Industries Served

Nature of Our Business

The business was established in 1982, and we have firmly established ourselves as specialist designers and suppliers of a fully-integrated range of lifting and pulling equipment. We also provide full service back up, testing and certification to meet South African and International statutory requirements and best practice.

We have an international footprint and operate in a number of countries. View map

Company History

Elephant Lifting Equipment opened doors in June 1982 in Pretoria, as a small enterprise trading in engineered goods, and we’ve grown into one of the largest and most technically-able suppliers, designers and manufacturers of lifting equipment in southern Africa today.

Over three decades of continuous growth, underpinned by innovation and an engineered approach to lifting safety, we are the most highly-respected lifting equipment supplier throughout Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.

Our Business is staffed by a large component of long-serving employees and is highly valued by local and international suppliers for our loyalty and professional representation. We serve a prestigious customer base in the Extractive and Metallurgical-, Construction-, Infrastructure-, Energy-industries (power generation, oil and gas), as well as Project E.P.C.M.

Our Business’s financial strength, coupled with our in-house engineering expertise and on-site manufacturing skills, allow us to carry substantial stockholdings of both locally and internationally manufactured products, as well as to design and fabricate special attachments and bespoke cranes per order, thus enabling us to fulfil the needs of our customers in a very professional, niche and timely manner.

We are a Business of innovators and innovation is driven by a team of mechanical and industrial engineers, supported by state-of-the-art design programmes with integrated manufacturing equipment and highly experienced personnel who operate in a modern and spacious production facility. Elephant Lifting Equipment’s mission statement, along with our continuous drive to exceed our customers’ expectations, defines our guiding principles of operation.