Founded in March 1974, a global multidisciplinary engineering business UMP supplies a diverse range of cost-effective wear solutions to the mining, infrastructure and engineering sectors. We later expanded into steel fabrication and machining. In 2013, we developed our own proprietary methods for large-diameter steel bends up to 900 NB.

Highly corrosion- and abrasion-resistant, UMP’s polyurethane formulations are engineered to outlast conventional polyurethanes, polyethylenes, rubber and steel in order to reduce maintenance, downtime and replacement costs and deliver superior life-cycle performance.

Time Line

1974       Established by Brian Christiane as a polyurethane moulding company

1980       First company in South Africa to develop polyurethane line piping

2004       Started fabricating our own steel inserts

2007       TerraTrak International, a joint venture with K-Cut to manufacture                        puncture proof tyres, is established

2011       Acquired Allround Engineering

2013       Relocated from rented 16 Plantation Road to our own premises at 14                    Plantation Road

2013       Lined largest pipes and bends in the company’s history at the 900NB                  OCP project

2014      Added a 1 200m² fabrication facility with 10 t overhead cranes

2014      Started refurbishing and manufacturing Bailey Bridges

2016      Started the machine assembly division

2018       Added machine assembly and testing workshop with overhead crane

2018       Established UMP Inc. in Austin, Texas in the USA

2019       Started the 3D printing laboratory

2022       Developed our own modular steel bridge to TMH 7 standards