Everite Limited / Everite Ltd. plant at Kliprivier, Transvaal

Kliprivier, in the Transvaal in South Africa, was the site of Everite's "first asbestos-cement factory," according to a May 1971 item in Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, about a man who "joined Everite in 1942 as a Construction Engineer" there.³ In 1961 the journal mentioned Everite Limited's "existing factories in Kliprivier, Transvaal and Brackenfell, Cape."⁴

In March 1972, Asbestos reported that "a new fully-computerized 12,000 metric ton press was installed and tested at Everite Limited's factory at Kliprivier."² That December the journal reported that "the new R5 million pipe factory at Kliprivier was opened August 30," and said it would raise Everite's yearly pipe output "by about 60% over the 1971 figure of 26,500 metric tons."⁵ A May 1973 article, calling it a "$5-million pipe factory," said planning "began in January 1970" and that "the first five-meter pipe was produced by April 21st, 1972."¹ The same article said that "all cladding used for the factory building was manufactured and supplied by Everite's Kliprivier factory," and that Canalit asbestos-cement elements were used for the roof.¹

Location

What each document says

Every statement about this plant in the documents, in each document's own words.

Other names

Documents call this plant “existing factories in Kliprivier, Transvaal”, “first asbestos-cement factory at Kliprivier”, “new $5-million pipe factory at Kliprivier, in the Transvaal”.

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1973, May 1973 (May 1, 1973), p. 10.
2. Asbestos Magazine, 1972, March 1972 (March 1, 1972), p. 18.
3. Asbestos Magazine, 1971, May 1971 (May 1, 1971), p. 26.
4. Asbestos Magazine, 1961, June 1961 (June 1, 1961), p. 54.
5. Asbestos Magazine, 1972, December 1972 (December 1, 1972), p. 37.