RGM Cranes

Great moment yesterday at Electra Mining Africa, sitting down with The Mining Pulse for a midday podcast chat. Our CEO, Alex Dowling, and COO, David Dowling, sat down with Chris Louw, to talk through the RGM Cranes story.

The episode will be live soon, so keep an eye out for it.

Day 2 at Electra Mining Africa 2026 is a wrap, and what a successful day it's been. Fantastic engagement on the floor, great conversations with industry partners and visitors, and plenty of interest in our lifting solutions, automation and smarter ways to manage crane operations.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by Hall 5, Stand C22 today. We're already looking forward to more of the same tomorrow, so come find us and see what RGM Cranes has on display.

See you tomorrow!

Hall 5, Stand C22, 7–11 September 2026
Expo Centre Nasrec, Johannesburg

Day 1 at Electra Mining Africa 2026 is underway. Our team is on stand and ready to welcome visitors, reconnect with industry partners and talk lifting technology, automation and smarter ways to manage crane operations.

If you’re at the show today, stop past us at Hall 5, Stand C22 and see what RGM Cranes has on display.

Hall 5, Stand C22
7–11 September 2026
Expo Centre Nasrec, Johannesburg

We are proud to announce the acquisition of Crane Fab, one of South Africa's leading overhead crane fabricators, with a proud history dating back to 1996.

Led by Eric Moll and Robert Craig, Crane Fab has built an exceptional reputation for world-class girder fabrication, supported by state-of-the-art equipment, highly skilled people and decades of specialist knowledge. The quality leaving their facility speaks to the standards and pride of the entire team.

By combining RGM Cranes' 600+ years of collective senior management experience with Crane Fab's fabrication expertise, we are strengthening our ability to control quality, expand manufacturing capacity, and deliver complete overhead crane solutions to a standard that competes anywhere in the world.

We are not simply acquiring a business. We are welcoming a highly respected team into the RGM family.

Two proud South African businesses. Decades of experience. One team, one standard, one future.

Welcome to the RGM Cranes family, Crane Fab.

Many overhead cranes in service across Southern Africa were installed decades ago. The structural steel may still be sound, but ageing electrical systems, obsolete controls, worn drive components, and outdated safety features can compromise performance, increase maintenance costs, and create compliance risk. RGM Cranes provides comprehensive crane modernisation services that allow facilities to upgrade controls, replace hoist mechanisms, install variable speed drives, and bring electrical panels up to current standards, without the cost and disruption of full crane replacement. Each project is assessed and engineered individually, with upgrades specified to extend service life and improve operational reliability.

Modernising an existing crane is one of the most cost-effective investments a facility can make. RGM Cranes has the engineering capability and the installation experience to bring older equipment back to current standard.

RGM Cranes started in 1988 as a small maintenance business in Boksburg. Over the next 38 years, we've grown from that workshop into Africa's largest manufacturer of overhead cranes, with a full range of lifting solutions, a nationwide service team, and an ex-stock inventory of over R50 million in crane parts available for rapid dispatch. Industries across Southern Africa have trusted us with their most critical lifting infrastructure, and that trust has been earned one reliable delivery at a time.

Every crane we manufacture and every job we complete carries the same commitment that started it all: lifting solutions that are dependable, safe, and built to last in Africa's most demanding environments.

𝐕𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘: 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑 – 𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐖𝐍.
RGM Cranes is looking for an experienced Spray Painter to join our Cape Town team. Applicants must be able to complete the full industrial spray-painting process from start to finish, including surface preparation, paint mixing, application and final inspection.

Experience using both airless and conventional spray-painting equipment is essential. Experience within an industrial, engineering or heavy-equipment environment will be advantageous.

Location: Parow Industrial, Cape Town
To apply: Email your CV to [email protected]

Cranes are only as good as what holds them up. At RGM Cranes, structural work is part of what we do, not an afterthought. We design foundations tailored to crane loads, soil conditions and operational requirements. We fabricate gantry beams to exact specifications for smooth crane travel and reduced wear. And we install structural steel columns and supports that meet all relevant engineering standards while integrating seamlessly with existing infrastructure.

Strength, stability and long-term reliability. That's what the structure underneath every RGM crane is built for.

Find out more about our structural solutions: https://lnkd.in/drMU6wTt