To operate as a multi-disciplinary leader in the Mechanical Engineering sector of South Africa. To focus on Quality and Precision Engineering. To create a safe, exciting, and desirable workplace for our staff. To establish long lasting relationship with our customers and to enhance mutual understanding of their products, and our manufacturing processes.
NOVA ENGINEERING WORKS (PTY) LTD was established in 1946 as a precision machine shop engaged primarily in the manufacture of pump shafts and components for the asbestos cement industry. The Company has grown into an organization employing around 50 persons and undertakes all types of machining both Conventional and CNC as well as Light and Heavy Fabrication work. Othmar Bach, a Swiss national who emigrated to South Africa in 1939, founded Nova Engineering Works (Pty) Ltd in 1946.
The Company was named after Nova Engineering in Switzerland where Othmar Bach served his apprenticeship as a Fitter and Turner. In 1950 he purchased a farm “plot”, in the Johannesburg suburb of Cleveland. The business operated from the horse stables until the first small factory was built. Today the company still occupies the same premises, which have a land area of 3700 square meters, with 2700 square meters of under-roof factory space. The company is now in its third generation of family ownership, being directed previously by Thomas George Bach who joined Nova Engineering Works in 1981 and handed over to Michael Othmar Bach in 2022 now the current Director and Owner.
The Company celebrated 30 years of service with Cosmin Bian Co Director, who joined Nova Engineering Works (Pty) Ltd in 1994.
The bridge bearings supplied for the Nelson Mandela Bridge provided an interesting challenge due to their large size and high load carrying capacity. Harper Road Bridge received the Fulton Award in 1997. We are very proud to have been involved in such projects. The Gautrain Project utilized Nova Bridge Bearings for the majority of its structures. We also fabricated the 30 ton expansion joints used for the John Vorster and Jean Avenue viaducts as well as the 360 kg platform support brackets for the elevated stations, such as the ORTIA Station at the Johannesburg International Airport.
Many more other components can be Machined / Fabricated to drawing.
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