When current CEO Godfrey Pangeti joined Sharpshell as a director in March 2008 the company’s main focus was the provision of corrosion protection and thermal insulation, to mine and process engineers working in the petrochemical and mining sectors.
Pangeti’s strategy for growth included seeking opportunities by supplying the full spectrum of engineering services to clients .
Today the company operates via three divisions:
1) Engineering division
2)Corrosion Protection division
3)Industrial cleaning division
“Our expansion of services and capabilities has ensured our survival and we constantly strategize with regard to new opportunities,” says Pangeti. By focusing on supporting its clients’ production by maintaining existing infrastructure, Sharpshell was afforded continuous work by many of its clients. “Over the years our reputation as shutdown specialists with fast turnaround times has been cemented,” says Pangeti, “and this is supported by our specialist scaffolding and rope access teams.”
Sharpshell’s engineering project portfolio includes an engineering design, procurement, construction and project management for SCAW Metals; a maintenance engineering contract for eight national Shell depots for SNC Lavalin; mechanical and civil maintenance contract for various structures at SASOL Secunda; a consulting engineering Contract for Sasol; structural work for Glencore’s Rustenburg operations; and pipe fabrication for the Glencor Xstrata Boshoek Works Furnace’s .
In addition to Sharpshell’s association with the afore-mentioned industry-leading clients, this B-BBEE Level 2, majority BWO company has also undertaken a large number of turnkey projects for clients that required its engineering capabilities, as well as its fire and corrosion protection services.
Its customer-specific corrosion protection solution projects include the 2018 Petrosa shutdown during which Sharpshell managed a team of 250 painters, insulators and sheet metal workers; a three-year specialised coatings contract for Petrosa vessel lining with special glass flake coatings; a corrosion protection and tank lining project for Freda Rebecca Gold Mine; Shell Depots Storage tank lining projects; and corrosion protection for Glencore’s Boshoek Works structures that were under severe acid attacks.
