At Columbit, we take immense pride in being your trusted partner in delivering top-quality consumables, cutting-edge equipment, and unparalleled services to South Africa's dynamic wine, food, and beverage sectors. As a retail entity, we bring you a curated selection of esteemed brands including PALL, Domino, FESSMANN, and Weber. Columbit is not merely a business, but a testament to our energy, ingenuity, and unwavering commitment to growth.

Since 1956, Freddy Hirsch has been bringing one very special ingredient to the table - innovation. As a family-run business, we've always stayed true to our core values and built a proud heritage on offering the best service, outstanding quality and world class facilities. Our traditional blend of trust, loyalty and passion makes us who we are - a family of flavour. Founded in 1956 by Freddy Hirsch, our company has grown into Southern Africa's largest supplier of industrial spices, casings, and meat processing equipment. We service thousands of customers, including independent butcheries, major retail chain stores, meat processing factories, and poultry factories. The Freddy Hirsch Group operates a world-class ingredients milling and blending service in Cape Town. Our facilities have been certified by AIB International Certification Services against the globally recognised FSSC 22000 standard. We employ over 600 staff members with a national network of 14 branches in South Africa...

Our engineering worship provides many different quality products ranging from butchery equipment all the way up to distillery equipment. Contact us today!

Afrigol Test Site

With world class poultry processing equipment we are able to provide clients with total solutions ranging up to 13 500 birds per hour. Red meat and fish technologies are also available

Food processing, packaging and weighing equipment manufacturer - Heat and Control- for snack food, process prepared, french fries, meats, poultry and seafood systems. Ishida, CEIA and Spray Dynamics products