Prepayment electricity metering manufacturers set up industry association

7 September 2005 News

The South African Prepayment Electricity Meter Manufacturers Association (SAPEMMA) is being formed by the local manufacturers of prepayment electricity metering systems and products in South Africa.

The association intends to jointly promote local manufacturing, local job creation as well as export opportunities and to interact with customers on issues of common interest.

The decision to form SAPEMMA was taken at a meeting held in mid-July attended by Keith Lennox, CEO of Landis+Gyr, Jaap Grobler, GM of Conlog; Pieter Coetzee, GM of Actaris; and CBI's Helmuth Fischer (managing director) and Rudi Coetzee (commercial director).

It was agreed at the meeting that there was a need to establish a forum through which manufacturers can work jointly to promote the local electricity prepayment industry and the country's standing as a source of prepayment metering exports.

"Prepayment is a niche industry unlike any other in the electronic and electrical industry. Existing bodies have broad interests and do not adequately represent the interests of the prepayment industry," said the manufacturers in a joint statement.

"SAPEMMA will also engage directly with government, including the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME), and the South African Electrotechnical Export Council (SAEEC), to ensure that the prepayment industry is in line with industry restructuring. The association will also work to ensure that the prepayment industry is adequately supported in the government's export drive in the face of increasing competition from international manufacturers."

The association will represent local manufacturers, but will not itself be a supplier and will interact with customers on issues of common interest, including the maintenance of, and compliance with, open international standards. SAPEMMA will also become a member of SEIFSA.

For more information contact Keith Lennox, CEO, Landis+Gyr, +27 (0)11 921 7900, [email protected]

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