REAL PROBLEMS · REAL CONVERSATIONS · REAL SOLUTIONS
When the part you need is imported, unavailable, obsolete or too expensive, manufacture the solution locally.
KEVMAR is a South African manufacturing and product-development business. We help companies replace existing components, redesign problematic ones, develop new products, and manufacture practical local solutions — starting from whatever you have in your hand.
Every customer arrives for one of four reasons.
Not sure which one is yours? Start with a conversation at the Factory Wall Bar.
Replace
“Source the unavailable”
When a component is imported, obsolete, discontinued or simply impossible to find, we start from the part itself — damaged, photographed, drawn or modelled — and find a practical route to local manufacture.
Open pathwayRedesign
“Make it better”
When a component works poorly, costs too much, or uses the wrong material, we look at manufacturability, performance, cost, repeatability and commercial practicality — then redesign it for local production.
Open pathwayDevelop
“Build the new”
When you have an idea, a problem or an early-stage product that still needs to become something manufacturable, we work through discussion, design thinking, prototyping, costing and commercial production.
Open pathwayManufacture
“Make it repeatable”
When you already know what you need and require a capable local manufacturing partner, we manufacture components and products repeatedly and commercially — to spec, on time, at scale.
Open pathwayNot sure where your problem fits?
Start at the Factory Wall BarYou don't need to arrive with the answer. Start with what you have.
A finished drawing or specification isn't a requirement — it's a starting point some people happen to have. Most projects begin with much less: a broken part, a photograph, a sketch, or simply a problem that needs solving. Bring us whatever you have and we'll work out the rest together.
Show Us What You HaveUPLOAD IT IN THE FORM, OR JUST DESCRIBE IT — BOTH WORK
Machines are tools. The thinking decides which one to use.
We combine manufacturing methods when a single process won't solve the problem. Here's what each one is actually for.
Injection Moulding
THE PROBLEM THIS SOLVES
When you need the same precision part, repeatedly, in volume — and the tooling has to pay for itself commercially.
WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE
High-volume components, tight tolerances, repeatability, production runs where unit cost matters.
The Factory
Wall Bar.
Leave the sales pitch at the door. The Factory Wall Bar is a real conversation space inside a working factory — where ideas, problems, manufacturing experience and commercial reality meet across a workbench. It's where manufacturing problems, product ideas and replacement components are discussed before a solution is designed.
"The machines matter. The conversations matter more."
Pull Up a ChairFIVE QUESTIONS WE ASK
Problems we've worked through.
These aren't simply products we manufacture. They're examples of what happens when a customer brings us a problem, an idea, or something that needs to work better.
Brutalè — From Food Waste Cost to Recoverable Value
KEVMAR developed Brutalè as a cost-effective local alternative to imported food-waste macerators. While the immediate benefit was cleaner and more practical food-waste handling in commercial kitchens, the broader opportunity emerged in what processed waste could become: a more controlled output that may support composting, worm farming and other recovery opportunities, with some applications potentially extending into animal-feed pathways subject to the necessary legal, hygiene and processing requirements.
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Oil Filter Bypass Nipple — Replacing the Small Part That Stops the Vehicle
KEVMAR developed a locally machined replacement for a difficult-to-source commercial-truck oil-filter bypass component, allowing the service problem to be addressed at component level rather than replacing a much larger assembly.
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Caravan Grab Handle — Preserving the Product, Changing the Process
KEVMAR retained the familiar visible caravan grab-handle component while redeveloping the backing so the product could continue to be manufactured locally using a different process route.
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ORAFOL — Reusable Event Furniture
KEVMAR developed reusable branded event furniture for ORAFOL so the investment could move away from repeatedly rebuilding custom exhibition stands and into physical display assets designed to be transported, reused and integrated into shell-scheme exhibition spaces.
Read the caseWhat are you working through?
Discuss your projectProducts we already manufacture
Looking for an existing KEVMAR product or component?
Download the KEVMAR Product & Component Guide to see products and components already manufactured by KEVMAR across catering and refrigeration, transport and commercial vehicles, leisure and camping, and developed solutions.
Pricing is based on quantity, specification and production requirement. Tell us what you need and how many, and we will price it.
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We've worked across these sectors. But manufacturing problems rarely stay inside one.
These industries show where we have experience — not where we draw the line. If you have a component or product problem, the sector matters less than the thinking.
Made for the environments where equipment has to work.
Catering components and product-development work live in commercial kitchens — adjustable legs, diffuser trays, patchends and food-waste equipment all serve this environment. Illustrative context only, not a specific KEVMAR customer installation.
Five steps. It always starts with the problem.
Show us the problem
Bring a part, a photo, a sketch, a drawing, a CAD file — or just a description of what's going wrong.
Let's discuss it
We sit down — often at the Factory Wall Bar — and work through what you actually need, not just what you asked for.
Explore the options
We look at which manufacturing method fits the component, the volume and the commercial reality.
Develop the solution
We develop, refine, cost and challenge the solution around how it will be made, how it will be used and the commercial requirements of the project. Where appropriate, that may include prototyping or testing.
Manufacture
Once the solution is agreed, we manufacture it to the agreed specification and production requirement — whether that means a component, a production run or an ongoing supply requirement.
What are you trying to build?
See what we've made. Understand how we think. Then tell us what you need to solve — and we'll take it from there.
BUILT RIGHT · BUILT HERE · SOUTH AFRICA