Westken

The West Kennett Corporation, or Westken, was founded in June 1984 as a supplier of resistance welding products to the automotive industry. Westken offered spot welding tips and consumables, specifically for the Obara type welding guns as were supplied to Nissan South Africa and Toyota South Africa and the Martin type weld gun that is a Ford standard.

At present Westken is probably the second largest manufacturer of welding products in South Africa and is the only company manufacturing a complete range of capital equipment. Westken manufactures spot welding guns, hanging and machine transformers, pedestal welders, projection welders, seam welders, butt welders and a complete range of consumable  equipment.