Toco Lifting supplies certified lifting and rigging equipment to buyers in Zambia. Chain blocks, lever hoists, steel wire rope, chain slings, wire rope slings, webbing slings and rigging hardware are supplied Ex Works from the Germiston head office in South Africa, each item with its certificate. Toco is the sole Southern African distributor of Vital chain blocks and lever hoists, manufactured in Osaka, Japan, and has supplied lifting equipment since 2002. Toco has no premises or testing facility in Zambia; the buyer or its freight forwarder collects at Germiston.
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Supplied to the same standard, wherever it is used
Buyers in Zambia source lifting tackle from Toco Lifting for one reason: the equipment arrives with the paperwork that a mine, contractor or plant needs before it goes into service. Toco is a Department of Labour approved Lifting Machinery Entity in South Africa (LME No. 008). Testing is overseen by a registered Lifting Machinery Inspector. Equipment is inspected and tested to recognised South African and international standards (SANS, the EN 818 chain series, the DMR 18 factors of safety) and each item is supplied with the correct certificate, a conformance inspection certificate or a performance load test certificate. Vital chain blocks are manufactured in Osaka, Japan to ISO and JIS specifications.
This is a quality benchmark, not an in-country approval. Zambia applies its own regulations to lifting equipment in service, and the buyer remains responsible for that.
What Toco supplies to Zambian buyers
- Vital chain blocks, 0.5 ton to 20 ton, and Vital lever hoists: Toco is the sole Southern African distributor.
- Taurus chain blocks and Taurus lever hoists for medium duty work.
- Steel wire rope cut to length, and wire rope slings, cable laid grommets and Grade 80 chain slings assembled and certified in Toco's own rigging workshops.
- Webbing slings, shackles, wire rope clamps, turnbuckles, beam clamps, crawls and plate grabs from the full product range.
Standard capacities are held in stock in Germiston. Slings and assemblies are made to the reach and working load limit the buyer specifies.
Supply into the Copperbelt and Zambian mining
Zambia's demand for lifting tackle is led by copper mining on the Copperbelt and the plant, workshops and contractors around it. Toco supplies into that demand as a source of certified equipment, not as an operator in Zambia: the mining regions are where the equipment goes to work.
The buyer sends the equipment list, Toco quotes Ex Works Germiston, and the buyer's freight forwarder collects the certified order at 19 Harriet Avenue, Driehoek, Germiston. Toco has supplied lifting, lashing and rigging equipment on this basis since 2002.
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Procurement questions
Does Toco Lifting deliver to Zambia?
No. All supply is Ex Works Germiston, South Africa. The buyer or its freight forwarder collects the equipment at the Germiston head office and arranges its own transport, export and import. Toco prepares the equipment, the certificates and the packing documents for collection.
What certification comes with lifting equipment bought for use in Zambia?
Each item leaves Germiston with its certificate: a conformance inspection certificate for components and slings, or a performance load test certificate for equipment that is load tested. Testing is overseen by a registered Lifting Machinery Inspector. The certificates state the South African and international standards the item was inspected or tested to.
Do LME 008 and DMR 18 apply in Zambia?
No. LME 008 is a South African Department of Labour registration and DMR 18 is a South African regulation. Toco presents them as the quality benchmark the equipment is supplied against, not as Zambian compliance. The equipment is used in Zambia under Zambian regulations, which the buyer applies in service.
How do I get a quote for lifting equipment for a Zambian site?
Send the equipment list with capacities, lift heights or lengths, quantities and the collection arrangement to sales@toco.co.za or call 011 345 8800. Toco quotes Ex Works Germiston. Standard Vital and Taurus capacities are stocked in Germiston; special lengths and configurations are quoted with a lead time.
Toco Lifting (Pty) Ltd. Registered Lifting Machinery Entity, LME 008 (South Africa). Supplying lifting, lashing and rigging equipment to buyers across the SADC region since 2002. Ex Works Germiston.