LHM

In 1884 Lauritz H Marthinusen arrived in South Africa from Norway, joining a Norwegian settlement on the Natal South Coast, now known as Port Shepstone. His electrical training found little use in Natal so he made his way to the early Reef Gold Mines catching the stage coach to Ladysmith and literally walking the rest of the way to Johannesburg where he joined the Nourse Mine. His entrepreneurial mind was quick to see the opportunity of winding electrical rotating machines locally which in the absence of a repair facility in South Africa were being returned to Europe. The full repair cycle therefore often taking as long as 18 months. LH's initial approach was the winding of low voltage motors in his private time but this part time work flourished such that it necessitated the establishment of LHM in 1913. Almost from the time of its inception LHM tackled all categories of work and soon required cranes and electrical equipment for the handling of armatures upwards of 50 tonnes in..

Primary location: Cape Town United States