Maxsys opens operations in South Africa
29 October 2009
Maxsys, which has previously helped gas consumption at British Bakels and Findus in the UK, has announced it is expanding its operations to South Africa, where it will have an office in the capital of Pretoria
South Africa is a country aware as any other of the need to conserve the world’s energy resources. Historically South Africa has relied on its large coal deposits to provide its energy needs but in
January 2008 the electricity demand outstripped supply and load shedding had to take place.
This was a sharp warning of the need for change in South Africa’s energy utilisation. South Africa’s economy is largely based on minerals extraction and processing, which is by its nature very energy intensive. With the low cost of locally available coal and coal derived synthetic liquid fuels the emphasis on energy efficiency and conservation had not been a strong one.
Consequently many energy consuming industries and large institutions such as hospitals are faced with the problem of how to improve their energy utilisation with installations that are often less than ideal. The coal mining operations in South Africa are now at a stage where substantial capital investment would be required to develop new deposits and users are faced with higher costs of complying with environment regulations associated with coal. So a significant switch from coal to natural gas and oil is likely to occur in response to these pressures. In fact South Africa is already one of the biggest refining nations in Africa.
The South African government has stated its commitment to the reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions and has already put in place legislation to ensure that the reduction of energy by
improved efficiency must be at least 12% by 2015. The government is taking the lead in energy
conservation by using its public buildings as demonstrators of energy efficiency programmes.
Maxsys is one company ready to step in to support the South African government’s campaign to
bring the country’s energy utilisation up to world class standards. Maxsys Fuel Systems provide a
technology that can be retrofit to existing oil or gas fired installations resulting in an immediate 5%
minimum saving in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
The technology is magnetic. It incurs no running costs and test results have demonstrated the fuel savings after many years service are exactly the same as on day one. In order to support the government bodies and industrial and commercial organisations in South Africa, Maxsys has formed a new company, Maxsys Energy SA. The major investor in Maxsys Energy SA is Telecom 180, a young dynamic team of innovators already established in South Africa, Southern Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. Maxsys Energy SA has established its South African headquarters in a unique office location, previously an art college, at Erasmusrand, Pretoria.
“The company will be working with indigenous South African companies in the Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban municipalities and with the South African operations of Maxsys customers in Europe”, comments Tebogo Modau, key accounts manager of Maxsys Energy SA. From cars to chemicals, paper to food and drink, Maxsys has installed its Fuel Systems into companies as diverse as Ford, Dow Chemicals, Cabot Carbon, Purico and Cray Valley.
British Bakels, a leading manufacturer and supplier of quality ingredients to the food service sectors,
cut gas consumption at its UK Bicester site by 6.58% using the Maxsys Fuel Systems, providing
project payback in just 14.5 months. Similarly, Findus, producer and distributor of chilled and frozen
food products reported an annual 6.6% reduction in gas consumption at its Newcastle, North East
UK site. Return on investment of the Fuel Systems was achieved in less than 12 months.
In addition to the public sector with offices, schools and hospitals, Maxsys Energy SA will be working
with the transport industry, an important growth area for development and a contributor to the South African economy. “Maxsys Energy SA welcomes any contacts from South African companies looking for ways to
improve their energy utilisation”, concludes Tebogo Modau.
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