People who shape the press before it reaches the floor
At MultiPress, the team is built around the realities of multi-station pneumatic presses. That means station spacing, cylinder force, stroke length, tooling access, guarding and operator movement all get handled by people who work with the equipment every day, not just from a drawing.
- Custom tooling and fixture detail for assembly, crimping, riveting and staking work
- Guarding layouts that fit the press body and the working height on site
- Two-hand control placement, light curtain alignment and stroke setting
Pieter Sauls keeps the build decisions aligned
Pieter Sauls leads the business from Isando and stays close to the technical side of each project. He looks at the full path of the job, from how the press will sit on the floor to how the operator will load parts, cycle the machine and move finished work along the line.
His role is practical. If a line needs a press for pack sealing on one station and a heavier crimp on another, Pieter helps keep the spec grounded in what the factory actually needs, not what sounds neat on paper.
Projects planning that keeps the job moving in order
Thandiwe Matlala handles the project flow, so parts, drawings, site details and handover steps do not drift apart. She keeps the work tied to the right sequence, which matters when a press has custom tooling, air line setup, guarding builds and commissioning all waiting on each other.
- Project notes for site installation and machine positioning
- Coordination of tooling changes during the final set-up stage
- Handover details for production teams and maintenance staff
Tooling and workshop work that fit the job, not the other way round
Musa Hartnick designs tooling with the press cycle in mind. He has to think about part location, repeatability, part damage, stroke travel and how the operator loads the station, especially where crimping or riveting tolerances are tight and the press must behave the same from cycle to cycle.
In the workshop, Johan Ramokgopa turns that into hardware that can be built, fitted and serviced without fuss. He works through the practical side of guards, brackets, mounts and tooling changes, with an eye on clean access and strong fixing points.
Commissioning on site, with the settings checked properly
Lerato Moagi handles commissioning and the final machine checks on site. Her work includes stroke setting, air pressure checks, control behaviour, light curtain alignment and the kind of adjustments that make a press usable in a real factory, not just when it is first switched on.
She also works across Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Gqeberha and East London on commissioning calls. On these jobs, the aim is to make sure the station sequence, safety devices and operator controls all sit together in one working rhythm.
- Press commissioning for single and multi-station layouts
- Stroke setting and cycle checks under working conditions
- Operator guidance at the machine before production starts
Training that matches the way operators handle the line
Anele Engelbrecht leads operator training and keeps it tied to the press on the floor. He covers safe loading, two-hand control use, press behaviour, station order and what to watch for when a tooling change affects the cycle.
This matters on lines where a press is used for assembly one day and pack sealing or staking the next. Good training helps the team keep steady output while protecting the tooling and the machine.
A team built for Isando, and for factories across South Africa
The MultiPress team works from Isando, Ekurhuleni, with commissioning support reaching Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Gqeberha, East London, Kempton Park and Boksburg. The people here handle the full chain from custom tooling through to production handover, so the work stays joined up when the job moves from the workshop to the factory floor.
Clients get in touch through our enquiry form on the contact page when they need a new press, a tooling update, added guarding or support for an existing line. The team then looks at the station count, force, stroke, controls and safety layout needed for that particular application.