# AFS adds rubber lining and pinch sleeve facilities at Benoni plant

Abrasive Flow Solutions, a subsidiary of Invicta Holdings' Engineering Solutions Group, celebrated its first year at its Benoni, Gauteng plant. Over the past year it added a rubber lining facility with autoclaves and a pinch valve sleeve manufacturing facility, and expanded hydraulic pressing capacity.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-06-09
- Where: Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
- Status: completed
- Products: slurry valves, diaphragm valves, pinch valve sleeves, rubber linings
- Sectors: [Pumps and Valves](https://endata.com/sectors/pumps-valves.md)

## Companies

- [Abrasive Flow Solutions](https://endata.com/companies/9340.md)
- [Invicta Holdings](https://endata.com/companies/785.md) (investor)
- [Rema Tip Top](https://endata.com/companies/9341.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [pumpsandvalvesmagazine.com](https://pumpsandvalvesmagazine.com/afs-celebrates-its-first-year-of-business-with-a-launch-function-at-its-manufacturing-plant-in-benoni/), 2022-06-09: "Important milestones over the last year include the establishment of a new rubber lining facility, with the installation of autoclaves that have capacities of up to 10 m in length."

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