Company History

African Brick was incorporated in South Africa under the name "African Brick Centre (Proprietary) Limited" on 25 March 1999 and converted to a public company under registration number 1999/006214/06 on 6 September 2007. The African Brick group has its origins on the West Rand of Johannesburg where, in 1945, the late Ben van Graan moved his clay brick-making facilities from the south of Johannesburg to the current Krugersdorp manufacturing premises. African Brick has, to date, primarily been a family owned and managed business with select key management
now also owning minority interests in the business.

The growth of the business over the last couple of years has been a result of the strong growth in the building industry, increased productivity at its manufacturing facilities and the aggressive roll-out of a network of retail outlets. African Brick currently has 27 retail outlets in 5 provinces with 7
outlets opened since January 2007. African Brick is a well-respected name in the clay brick industry with Dr Oni van Graan being the only honorary
member of the Clay Brick Manufacturers Association (past President). Today African Brick is one of only a few larger independent brick makers still left in South Africa. Since 1983, African Brick has sold close to 1 billion face bricks which have been built into more than 20 000 homes and other buildings. As these bricks have unique colours, African Brick's products are the natural first choice when additions and/or improvements to these homes and other buildings are undertaken. African Brick has a low level of business risk compared to large construction and building project and contracting businesses.