Eugene Els

Managing Director, Afromix

Eugene Els is Managing Director of Afromix.

Afromix is an Eastern Cape manufacturer of agitators and industrial peristaltic pumps, with agitators making up about 80% of its export-led revenue. It describes its AFX200 as the largest peristaltic pump of its kind.

In the job

  1. Afromix set up a sales and service division in Vancouver, Canada, trading as AFX Mixing and Pumping Technologies, to serve North American customers directly. Source

  2. Afromix showed its AFX200 concept pump at Electra Mining and said it was being developed and made in Kariega for distribution from mid-2023. Source

Career before

  1. Student engineer, B&E International
  2. Applications engineer, Lightnin Africa
  3. Founder, Afromix

Education

National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Port Elizabeth Technikon (2001)

Sources

  1. engineeringnews.co.za
  2. engineeringnews.co.za
  3. engineeringnews.co.za
  4. engineeringnews.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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