Brewery Industry

Grotto is uniquely positioned to offer the competitive manufacture and supply of brewery vessels into Sub-Saharan Africa. The company is conveniently situated in a custom-built facility close to Cape Town and within easy access to major roads and the International Airport in Cape Town.

This easy access to shipping has facilitated exports of completed and kit-form vessels into many other countries, such as the both the east and west coasts of the USA, the United Kingdom, India, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon, Uganda, Mozambique, Nigeria, Malawi, Mauritius, Angola and Tanzania.

The company's facility also offers automated welding machines, cnc cutting equipment, numerous welding turntables, polishing machinery and specialized lifting equipment. Able to routinely handle vessels up to 20 meters in length and 5m in diameter vertically inside the works, a purpose-designed external crane caters for larger vessels, up to 30 metres in length and 6 metres in diameter.

The company is well versed with the high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the beer industry, and has extensive experience in manufacturing vessels to a high, scratch free hygienic finish.

The factory has produced a range of tanks for many world class brewing companies operating across Africa such as South African Breweries International, Carlsberg, Diageo, Nile Breweries, Kenya Breweries etc - including beer fermenters,bright beer tanks, lauter tun's, whirlpools, CLP tanks, and spent grain silos.