Dry cleaning and finishing equipment for Zimbabwe
Harare 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.
Universe Corp has supplied Zimbabwean dry cleaners, hotels and lodges from Johannesburg since 1985. Beitbridge can be slow at the wrong time of year, and where the destination allows it we will route a consignment around it rather than let it sit in a queue.
Industries we serve in Zimbabwe
Tourism and safari lodges
Lodges and camps at Hwange, Mana Pools, Kariba and along the Zambezi. Victoria Falls drives steady demand for garment care and linen management at hotel standard.
Hotels and hospitality
Hotels in Harare, Bulawayo and Victoria Falls, including the larger groups, processing guest linen and uniforms.
Dry cleaners
Established dry cleaning trade in Harare and Bulawayo serving corporate and residential customers.
Manufacturing and uniforms
Garment and workwear operations needing pressing, finishing and labelling at production volume.
Equipment for every stage of the process
- 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.
Getting equipment there
The primary route runs on the N1 to the Beitbridge border post on the Limpopo, with transit to Harare of roughly eight hours in total. Beitbridge is the busiest land crossing in Southern Africa and our transporters know its procedures. For Bulawayo, an alternative through Botswana and the Plumtree border post avoids Beitbridge entirely and is sometimes faster. Eastern Zimbabwe including Mutare and the Eastern Highlands can be reached on the same corridors.
Why Zimbabwe buys from Wynberg
We route around Beitbridge when it helps
It is the busiest land crossing in Southern Africa and it queues. For Bulawayo the Plumtree route through Botswana is often quicker, and we will use it rather than let a machine sit at a border.
Forty years of the same trade
Universe Corp has sold nothing but dry cleaning, laundry and finishing equipment since 1985. Harare and Bulawayo operators have been buying from us for most of that.
Genuine parts, held here
Authorised distribution for ten manufacturers, with the wear parts on the shelf in Johannesburg rather than ordered when something fails.
Equipping something in Zimbabwe?
Tell us whether it is going to Harare, Bulawayo or the east, and we will quote the routing that actually suits it.
Before you ask
- How long does it take to reach Harare?
- About eight hours in total, on the N1 to the Beitbridge border post on the Limpopo. Beitbridge is the busiest land crossing in Southern Africa, and our transporters know its procedures.
- Can Beitbridge be avoided?
- For Bulawayo, yes — the route through Botswana and the Plumtree border post skips it entirely and is sometimes faster. Where the destination allows it we will route around Beitbridge rather than let a machine sit in a queue.
- Do you reach the Eastern Highlands?
- Mutare and the east are served on the same corridors. Say where it is going and we will quote the routing that actually suits it.
Equipping something in Zimbabwe?
Tell us whether it is going to Harare, Bulawayo or the east, and we will quote the routing that actually suits it.