Asbestikum
is a South African Company specialising in industrial and commercial communication services and products.

WHAT WE DO...

core business activities comprise of:

The manufacturing, sourcing, installation and operation of industrial type display units.

The development of in-house software solutions to manage information.

The production and managing of content displayed via media channels at clients’ work sites, e.g underground work areas.

The procurement, design and delivery of promotional and marketing material to its clients.

PRODUCTS & services

Asbestikum is a media business that specialises in the manufacturing, installation and operating of industrial media channels to communicate information to the work force. 

The current media channels owned and operated by Asbestikum are:

Industrial Monitors and Bus Screens

Our industrial monitors are specifically manufactured to operate under harsh working conditions (IP65 standard) and can sustain exposure to lightning, water, shockwaves, heat, dust, electrical surges and most other extreme elements usually associated with industrial / mining work sites.

Currently our display monitors operate underground in waiting areas and meeting places, in excess of 1,200 meters below surface level. 

Asbestikum also offers industrial type units fitted in busses where communication is brought to workers in transit.

Industrial Kiosk Touch Screen

The touch screen capability of Asbestikum’s Industrial grade display unit turns our communication screen into a digital kiosk that can be used for any application where user interaction is needed.

Asbestikum provides an “out of the box” kiosk application that enables us to provide our clients with a quick getting-started kiosk solution.

Our clients use this feature to call up critical operational information, data and documents, making this data available to employees at their work areas with the push of a button.

In environments where laptops, smart phones and tablets are not readily available or maybe not connected to a network, this kiosk feature is a “must-have”.

Asbestikum’s communication services can be extended for application on Mobile Tablets, enabling “two-way” communication with various data sources. Our clients typically use these devices to call up and send operation data for workers’ use. Asbestikum has the software development capabilities to integrate our offerings with existing Operational Data Systems already in play at a Client, and display critical data and information where it is needed most, at the work site.

Large Outdoor Media Monitor

Asbestikum offers large outdoor display monitors. 

These units are sold outright with warrantees (from 2 years up to 8 years) and come with maintenance plans. 

The content displayed on the units can be self-managed by the Employer or managed by Asbestikum (preferred method). The monitors can be ordered in custom sizes.

BY ASSOCIATION

client showcase

Asbestikum commenced its business in 2008 and is located in Pretoria, South Africa. The business provides its products and services to the following clients:

  1. Harmony Gold Mining Company
  2. Anglo American Platinum
  3. Exxaro Coal
  4. Two Rivers Platinum
  5. PAN African Mining
  6. Pioneer Foods;
  7. Universal Coal
  8. Eskom

DISPLAY GALLERY

content management

Information is acquired from our clients, manually or via automated software integration, and then published through the respective Media Channels in a scheduled manner, remotely from our head office in Pretoria.

Our services are used by various departments to distribute critical information to the work force such as production and safety statistics (live or delayed), health and safety “poster campaigns”, staff announcements, video addresses by managers, operating procedures and schedules, social announcements, etc.

Typical information formats displayed onto the monitors consists of still images and video material. Asbestikum conducts all design and layout of artwork and editing of video material, when necessary.  Asbestikum manages all publishing of information.

Monthly reports are available on all information published at every display monitor as to align with compulsory reporting in terms of Sections 2 & 10 and Regulation 6 of the South African Mine Health and Safety Act and other industry specific Health & Safety regulations.

In short, Asbestikum’s offering replaces the old “notice board” system with a clearly visible, dynamic medium that displays current information at the work site and which is easily updatable.

Asbestikum manages all media published through its media channels for and on behalf of its clients.

Our services include:

Receipt of instructions from Employers;

Design, rendering, manufacturing & editing of imagery and video material; 

Publishing of information through the media channels; 

Removal of published information on scheduled dates.

We provide a comprehensive communication product and service package to our clients which is aimed to be the principal communication channel between an Employer and Employee.

THE OFFICERS OF THE BUSINESS ARE
Paul vd Westhuizen

Tel: 076 144 9298

paul@asbestikum.com

Chris Potgieter

Tel: 082 565 5510

chris@asbestikum.com

Andre Swanepoel

Tel: 076 698 7752

andre@asbestikum.com