A manufacturing company based in Kuruman, Maitronix, has come as the first runners up in the national Business Investment Competition conducted by the Eskom Development Foundation.

Maitronix is run by a couple and since 2011, the company has been doing the designing, manufacturing and installation of steel and aluminium products, as well as the installation of electronic security and automated gates.

The couple, Greg and Tsholofelo Majeng, started their business based in the central business district of Kuruman.

Foreseeing a great potential, they moved to Mothibistad’s light industrial area where they found a spacious site to expand their business and indeed their projection materialised as more clients in their specialised areas grew in leaps and bounds. Currently they have more than twenty-one employees predominantly in the designing and installations sections.

The competition, apart from receiving encouraging prizes, is aimed at exposing the young and emerging entrepreneurs to the wider world of fellow businesses, as well as to create a platform to exchange ideas. The business world is insatiable with prospective investors and the start of joint ventures knows no borders.

The Eskom Development Foundation gives such a window to all dedicated entrepreneurial aspirants throughout the country who aim to excel in their young businesses.

Speaking to the triumphant Majeng family, they said that since the establishment of their business, they have never looked back and, on equal footing, their ambitions keep on growing to see their establishment reach greater heights.

“We took the competition seriously like any student sitting for an examination that determines his/her destiny. The competition also shapes the standards expected of a growing company, hence Maitronix participated with the aim of weighing our ability of meeting the standards set to meet the international efficacy,” said Greg Majeng.