Electricity and Control August 2025

Industry 4.0 + IIoT

While it maintains its initial focus on engineering electrical, control and instrumentation systems, Iritron has expanded its capabilities into manufacturing and assembling electrical control panels and motor control centres.

This enables us to adapt, to weather change.” He emphasises that the company is essentially people centred. “It is the people that make the business. That’s why it’s so important for us to invest in our people, so they stay and grow with the company. This also supports leadership continuity – which is critical.” Rautenbach is the second CEO of the company, taking up the position when the first CEO, one of the original four founding partners, le“. “Today we have a strong executive team of six people, and we have an eˆective organisational structure. We focus on delivering high-quality work, reliably and ethically. In this way, we build long-term relationships with our clients. Iritron is well known for this. “In the work that we do, our clients are making substantial high-risk investments. They have to trust us. And we have to meet our commitments reliably and consistently.” Since it began operating in 2000, Iritron has worked on projects across Africa, the US, and the Middle East, and notably as the partner of choice for a Finnish company working in some of these locations. Rautenbach says the company’s cross disciplinary skills – providing electrical, instrumentation and control systems for EPCMs, whether mechanical, civil or structural, helped it grow from its early work. He also notes that Iritron’s first customer, a mining company, is still a customer: “Testimony to our customer service and commitment,” he says. Key people He highlights several people who have been instrumental in building Iritron into the company it is today. The four founding partners, alongside himself, included Francois Laubscher, now living in the USA, Jaapie Grant, now a customer, and Johan Pienaar, who was a partner until 29 February 2020. Andre Roeloˆze became a new shareholder in 2005. As the company’s Compliance Executive, he is responsible for compliance, quality, and engineering accuracy. “We couldn’t have found better,” Rautenbach says. “He works in the back room and ensures all our work is delivered to spec and on time.”

He adds too: “I must also pay tribute to my wife Annie. She has been the Financial Director of the company since its inception and still today, she manages the money. She worked full-time while raising a family and managing the household, as she continues to do. “These are just some of the many people who have made a diˆerence to me and to the company. I am now semi-retired. I keep a watch on things, making sure we continue to do things right.”

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