Press
Journalists and media teams can send a message through our contact form to request interviews, background, or a visit to our Germiston workshop. We offer practical insight into South African manufacturing and CNC part profiling.
Send pressMedia professionals covering South African manufacturing, engineering or local production are welcome to contact our Germiston team directly through our contact form. We respond to press requests about technology, workshop trends, and the practical issues facing factories today, from power interruptions to fluctuating materials supply. Whether you are working on a feature about the Highveld’s production hubs or want to understand how CAD-driven profiling is changing part delivery, our team can assist with interview scheduling and background information. Requests for comment, in-depth interviews with technical leads, or site access are handled by the workshop managers and marketing team.
If you are working on a story about the realities of running a sheet cutting shop, composite profiling, production handoff, or workforce training, our team can organise interviews with operators who handle nesting, finishing, and part handoff for makers and manufacturers. Most weeks, we are able to host small media groups for guided walk-throughs at our Makro Place cutting floor in Germiston. These visits give journalists direct exposure to sourcing, workflow, and the everyday work that goes into CNC profiling. Booking in advance ensures you see the full process, from drawing upload through to inspection, and shows how South African factories adapt to challenges like power cuts and meeting industry standards.
Email us your story angle and preferred timing. Our team will coordinate to fit your shoot, interview, or panel discussion into the factory’s working schedule, ensuring access to key staff and work areas most relevant to your coverage. Prior to your visit, we recommend browsing our factory feature for an overview of the machines and workshop layout.
Cut2Shape started with a straightforward aim: help South African workshops save time and cut costs by supplying sheet parts that match specification from the start. Our move to 2 Makro Place, Sunnyrock, Germiston, opened up more capacity and let us work with a broader range of materials and profiles. Today, we serve everyone from coastal signage shops to Gauteng’s heavy engineering teams. We often share updates about new machines, added finishes, and our work with local design studios and technical colleges.
For company stories, technology expansions, and our approach to skills development or production planning under South African conditions, journalists can view founder notes and the press kit for up-to-date background material and company facts.
Our technical leads offer comment on matters such as the effect of power cuts on factory scheduling, the rise of local part profiling, and how customer demands are shifting from Cape Town to Polokwane. We regularly help journalists covering topics like automation, skills shortages, or how municipal regulations affect manufacturers. This insight comes from years on the cutting floor and daily work with cabinetmakers, signage fitters, and fabrication crews.
Media are welcome to make use of project examples to illustrate articles, or to request photo and video resources from our press kit for accurate South African context.
To support your reporting, we maintain a press resources page with up-to-date information on partnerships, product changes, and community initiatives. The partner programme announcement outlines how we work with distributors and TVET colleges. For specific technical queries about CNC machine families or new finishes, journalists can refer to the detailed guides on CNC machines and finishes. All additional requests for images, workflow diagrams, or interview availability should be emailed through our contact form, and our team will reply with relevant details or arrange further information.
