Client Profile

The Safal Group is Africa’s largest producer of steel roofing, and its sole producer of Aluminium Zinc coated coil, using a patented metal coating technology recognised as being world class.

The Group is structured on two pillars of core expertise, being

– the coating of steel coil, either as metal coated steel or as pre-painted coated steel
– the roll-forming of flat steel into profiled roof sheeting

28 roll forming operations in 11 countries in Africa produce roof sheeting under various trusted and loved consumer brand names. In the high value project sector of the market, these operations offer a highly valued service to professional customers and end users through a wealth of experience and technical expertise available within the Group.

The Group is reverse integrated, and 4 coil coating mills in Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa produce metal-coated and pre-painted steel coils conforming to international standards, and world class manufacturing standards.

7 further operations manufacture steel structural products and specialist construction components to complement the roofing businesses.

With over 3,800 employees, the Group places great importance on human resource development.

The SAFAL Group provides the leadership, resources and training necessary to create an environment in which every employee can contribute to the success of the company, and also to grow in their professional and personal lives.

The Group also plays a vital role in uplifting the standards of the communities within which the individual companies operate. Through its Corporate Social Responsibility activities, the Group has established health centres and technical institutes, built classrooms and recreational facilities, and funded wide reaching awareness programs for HIV/AIDS and the prevention of other diseases.

In all its processes and practises, through its products and its people, in its business performance and its ethics, the SAFAL Group continually strives to Make a World of Difference