

• Holds numerous international certifications:-

American Canadian Australian Russian

European Chinese Japanese Ukraine

South African and various other

• Majority of manufactured product exported.

• Extensive in-house research, design, development, manufacturing and testing

capabilities.

• Own 65kA test station – certification witnessed by UL, VDE, CCC.

• – SANS Accredited.

The Present……sectors

of operations

• Residential sector *

• Commercial sector *

• Industrial sector

• Mining sector*

• Utilities sector*

• OEM sector

• Retail sector*

• Energy sector

* Denotes strong position

The Present…products,

systems & solutions

• Protection devices (only circuit breaker manufacturer on continent)

• Distribution devices

• Control devices

• Metering devices

• Automation and Control devices / systems

• Industrial and consumer energy storage devices

• HVAC devices and systems

• Specialised application devices – Rail / Telecoms / Solar

• Systems / solutions integrators

Ships, trains, planes

TOKYO SHINKANSEN

The Present…

Global Footprint

■ CBI-electric, AUSTRALIA ■ CBI-electric North America, USA

■ CBI-electric low voltage ■ SWEDEN

CHINA

■

The Present…

distributorships held

• Mitsubishi

• Eaton

• Panasonic

• LS (LG Industrial Systems)

The Future…

work in progress

8. Protect / grow jobs

5. Innovative adaptations to current products

1. Fill gaps in our offerings (Own developments and Technology partnerships)

2. Technology Advancement – energy focused

3. People development / Demographics

4. Protection of our intellectual property

6. Value add to our customers

7. Pull through of products into systems / solutions