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Our Mission

Our Mission


Our mission is to be a global leader in energy and environmental solutions through value engineering and innovation.


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History, experience and technology


With an engineering history dating to 1824 and experience gained through cooperation agreements with international organisations such as Combustion Engineering, Rolls-Royce, Alstom and others, John Thompson has built up a technology base that makes us leaders in this industry.

John Thompson designs, manufactures, constructs, maintains and retrofits industrial watertube and firetube boilers with steam outputs of up to 320 t/h for process steam and power generation applications.

 

A proud and distinguished history


1824
John Thompson Company History

William Thompson establishes an iron boat building business in Bilston, UK.

1870
John Thompson Company History

Works move to Wolverhampton to concentrate on production of steam boilers.

1935
John Thompson Company History

An agent is appointed in South Africa.

1954
John Thompson Company History

John Thompson – Albert de Jong (Pty) Ltd manufactures its first boiler in South Africa.

1960
John Thompson Company History

John Thompson Africa (Pty) Ltd is established under control of the UK parent company.

1969
John Thompson Company History

John Thompson UK acquires Cochran to become Europe’s leading manufacturer of shell boilers.

1977
John Thompson Company History

Clarke Chapman Ltd and Reyrolle Parsons Ltd form Northern Engineering Industries Ltd (NEI).

1989
John Thompson Company History

NEI merges with Rolls-Royce, creating Rolls-Royce Industrial Power Group, which includes International Combustion Ltd, Cochran and John Thompson Africa.

2001
John Thompson Company History

Alstom Power purchases the assets of NEI Africa, including John Thompson Africa and ICAL, and creates the business division – John Thompson Boilers.

2004
John Thompson Company History

Alstom South Africa acquires 90% of its shares from Alstom P and became a South African owned company with 50% BEE ownership.

2009
John Thompson Company History

Alstom Electrical Industries (Pty) Ltd is rebranded to become ACTOM (Pty) Ltd, of which John Thompson is a division.

2010
John Thompson Company History

John Thompson celebrates 75 years in South Africa.

2014
John Thompson Company History

John Thompson’s manufacturing facility in Bellville celebrates its 60th year.

Our values


At John Thompson, we continuously strive to be the best in our industry.
 

Customer Driven Excellence

The customer is the ultimate judge of my performance.

Dignity

Our respectful behavior upholds and affirms the human dignity we are entitled to.

Integrity

We do the right thing even when no one is watching.


Accountability

We own our actions and consequences.

Innovation

We have passion for sustainable solutions.

Leadership

Our values-based leadership inspires us to transform and excel.

John Thompson Management Structure

Our management team has over 200 years’ experience
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John-Paul Andre

Divisional CEO

021 959 8400


Industrial


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Jaco Grobbelaar

Chief Operating Officer

021 959 8400


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Tobie Jansen

ACTOM Lesedi Power Services

011 478 9774


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Schalk van der Merwe

Industrial Watertube Boilers

031 408 9700


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Martin Reck

Package Boilers

021 959 8400


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Suben Govender

Manufacturing

021 959 8400


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Chris Lombard

Finance and Admin

021 959 8400

Shared Resources


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Etienne De Villiers

Technical and Marketing

021 959 8400


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Marwan Davids

Human Resources

011 392 0900


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Janene Jansen

SHEQ

021 959 8400

Utility


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Gladstone Mbili

Chief Operating Officer

011 392 0900


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Shardanand Seeth

Air Quality Solutions

011 392 0900


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Kim Manthey

Finance and Admin

011 392 0900

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John-Paul Andre

Divisional CEO

021 959 8400


Industrial


Image

Jaco Grobbelaar

Chief Operating Officer

021 959 8400

Image

Tobie Jansen

ACTOM Lesedi Power Services

011 478 9774

Image

Schalk van der Merwe

Industrial Watertube Boilers

031 408 9700

Image

Martin Reck

Package Boilers

021 959 8400

Image

Suben Govender

Manufacturing

021 959 8400

Image

Chris Lombard

Finance and Admin

021 959 8400



    Shared Resources


    Image

    Etienne De Villiers

    Technical and Marketing

    021 959 8400

    Image

    Marwan Davids

    Human Resources

    011 392 0900

    Image

    Janene Jansen

    SHEQ

    021 959 8400


      Utility


      Image

      Gladstone Mbili

      Chief Operating Officer

      011 392 0900

      Image

      Shardanand Seeth

      Air Quality Solutions

      011 392 0900

      Image

      Kim Manthey

      Finance and Admin

      011 392 0900