RGM Cranes

06/10/2026

RGM Cranes has successfully completed a 25-tonne gantry crane installation for a client at its DHL logistics hub. Spanning 18 metres and travelling along a 42-metre runway, the crane supports the specialised loading of equipment onto trucks.

The project included the foundations, supporting columns, gantry structure and crane, with carefully positioned column centres allowing trucks to move efficiently through the loading area.

By replacing the need for hired mobile cranes, the new installation provides a permanent, reliable solution that improves loading efficiency, supports increased production output and helps streamline deliveries.

28/09/2026

Our Cape Town branch is now a full manufacturing operation, handling projects from fabrication through to installation. A recent project for Louw Slab Sales in Yzerfontein put that capability to the test: a crane and gantry system delivered on a tight six-week deadline. The scope included a 7.5 t single girder crane with a 13.2 m span, a 36 m gantry with support columns, and a custom 7.5 t non-standard spreader beam.

Our Cape Town team managed every stage, from engineering and fabrication to on-site installation, commissioning, load testing and handover, showing the kind of end-to-end service we now offer customers across the Western Cape.

16/09/2026

Electra Mining Africa 2026 is behind us, and what a show it turned out to be. Over the course of the exhibition, our stand in Hall 5 gave visitors a hands-on look at our range, from electric chain hoists to precision lifting equipment, with our team on hand throughout to talk through crane and gantry solutions built for real operating conditions.

Fantastic engagement on the floor, great conversations with industry partners, clients and visitors and plenty of interest in our lifting solutions, automation and smarter ways to manage crane operations.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand, asked questions and shared what's happening on their sites. Conversations like these are exactly why we show up to events like this one, and we're already looking forward to Electra Mining Africa 2028.

09/09/2026

09/09/2026

Great moment yesterday at Electra Mining Africa, sitting down with The Mining Pulse for a midday podcast chat. Our CEO, Alex Dowling, and COO, David Dowling, sat down with Chris Louw, to talk through the RGM Cranes story.

The episode will be live soon, so keep an eye out for it.

08/09/2026

Day 2 at Electra Mining Africa 2026 is a wrap, and what a successful day it's been. Fantastic engagement on the floor, great conversations with industry partners and visitors, and plenty of interest in our lifting solutions, automation and smarter ways to manage crane operations.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by Hall 5, Stand C22 today. We're already looking forward to more of the same tomorrow, so come find us and see what RGM Cranes has on display.

See you tomorrow!

Hall 5, Stand C22, 7–11 September 2026
Expo Centre Nasrec, Johannesburg

07/09/2026

Day 1 at Electra Mining Africa 2026 is underway. Our team is on stand and ready to welcome visitors, reconnect with industry partners and talk lifting technology, automation and smarter ways to manage crane operations.

If you’re at the show today, stop past us at Hall 5, Stand C22 and see what RGM Cranes has on display.

Hall 5, Stand C22
7–11 September 2026
Expo Centre Nasrec, Johannesburg

28/08/2026

We are proud to announce the acquisition of Crane Fab, one of South Africa's leading overhead crane fabricators, with a proud history dating back to 1996.

Led by Eric Moll and Robert Craig, Crane Fab has built an exceptional reputation for world-class girder fabrication, supported by state-of-the-art equipment, highly skilled people and decades of specialist knowledge. The quality leaving their facility speaks to the standards and pride of the entire team.

By combining RGM Cranes' 600+ years of collective senior management experience with Crane Fab's fabrication expertise, we are strengthening our ability to control quality, expand manufacturing capacity, and deliver complete overhead crane solutions to a standard that competes anywhere in the world.

We are not simply acquiring a business. We are welcoming a highly respected team into the RGM family.

Two proud South African businesses. Decades of experience. One team, one standard, one future.

Welcome to the RGM Cranes family, Crane Fab.

21/08/2026

Many overhead cranes in service across Southern Africa were installed decades ago. The structural steel may still be sound, but ageing electrical systems, obsolete controls, worn drive components, and outdated safety features can compromise performance, increase maintenance costs, and create compliance risk. RGM Cranes provides comprehensive crane modernisation services that allow facilities to upgrade controls, replace hoist mechanisms, install variable speed drives, and bring electrical panels up to current standards, without the cost and disruption of full crane replacement. Each project is assessed and engineered individually, with upgrades specified to extend service life and improve operational reliability.

Modernising an existing crane is one of the most cost-effective investments a facility can make. RGM Cranes has the engineering capability and the installation experience to bring older equipment back to current standard.

13/08/2026

RGM Cranes started in 1988 as a small maintenance business in Boksburg. Over the next 38 years, we've grown from that workshop into Africa's largest manufacturer of overhead cranes, with a full range of lifting solutions, a nationwide service team, and an ex-stock inventory of over R50 million in crane parts available for rapid dispatch. Industries across Southern Africa have trusted us with their most critical lifting infrastructure, and that trust has been earned one reliable delivery at a time.

Every crane we manufacture and every job we complete carries the same commitment that started it all: lifting solutions that are dependable, safe, and built to last in Africa's most demanding environments.