Pi Shurlok, a Proudly South African automotive electronics company, is an absolute gem of a company.

Nestled near the Natal Midlands, Pietermaritzburg is home to high-tech company Pi Shurlok, perhaps one of the best ­ kept secrets of South Africa’s electronics industry. Established in 1970, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the JSE-listed Control Instruments Group, Pi Shurlok has operated successfully for over four decades in the highly competitive and pressurised automotive industry. The company supports all South African vehicle original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)with a broad range of in-house designed and contract manufactured products. It also supplies products to eight international OEMs in Europe, the Americas and Asia, with international exports making up approximately 44% of its business. Its main areas of contract manufacturing focus are:

• instrument packs and clusters
• body and comfort electronics, including controller area networks (CAN)
• drive train electronics
• vehicle security
• infotainment, especially robust motorcycle radio/MP3 players
• telematics.

This high-tech researcher, developer and producer is capable low to high volumes of automated surface mount device assembly and testing, wiring harness assembly, plastic mould injection and systems engineering, including hardware and software development.

What makes the company unique is its capability and track record of accommodating the most demanding technical requirements of OEMs with their in-house developed industrialised technologies and processes.

In describing this company, three words come to mind – innovation, quality and reliability.