WELCOME TO BLENDCOR
Delivering excellence through customer satisfaction, borderless thinking, innovation and teamwork.
Our Vision
- Great LOBP-Top quartile CPL performance within “look alike” plants.
- Great HSSE-We care.
- Great Operations-Striving for Operational excellence.
- Great Products-Exceeding Customer expectations.
- Great Ethics and Compliance- We are transparent and compliant.
- Great Assets and Processes- Reliable, Agile and Efficient.
- Great People- Our people will be well lead, empowered and valued.
Our Core values
- It’s all about the people.
- Passion is at the heart of what we do.
- Respect each other. Time, views and actions.
- Extreme ownership for our functions.
- Set high standards.
- Embrace diversity.
Our BEHAVIORS
- Hold each other accountable.
- A continuous improvement mindset.
- Have honest conversations about performance.
- Role model the Blendcor behaviors.
- Celebrate success as a team.
Who We Are?
Blendcor (Pty) Limited is a joint venture lubricant blending, and grease manufacturing plant established in 1992 and equally owned by its shareholders, as a 50/50 JV between BP Southern Africa and Shell Southern Africa. The site comprising of 1.60 hectare is situated in Island View, Durban, with its frontage on Honshu Road. The property is leased from TNPA.
Both shareholders, BP and Shell, are part of larger international organizations and as such Blendcor is considered an operating unit of these international companies. Blendcor operates as a cost center within these companies. The performance of BP and Shell internationally is measured by the cumulative performances of the individual operating units. Hence, Blendcor is obliged to conform to the requirements of BP and Shell international standards in addition to the statutory, local, regional and national requirements.
What We Do?
We are a significant manufacturer of lubricants and grease, jointly owned by Shell and BP in South Africa.
In 1992, the facility was formally divorced from Sapref, and Blendcor (Pty) Ltd was
established, with BP and Shell as equal shareholders. The factory was modified in 1957 to
increase capacity to 80 000 metric tons per year from the original design capacity of 50 000 tons per year.
The company operates from a 53 000m² site situated in Island View, Durban, with its
frontage on 135 Honshu Road.
At Blendcor, we believe in achieving business excellence through attaining the best possible business results. We are committed to making sure that our customers are happy with their experience working with us. Our staff are well equipped and trained to deliver the best.
ACCREDITATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS
In 1989, Blendcor received ISO 9002 certification.
Blendcor is an accredited Level 3 Broad-Based Black Empowerment company.
The company has achieved SABS ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System) and 45001 (Occupational health and safety management system) certifications.
It has also been awarded IATF 16949:2016 certification that emphasises its development of
a process-oriented quality management system that provides for continual improvement, defect prevention and reduction of variation and waste in the automotive industry supply chain.