About Us

Expert Automotive Trim is an industrial component manufacturer with a customer centric business model.

Who Are We

Inspired by the Naidoo family, the company was established in 1985, in the furniture sector before migrating our expertise into the CMT (cut make trim) arena.  We adopted a customer centric model creating custom designs to specific customer needs and specializing in the manufacturing and supply of textile and allied components.

Expert Automotive Trim, commonly referred to as EAT, now supplies the automotive components sector at a Tier 1,2 and 3 level to OEM’s such as Toyota Boshoku SA and Toyota South Africa. We are the preferred supplier to Neveon Foam for bedding components and our other customers include Feltex Fehrer, Finlam Automotive, Lylax Bedding and Fibertex SA.

Situated in Durban, the business operates from a 1400sqm facility with a staff component of 60 members and is currently in planning for expansion projects. Our mission is to provide high level professionalism through our quality and precision product manufacturing in an environment that nurtures our staff and exceeds clients’ expectations.

We are invested in the upliftment of our communities by ensuring we hire local and support our community churches and outreach programs.

Our ethos: GROWTH THROUGH EXCELLENCE

Our Vision

To be the benchmark for responsible manufacturing, delivering customer-centric products through growth through excellence, empowered employees, and a steadfast commitment to our world.

Our Mission

We will relentlessly pursue growth through excellence by innovating, and using the best practices to create products that exceed our customers expectations. We invest in our people, fostering a culture of continuous improvement through learning and motivation. Our actions are guided by a deep respect for the environment and our social responsibility. 

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Years of Experience

Accreditations

Level 1 BBBEE contributor since 2013.

ISO 9001 since 2006. 

Current level: ISO 9001:2015.

Associations

Member of the Durban Automotive Cluster (DAC) 

Member of the National Association of Automotive Components & Allied Workers (NAACAM) 

Member of the Durban Chamber of Commerce.

Awards

2012 – TBSA – Bronze Awards: Quality and Delivery

2013 – TBSA – Bronze Award: Delivery

2014 – TBSA – Gold Award: Cost 

2015 – TBSA – Bronze Award: Quality 

2016 – TBSA – Gold Award: Cost

2018 – DAC – Contributor Award

2019 – Gold Award: Delivery 

Systems

Production Performance Management Systems – Per4ma

Inventory Management Systems – eKanban

Achievements

2012 – Durban Automotive Cluster/ Netherlands Trust Fund (DAC/NTF) – Automotive Supplier Competitiveness Improvement Project – Introduction of KANBAN and KPI structure. 

2018/19 – Automotive Supply Chain Competitiveness Initiative (ASCCI) – (Nominated by our customer Toyota Boshoku – Introduction of Lean, Performance and eKanban management systems.) 

2021 – Awarded BMW Enterprise Supplier Development – Expansion Projects.

2022 – Awarded Toyota Enterprise Development – Improvement Projects. 

Training Achievements:

2022 – Durban Automotive Cluster – Team Leader Development

2022 – Durban Automotive Cluster – Emerging Leader Development 

2022 – Toyota SA – Supplier Gemba Leadership

2022 – Japan International Cooperation Agency/ Automotive Industry Development Centre – Kaizen Training 

Durban

25 Piet Retief Road 
Queensmead Industrial Park
Malvern 

Get in touch

Tel: (031) 463 1350
Fax: (031) 463 1154
Email: info@expertautotrim.co.za 

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