Dry cleaning and finishing equipment across Southern Africa

• South AfricaForty years equipping South African dry cleaners, laundries, hotels, hospitals and garment factories, from a warehouse in Wynberg with the parts on the shelf.
• NamibiaTwo road corridors and a port. Windhoek is about two days by road on the Trans-Kalahari, and Walvis Bay takes container freight from Durban when the consignment is heavy enough to justify it.
• BotswanaGaborone is under six hours from our Johannesburg warehouse by road. That is the whole reason Botswana is one of the easiest territories we supply.
• ZimbabweHarare is about eight hours from Johannesburg through Beitbridge, the busiest land border in Southern Africa. For Bulawayo the route through Botswana and Plumtree is often quicker.
• ZambiaLandlocked, but two established corridors run to it from Johannesburg. Lusaka is two to three days by road, and the Copperbelt is a further leg north.
• MozambiqueMaputo is under six hours from Johannesburg on the N4 and the Maputo Development Corridor, one of the busiest trade routes in the region.
• EswatiniManzini is three to four hours from our Johannesburg warehouse, and the Lilangeni is pegged to the Rand, so a quote holds without currency risk.
• LesothoThe simplest delivery in our network. Lesotho is entirely surrounded by South Africa, so there are no transit countries and no multi-border corridors, only a four to five hour drive to Maseru Bridge.
• MalawiLandlocked and the furthest territory we supply by road. Three to four days from Johannesburg on either the Nacala corridor or the route through Zimbabwe and Zambia.
• AngolaMostly sea freight to the Port of Luanda, with an overland option through Namibia for the southern provinces. Angola is the one territory where the paperwork takes longer than the journey.

• Dry cleaning machines for sale in South AfricaBÖWE multi-solvent machines, wet cleaning and commercial washer extractors, installed and serviced locally.
• Professional finishing equipmentForm finishers, shirt finishers, trouser toppers, vacuum ironing tables and presses.
• Industrial steam boilers and steam generatorsReverberi steam systems from 15 to 100+ kg per hour, gas and electric.
• Labelling, permanent and temporary markingThermopatch garment identification for laundries, dry cleaners and uniform rental.
• Industrial washing machinesSpeed Queen and Girbau washer extractors for on-premise laundries.
• Spare parts and consumablesMachine components, accessories and laundry supplies, stocked in Wynberg.

Everything ships from the Wynberg warehouse in Sandton. Most territories are reached by road, on corridors our transporters run regularly, and transit ranges from about three hours to Manzini up to three or four days to Lilongwe. Angola is primarily sea freight to the Port of Luanda, and Namibia takes container freight to Walvis Bay when a consignment is heavy enough to justify it. We handle South African export documentation on every one of them.

• Forty years in one trade

  Universe Corp has sold nothing but dry cleaning, laundry and garment finishing equipment since 1985. The advice comes from having installed the machine before.

• Authorised, not parallel

  We are the authorised distributor for ten manufacturers, so the warranty is real and the parts are genuine.

• Parts held in Wynberg

  Spares are on the shelf rather than ordered from Europe when a machine stops.

• Our own technicians

  Installation, commissioning and operator training are done by people we employ.

Which countries do you supply?

South Africa plus Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi and Angola.

Do you install and commission across the border?

Yes. Installation, commissioning and operator training are done by our own technicians, and we travel for them.

How do you handle spare parts outside South Africa?

Parts are held in Wynberg and dispatched on the same corridors the equipment travelled. That is the main reason to buy from Johannesburg rather than import directly.

Can you quote in a currency other than Rand?

Ask us. Pricing is in Rand, and the Eswatini Lilangeni and Lesotho Loti are pegged to it at par, so those two carry no currency risk.