Our History

Our history

1979

Deltec began trading in the battery industry.

2007

Regional distribution centres were established in Cape Town.

2009

Deltec entered Renewable Energy and has grown with product brands, including Victron, Deltec, TAB, Exide, Sungrow and Jinko.

2009

Regional distribution centres were established in Rustenburg.

2010

Regional distribution centres were established in Pinetown.

2010

Deltec entered the mining market and secured supply contracts with Impala, Harmony, and Sibanye, which had vendor status with most larger mines.

2012

Hudaco Industries acquired Deltec.

2022

Deltec started a chain of Deltec branded retail outlets in partnership with local business people nationwide.

2011

Deltec national distribution centre established in Alrode.

Deltec has been trading in the battery industry since 1979.

Deltec established a national distribution centre in Alrode in June 2011, incorporating the organisation’s head office functions, having outgrown the former national distribution centre in Sandton.

Hudaco

Hudaco Industries acquired Deltec following the granting of Competition Board approval on 1 July 2012. Deltec complements other Hudaco operating businesses whose core activity is importing and distributing branded industrial consumable products.

Regional distribution

Regional distribution centres were established in Cape Town in October 2007, Rustenburg in August 2009 and Pinetown in March 2010. Later, Nelspruit, George and Port Elizabeth depots were added. In 2022, Deltec started a chain of Deltec branded retail outlets in partnership with local business people nationwide.

These regional structures support a nationwide footprint of agents and dealers who provide excellent service levels to the niche markets that Deltec supplies with premium products.

Batteries

SSMF batteries

These SSMF batteries found a niche in the Standby / UPS market as a replacement for the expensive conventional standby 2-volt cells that had been used, and this market became the core of the Deltec business.

The business continued to grow as demand for the SSMF battery in the automotive market increased, with this battery type becoming favoured as original equipment on new vehicles. Demand for the deep cycle model in the leisure and special applications fields has also increased.

Principal brands include US Battery, OPTIMA and the Deltec (Delphi) brand

Well known for quality & reliability.

The emergence of hybrid vehicles and the development of the ‘stop/start’ AGM battery technology leaves Deltec well-placed as our manufacturers supply 83% of European OE vehicles.

Deltec entered Renewable Energy 2009 and has grown with product brands, including Victron, Deltec, TAB, Exide, Sungrow and Jinko.

Deltec entered the mining market 2010 and secured supply contracts with Impala, Harmony, and Sibanye, which had vendor status with most larger mines.