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ACTOM brings the full power play to Electra Mining 2026 - storage and switchgear
The showcase follows a period of significant growth for ACTOM Static Energy,
the business unit formed after ACTOM acquired JUEL Batteries earlier this year
and integrated it into a complete energy-storage manufacturing ecosystem at
ACTOM’s Pretoria West campus. ACTOM now produces batteries, inverters,
transformers and medium voltage integration systems on a single industrial
site, enabling it to test complete, integrated systems in-factory before they
reach the market.
“Electra Mining
Africa is the ideal platform to exhibit this locally manufactured, integrated
capability to the mining, industrial and energy sectors,” says Managing
Director of ACTOM Static Energy, Louis Heyns.
“Electra Mining Africa brings together precisely the customer base that needs
bankable, locally manufactured energy-storage solutions at this time. Mines and
industrial operations are under real pressure to secure reliable power, manage
rising grid costs and reduce diesel dependency and our lithium-ion batteries
and BESS are engineered to meet that demand at scale,” says Heyns.
“What we provide
is unique in that these solutions are not generic, imported offerings. They are
locally designed and assembled, tested as complete systems and supported by a
company with over a century of engineering credibility in South Africa. That’s the
kind of assurance our customers, our energy partners, need when they’re making
long-term infrastructure decisions.”
ACTOM’s GELPAG
MSS H solid-dielectric insulated switchgear (SIS) family, which ACTOM offers
through its MV Switchgear subsidiary, is another new medium-voltage (MV)
switchgear product that visitors will be able to view. The GELPAG SIS provides
compact, low-maintenance MV solutions appropriate for containerised
substations, PV collector substations, and mining installations with limited
space by using epoxy resin-insulated pole modules with embedded vacuum
interrupters and earth-screening to remove exposed live conductors and do away
with the need for gas-based primary insulation. The series has undergone type
testing in accordance with IEC standards, giving it a proven choice for
applications requiring compact, high-integrity MV distribution.
“Energy storage
is the fastest growing area and the biggest opportunity for South African
industry to reduce its exposure to grid instability,” Heyns adds. “At our stand
visitors will see how ACTOM’s locally manufactured, end‑to‑end capabilities,
from design and assembly to testing and commissioning, deliver durable,
bankable solutions and measurable value for mines and industry. Electra Mining
is the place to demonstrate how local engineering and integrated delivery
shorten project timelines, reduce risk and keep economic benefit in South
Africa.”
Mervyn Naidoo,
CEO of The ACTOM Group, concludes. “ACTOM's guiding principle - in Africa, for
Africa, by Africa - shapes everything we build. It's why we design, manufacture
and test our batteries, inverters and switchgear locally, keeping skills, jobs
and know-how here. This is how we deliver bankable solutions for mines and
industry, while reducing South Africa's reliance on imports.”
Mining houses,
industrial operators, engineers and energy stakeholders are invited to visit
ACTOM at stand P44, Green Zone.
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