TLF International is established as an Engineering company with key markets in Africa. The Company’s Office is located in Durban.
The company’s main focus in business is to offer good quality and cost effective service in engineering, design, procurement, project management, construction and construction management, environmental consulting, and other consulting services in relation to the design, building and management of petro-chemical, oil, paper & pulp, sugar and food industries.
TLF International currently has an admin staff of six individuals that cover sales, marketing, accounting etc. Once projects have been secured, then project offices will be established and project personnel and staff will be recruited. Project office organization and staff will encompass the engineering, procurement, and construction divisions.
TLF International has a complete QA & Safety System in place.
OUR VISION, MISSION & KEYS TO SUCCESS
Marketing power. TLF International needs to have its services on the shelves as the most reliable, high-quality, cost effective services in the industry, with enough marketing power to maintain itself by servicing oil refineries and additional work as result of word of mouth advertising when in town.
Excellence in fulfilling the promise. To realize a benefit, a claim must be made and proof presented.
Providing clients with both solutions and value creations. Helping the clients to increase their own profit potential.
Quality service and customer satisfaction. Everything we sell is guaranteed, so the services have to do what the customers want. Long-term customer satisfaction is critical to our survival.
Leveraging from a single pool of expertise into multiple revenue-generating opportunities: Engineering & Architect (E&A), project consulting, project management, Engineering & Procurement (E&P), and Engineering & Construction (E&C).
The right management team, with strong foundations in marketing, management, finance, and services development.
OUR VALUES
Customer Satisfaction: We will strive to meet and exceed our
Customers’ expectations
Results Driven: We deliver on our promises
Integrity: Our relationships with our clients are
Based on ethical and professional
Conduct
COMPANY SUMMARY OBJECTIVES
TLF International sets the following objectives for the products and services lines of fabrication and engineering services:
Expand customer awareness over the planning period.
Reduce competition and risks while lowering price levels.
The Company has sourced, the necessary resources, equipment and trained personnel to supply a full range of shop fabrications of:
Pressure Vessels
Storage Tanks
Process Piping
Heat Exchangers
Structural Steelwork in both Carbon & Stainless steels
Rotating Equipment
Offshore Fabrication and Erection
It is a fundamental Company Policy to continually deliver products that meet the Clients specified requirements, by the agreed dates and within budget.
In order to fulfill this policy the management of TLF International commits itself, delegates’ responsibility to all of its personnel, to the maintenance of a Quality Assurance System modeled on ISO9001 for manufacturing and installation.
BACKGROUND
Although the TLF International started in the pulp and paper industry, the company has branched out and now offers its services to the sugar, petro-chemical and food industries, using a variety of materials including 300WA, 430A and 516 carbon steels, 304 and 316 stainless steels, duplex steels and 3cr12 as well as exotic materials such as 904L and 3127hMo stainless steels.
The Company has sourced as part of this business plan all its rigging, welding and fitting equipment as well as workshop machinery and needs to fulfil its plan.
THE MARKET
At the moment there is a real opportunity to increase’s engineering services as most of these services are not available. The current situation in is characterized by a continuing upward economic drift. It seems reasonable, however, that the company’s target market sectors have strength to be credible buyers in the oil business, since their business orientation is focused in the export market. The company faces significant rivalry from a variety of direct and indirect competitors. In, there are eleven market sectors of engineering and fabrication business in which TLF International will be seeking prospects on a focused and proactive approach.
MARKET ANALYSIS SUMMARY
In, there are eleven market sectors of engineering and fabrication business in which TLF International will be seeking prospects on a focused and proactive approach.
The potential clients/customers during the five-year implementation of this plan for engineering and fabrication services are composed of eleven groups:
Captive power developers
Pulp and paper producers
Textile producers
Cement mills
Mining industries
Sugar producers
Palm oil producers
Fertilizer manufacturing
Petrochemicals
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Companies
Oil Refinery Complexes
Below are historical customers and relationships that the founders have.
Pulp & Paper Industry
Sappi Saiccor
Sappi Fine Papers
Mondi Paper
Pulp & Paper By-Products
Lignotech SA
Invensys Process
Envig Process
Textile
Sans Fibres
Hosaf Fibres
Food Industry
Tastic Rice
Nestle
Petro-Chemical Industry
Engen Refinery
Sapref Refinery
Shell Chemicals
Sasol
Chevron
Solid Liquid Filtration Consultants
TARGET MARKET SEGMENT STRATEGY
TLF International will focus on major oil refinery consumers who are very demanding regarding reliability of professional services and maintenance contracts. The current situation can be characterized by commercial optimism, policy change, and for the moment, a continuing upward economic drift. It seems reasonable that the previously listed twelve sectors have strength to be credible buyers in the n market-place; since their business orientation is focused in the export market leads acceptable development risks.
For the short term, the company needs to be flexible and creative in pricing and financing its activities to take advantage of market conditions, without compromising its standards, services and work ethic.
COMPETITIVE EDGE
TLF International overall competitive edge in is that it brings name recognition as a “one-stop” services provider encompassing engineering, procurement and construction. One of the most important key factors in TLF International competitive edge is its expertise in South Africa, and its BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) ownership status, providing access to the bigger contracts. In TLF International enjoys direct relationship with Oil Refineries and Oil producers that will ensure a continuous flow of services to that market.
MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
TLF International is led by one president director and two vice presidents (vice president of technical services and vice president of finance) and two service managers, (buyer) and (technical assistant)
When projects have been secured, then project offices will be established and project personnel and staff will be recruited. Project office organization and staff will encompass the engineering, procurement, and construction divisions.
The administrative section obtains outside services from n professional firms for tax reporting, legal and contract consulting, and immigration “consultants.” It is expected that these services will continue to be contracted out as the cost of full-time staff positions in these specialists will be large.
THE CONCEPT
With Africa’s current economic landscape in the corporate and government market, the need for value added services and suppliers to be compliance with government’s gazette that requires companies to focus their strategy that engages BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) favors ownership of black enterprises for contracts over those without a BEE strategy. Government to ensure that Corporate South Africa &, Government departments and/or Parastatals, must have a BEE strategy of each service supplied by outside contractors has developed many charters. With this background TLF International because of their founders, track record stands an excellent chance and opportunity to engage corporate and government for large-scale projects available. In addition to South Africa and, Africa has become a new market because the skills are not readily available in many parts of Africa and with focus on developing Africa for African’s and by Africans this provides TLF International to focus on markets like, Mozambique, Angola and many more.
BENEFITS FOR TLF INTERNATIONAL
Expansion of current business.
Opportunity to be a leader in industry on the African Continent.
CONCLUSION
TLF International believes that Investor must add value financially and corporately and will enable TLF International to catapult growth so that the business in recognized as a pioneering Engineering Business in Africa.