Who are we?

Makona Hardware and Industrial (Pty) Ltd is a specialist supplier of engineering tools and equipment in the maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) product groupings. We supply mining, industry, power generation, municipalities, and state-owned enterprises.

Makona is proudly an exclusive distributor to BMG of:

Tools & Equipment
Cutting Tools
Welding Products
Lifting Equipment
PPE Products
Locks
Machine Tools
Various environmentally friendly cleaning and bioremediation products

This allows us to leverage BMG’s extensive subsidiary and branch network, IT infrastructure, support services, distribution capability and skilled staff complement, enabling us to deliver tools and equipment to our clients at the right time and to the right place.

We specialise in offering integrated supply chain solutions based on Total Cost of Ownership(TCO) principles, customised to our client’s needs.

Makona holds various long-term supply contracts and aims to be a customer service specialist that is well known among its customers as a high-performing company with a vast product selection, quick turnaround and competitive pricing.

The type of customers Makona seeks to do business with are characterised by the following:

Large national and international businesses operating in the resources, industrial, energy, logistics and infrastructure/construction sectors as well as technical training and development centres.
Customers who have formal supply chain competence and understand the concept and value of TCO principles.
Customers who understand the benefits of having partnership-based, contractual arrangements with their suppliers – including e-commerce based requisitioning and trading – and the value of specified, fit-for-use, quality products.
Customers who require a broad range of MRO products.
Customers who employ and/or train skilled artisan engineering labour and project engineers.
Customers who are ethical in their dealings with suppliers.

Mission and strategic driving force

our customers include:

Aveng Group

City of Cape Town

De Beers Group

Eskom PPE Consumables

Eskom Welding and Engineering Tools

Foskor

Goldfields Limited

Kentz

PetroSA

Sandvik

Sasol Mining, Synfuels and Infrachem

Scaw Metals

Transnet Engineering

Transnet Freight Rail

Transnet Ports Terminals

Associated Brands

In collaboration with BMG, our team performs thorough research and customer surveys prior to introducing a new brand of products to our customers. Over the years, Makona has built successful partnerships with our associated brands to ensure that our customers’ expectations are serviced via the highest quality product and excellent customer service.