RHPL is seeking South African trade partners. A partner buys and holds its own stock. RHPL holds none in South Africa, and no partner has been appointed yet.
This page is for South African companies that already sell to mines, smelters, plants and contractors: hose workshops, hydraulic shops, mining-supply companies and distributors. If you have the customers, the vendor registrations and the local service, RHPL can be the manufacturer behind you for the work that benefits from a factory: planned kits, OEM-reference assemblies, matched hose and fittings, and custom CNC adaptors.
(a) Confirm the mine’s purchasing requirements
Confirm whether the intended mine requires a registered vendor. Ask the buyer which safety, quality, service, local-presence and transformation criteria apply to its vendor approval process. [FACT] Parliament’s record of 23 November 2021 explains that the Mining Charter’s clause 2.2 procurement provisions were set aside. Confirm current requirements and the buyer’s own vendor policy before choosing a commercial route. Parliament record. Each mine applies its own vendor policy on top of the law. Check the current rules with the mine and with your own advisers. RHPL is an Indian manufacturer; it holds no B-BBEE certificate or level and does not claim to meet any South African procurement criterion. Where the buyer’s rules require it, a qualifying South African company can act as importer and seller of record.
(b) What the local partner does
- Importer of record. You import in your own name, clear through your agent and pay duty and VAT.
- Sells and invoices. You quote and invoice your mine or plant customer in your own name and on your own terms.
- Holds its own stock. You decide what to stock (fast-moving fittings, ferrules, bulk hose, repeat assemblies) and you own it.
- Local service. You handle site visits, measuring, breakdown work, fitting and after-sales support.
(c) What RHPL does
- Manufactures hose assemblies on Finn-Power crimping machines and makes fittings and adaptors on two in-house CNCs.
- Builds machine-wise tagged kits for planned shutdowns, component exchanges, rebuilds and underground TMM, with your position names on the tags.
- Decodes and confirms OEM references and old tags before building, and flags anything uncertain.
- Pressure-tests every assembly and provides test records for the supplied assemblies.
- Keeps a traceable RHPL tag on every assembly, so test records follow the hose wherever it goes.
- Gives technical back-up to your team on hose class, fitting identity and routing questions.
Trade supply: what partners and workshops can buy
Trade supply is part of this programme. A partner or workshop can order:
| Line | Notes |
|---|---|
| Crimp fittings and matched ferrules | BSP, JIC, ORFS, metric 24°, NPT, flange and staple-lock families; matched to the hose series you crimp |
| Adaptors | Sorted by thread pair; custom CNC adaptors in small batches |
| Bulk hose | Braided and spiral series with the maker's datasheet |
| Part-built assemblies | One end crimped, one end loose, for local finishing |
| Finished assemblies and kits | Tagged by position for your customer's machine |
| Plating and material options | Zinc-nickel plated and stainless-steel fittings can be offered |
Mixed orders across these lines can be planned as one consignment, so a partner can combine a mine kit with workshop stock in one quotation. Tagging can include your stores codes alongside the RHPL trace number. More on stock-and-resell terms: dealer and trade supply.
(d) Who qualifies
- A genuine South African business that sells to industrial or mining customers in its own right.
- Able to import, or willing to work with a clearing agent, and to pay against RHPL's proforma invoice.
- Able to give local service: measuring, fitting and support.
- Ownership and control are the partner's own. RHPL does not enter nominee or "fronting" arrangements of any kind, and does not take part in arrangements designed to make a supplier appear to meet transformation criteria that it does not meet.
Ground rules
- No partner is named on this site until a written agreement exists.
- Partners never collect payment for RHPL; RHPL is paid only to the account on its proforma invoice.
- RHPL's traceable tag stays on every assembly.
- RHPL does not describe itself as a local supplier in South Africa.
(e) Apply
Tell us your business, your customers (by sector, not by name if you prefer), your province or mining belt, and the lines you want to buy. Then send a first real requirement for a written quotation.