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OVERVIEW

 

Kutting SA is one of South Africa's leading importers, assemblers and distributors of high pressure hose and fittings. Apart from holding the African agency for all FINN°POWER crimping machines, Kutting SA is also the country's leading distributor of fire retardant spiralguard, fire jacket and burst buster protective hose accessories. 

 

Applications for Kutting products cover most industries from mining, power stations, agriculture as well as the chemical and marine industries to all heavy-duty earth moving equipment down to fork lifts.

 

The product range covers:

 

* Rubber hose - EN 853 SAE 100 (one, two & multi-spiral); push
  lock hose
* Thermoplastic hose - SAE 100 R7, R8; paint spray; "jaws of life", sewer
  cleaning
* PTFE (teflon) - smooth bore; convoluted
* Hydraulic fittings - pallet swage in mild and 316 stainless steel
* Stainless steel flexible metallic hose  
* Adaptors  

               

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BUSINESS

 

From a high level perspective, the business entails importing product, its assembly and pressure testing followed by distribution throughout South Africa, either directly to customers or via a network of distributors.

 

KSA, formed in 1993 as a subsidiary of RK Kutting GmbH Germany, became a 100% owned local entity in 1996. Although KSA continues to procure from and retains close links with Kutting GmbH and its international subsidiaries (particularly in the UK), sole agencies and distributorships for new products have since been established with various suppliers from around the world as KSA has expanded its range.


KSA’s head office is based in Isando, with branches currently in Pretoria, Middelburg, Steelpoort and Polokwane.
 

 

 


 

SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

 

The quality of products supplied by KSA, given its focus on high pressure, has always been a distinct feature of the company. To ensure this, Kutting personnel have visited suppliers and witnessed the manufacturing, testing and, more importantly, the quality control of products being supplied.

 

Each supplier must be ISO 9001 certified and provide complete documentation and process traceability. Suppliers must also have a tested quality management system guaranteeing that the raw materials used in the production process can always be retraced to the source of manufacture.

 

The hydraulic industry has another set of standards – the SAE (USA) and the DIN (German) – which govern the safety specifications regarding the working and burst pressure for all high pressure applications. In addition, KSA has, on-site in Johannesburg, a pressure testing machine that tests to 7 000 bar, the only one of its kind in South Africa.