Frontrunners in the world of Steel Wire products, Steel Wire Ropes, Electricity Transmission Cables.

Our vision is to be the leading Aluminum Conductors Steel Reinforced, Hard Drawn Aluminum Conductors, Steel Wire and Steel Wire Rope Products Manufacturer and Supplier in Zimbabwe, Central and Southern African Region.

Our People

By fostering SHEQ management systems and teamwork, nurturing talent, enhancing leadership capability and acting with pace, pride and passion.

Our Offer

By becoming the supplier of choice, delivering quality products and services and creating value for our customers.

Our Conduct

By providing a safe workplace, respecting the environment, caring for our communities and demonstrating high ethical standards.

High quality and efficiently produced products to satisfy market needs

Through a demand for high productivity, competent staff and employee participation, we seek to pro-actively market high quality, efficiently produced products to satisfy market needs with a full awareness of our strategic position. Employee’s safety and health as well as looking after the environment is always top priority to the organisation. High quality products are constantly produced in accordance with the ISO 9001:2015 QMS standards.

Our mission statements provide us with not only our purpose and direction.

It also dictate our marketing strategies. It is why we:

High Quality Steel Wire

Produce a comprehensive range of high quality steel wire and steel wire products at the Wire and Rope factory in Kwekwe.

Branches

Established branches in Harare and Bulawayo to provide customers with a faster, more efficient service, through well-trained staff

Proof Testing

Introduced proof-testing and splicing services at our major branches as part of our total customer service.

Lifting Services

Established Lifting Services, which is responsible for marketing chains, slings, etc.

Product Catalogues

Make available an extensive range of product catalogues, which furnish meaningful user information.

Health & Safety

Maintain SHE systems to ensure the health and safety of all employees.

ISO QMS Certification

Maintain ISO 9001:2015 QMS Certification to ensure a constant supply of high-quality products to our customers.

Technical Support

Offer the services of a team of qualified personnel dedicated to providing on-and-off site technical support.

Our History

We Are Trusted Wire & Rope Company Since 1921

1921

Hungwe Wire & Rope, began its life as Haggie, Son and Love in 1921, when it was established by Gordon Stewart Haggie and James MacGill Love, at Jupiter Mine, near Johannesburg. South African mines had been importing wire rope from abroad since the 1860s, but with the huge expansion in mineral exploitation, it made sense for ropes to be produced in the heart of the mining country.

1951

The name “Haggie Rand” came about as a result of the merger in 1951 of Haggie, Son and Love with a competitor, Rand Ropes, owned by British Ropes of UK, at a time when a wave of new mining ventures in South Africa had boosted demand for winding and haulage ropes.

1958

Hungwe Wire & Rope (Pvt) Ltd was incorporated in Zimbabwe in 1958 as African Wire Ropes Limited. With an office in Harare, it consisted at that time of an indent agent for high tensile steel and wire ropes produced by Haggie Rand Ltd of South Africa.

1970

Rand Ropes and Haggie, Son and Love embarked on a scheme of acquisition and diversification of operations in the 1970s.

Around this time, the Anglo America Industrial Corporation (AMIC) acquired a 35% shareholding. In Zimbabwe, it was decided to establish a wire drawing and rope factory in Kwekwe, which was centrally situated and close to the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) at Redcliff. Haggie now imports the bulk of its steel rod from South Africa, as ZISCO is currently unable to produce the raw material required.

1971

Starting from the ground up in 1971, a site for the factory was allocated by the local municipal authority. It was cleared of thick bush and a ropery building was erected. Casual workers were hired for the clearing and then to unpack and assist with the installation of two wire drawing machines, two stranders and a closer.

Once the machinery was in, 20 semi-skilled workers were employed and three sent to Johannesburg to be trained in the art of wire drawing and rope-making. Among them was Ben Masunga, who still works for HRZ and is now a supervisor in the wire mill and, thanks to his long experience, adviser to the works manager.

The first rope turned out in 1971 was a three strand, 4 mm signal cable for Rhodesia Railways (now the National Railways of Zimbabwe) which at that time served Zimbabwe and Botswana. The factory went on to begin production of high tensile wire, mattress wire, PSC and roping wire. Since then, it has expanded its repertoire to include rope of up to 2 300 MPa and up to 32 mm diameter. The range of wire strand and fencing products has also been extended to include strand of various gauges, diamond and hexagonal mesh and barbed wire. Haggie wire is also used in a diverse range of products including:

nails
bed-springs
welding rods
woven mesh
brick and concrete reinforcing
agricultural ties and binders.

1973 - 2023

In 1973, African Wire Ropes opened a second sales branch in Bulawayo, which was then railhead for most imports reaching the country via South Africa.

The branch acted as a sales depot for products of the Kwekwe factory and agent for imported ropes from Haggie Rand South Africa. It is now head office of Haggie Rand Zimbabwe and for two of its newer divisions: Technical Services and the Lifting Cargo and Consumables division.

2023 - Present

Haggie Rand Zim was acquired by Shepco Holdings and changed the name to Hungwe Wire & Rope

Corporate Social Responsibility.

Since its establishment in Kwekwe,Hungwe Wire & Rope has taken an interest and become involved in the general welfare of the community within which it operates.

Community

Hungwe Wire & Rope actively participates in the Presidential Clean Up Campaign, World Safety and Health Day Commemorations as well as the World Aids Day etc.

Education

Assistance to the community has included scholarships for disadvantaged children attending Chiedza Government Primary School in Mbizo, as well as providing cricket training facilities and equipment for several primary and secondary schools in Kwekwe and the Midlands province.

Helping Hand

Elsewhere, Hungwe Wire & Rope has been a regular donor of surplus wire rope to such establishments as the Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage in Bulawayo and to the cattle section of the Bulawayo Agricultural Show society at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Grounds.

About Us

Our Vision

Frontrunners in the world of Steel Wire products, Steel Wire Ropes, Electricity Transmission Cables.

Our People

Our Offer

Our Conduct

Our Mission

High quality and efficiently produced products to satisfy market needs

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Mission Statement

Our mission statements provide us with not only our purpose and direction.

It also dictate our marketing strategies. It is why we:

High Quality Steel Wire

Branches

Proof Testing

Lifting Services

Product Catalogues

Health & Safety

ISO QMS Certification

Technical Support

Our History

We Are Trusted Wire & Rope Company Since 1921

1921

1951

1958

1970

1971

1973 - 2023

2023 - Present

Leadership

Meet Our Leaders

DR N.S. CHAWIRA

MR L.N.A. SIBANDA

MR K.L. CHAWIRA

MR B. MREWA

Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility.

Community

Education

Helping Hand

Bulawayo

Harare

Kwekwe

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