It is said that farming is a profession of hope. This is because farmers know one thing for certain – that nothing can be known. Radium Engineering offers one constant to level this playing field of unknowns: expertly designed, reliable implements – manufactured to perform faultlessly over years. Radium’s story started on a Limpopo farm in 1965, when John Roest built a cattle scale, and its immens
e popularity lead to an operation dedicated to the equipment needs of local farmers. During the late 1960’s, Mike Roest, John Roest’s son, produced his own wheat planter due to severe droughts and lack of funds. This was, yet again, very successful, and by the mid 1970’s the farm workshop became too small to keep up with production. Radium Engineering was officially established in 1976, and has been making the difference ever since. In 2005 Radium was joined by the third generation of the Roest family, sons Gareth and Grant, and in 2017 Jaco Orsmond a previous Engineer and now Director for Radium, lead the team of more than 100 skilled staff in Babelegi, north of Pretoria and continues Radium’s efforts to remain at the forefront of technology and design while remaining true to its heritage. Radium Engineering maintains its reputation of quality, original design and reliability. Through an on-going research and development program, Radium constantly expand and enriches their product range, bringing the farmer practical solutions to the on-going changes within the agricultural sector. Radium’s strong desire to understand and support their customers bred an owner-to-owner culture that allows for fast accurate decision-making. The result is faster improvements and developments of the Radium product line while maintaining a close relationship with each client. At Radium the productivity of the customers and their peace of mind in a fluctuating economy
drives our service philosophy. The company ascribes its success to decades of solid experience, an
unquenchable passion for the industry and superior after-sales service.
