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DEKRA Industrial RSA has announced the sale of its South African operations to Raysonics Investment (Pty) Ltd, a consortium of highly experienced South African NDT and industrial inspection professionals. This milestone transaction marks a pivotal new chapter for the company, as it transitions to local ownership rebranded as Raysonics Industrial. Raysonics is a name long …
DEKRA Industrial is proud to announce its 11th consecutive NOSCAR Award, reaffirming its position as a leader in occupational health, safety, and environmental (HSE) excellence. The NOSCAR Award, which is conferred by NOSA (National Occupational Safety Association), is recognised as the highest accolade within the occupational risk management industry. It is granted only to companies …
DEKRA Industrial South Africa has strengthened its position as a leader in hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) inspections through a strategic combination of advanced non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques, investment in state-of-the-art inspection equipment and global technical collaboration. This enhanced capability provides clients in the petrochemical, refinery and related industries with the accuracy, confidence and reliability required for …
DEKRA Industrial South Africa has successfully completed an advanced road mapping project for DEKRA Japan, collecting highly accurate, terrain-specific data across five key South African routes. The initiative forms part of a global effort to enhance infotainment and navigation systems for the automotive industry, ensuring they are calibrated to real-world conditions and optimised for diverse …
DEKRA Industrial and its adult-based education and occupational skills training division, the Institute of Learning (IOL) showcase a milestone at A-OSH 2025, as the company celebrates DEKRA Global’s 100 years of safety leadership and reaffirms its purpose: to create safer workplaces, foster learning and opportunity, and honour DEKRA’s founders – whose vision, persistence and hard …
DEKRA Industrial continues to lead from the front in industrial safety, compliance and customer-centric performance. As the company celebrates a century of safety and service this year, it does so with purpose and pride: bringing innovation, rigour and care to some of South Africa’s most complex and high-risk environments. As part of DEKRA Global’s SEMEA …
As Dekra celebrates its 100th anniversary globally, locally Dekra Industrial and its adult-based education and occupational skills training division, the DEKRA Institute of Learning (IOL) remain steadfast in their mission: to support safer workplaces across Africa through intelligent, industry-specific training and safety assessments. Process Safety Management (PSM) is one of the most critical components of …
As Dekra Industrial and its adult-based education and occupational skills training division, the Institute of Learning (IOL) embark on a new year, the company reaffirms its commitment to offering a truly holistic service across many different sectors. “By seamlessly integrating non-destructive testing (NDT) inspections together with adult-based education and occupational skills training, Dekra Industrial provides …
Dekra Industrial and its training division, the Dekra Institute of Learning (IOL) are pleased to announce their move into impressive new premises in Naledi industrial park outside Sasolburg – and the expansion of their existing premises in Secunda – with a dynamic ‘one-stop’ shop offering encompassing non-destructive testing (NDT), inspection, lifting inspections, vendor certification and …
Verdant IMAP (www.Verdant-Cap.com) has advised Germany-based DEKRA SE on the sale of DEKRA Automotive (“DEKRA”), the largest independent vehicle testing group in South Africa.
South Africa-based DEKRA specialises in legislated automotive roadworthy testing through its vehicle inspection and testing stations nationwide and also provides other non-regulated inspection services such as certification services, condition reports and technical inspection checks.
DEKRA SE, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany with operations in 60 countries, completed over 31 million vehicle tests in 2023.
The transaction attracted strong interest from private equity and strategic buyers alike.
The transaction reinforces Verdant IMAP's position as a leading advisor in the industrials sector, as well as its success supporting M&A exits for a broad range of clients, including leading multinationals, private equity and owner managers.
Terms for the transaction were not disclosed.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Verdant Capital.
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Dekra IOL has expanded its Community Development Facilitator skills programme, which is focused on empowering community leaders and transforming lives, to feature an insightful substance abuse counselling component. The result is that the programme very effectively integrates substance abuse education and counselling into the broader context of community development. Community upliftment One of the primary …
As extremely active importers and exporters of goods to boost and grow the economy, South African businesses require high-calibre inspection and expediting services. Dekra Industrial SA has recently launched a division dedicated to meet this growing requirement. With decades of experience in non-destructive testing (NDT) and inspection services, the company brings a wealth of inspection-related …