The Company

ADEPT Airmotive (Pty) Ltd was established in 2003. Our Head Office is based at Virginia Airport, Durban, South Africa where it has its design and administration offices and development testing facility.

Solid financial support from our Private Equity partners and technology development support from the South African Department of Science and Technology (Innovation Fund and Technology Innovation Agency) and South African Department of Trade and Industry (Aerospace Industry Support Initiative) saw the project progress from concept to production.

During 2014 and 2015, two dynamic new entities: Airmotive Technology (Pty) Ltd and ADEPT Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd were established to facilitate the manufacturing, market-entry, and commercialization of the ADEPT Airmotive engine range. All the critical in-house manufacturing and assembly processes have been established within our manufacturing facility and in conjunction with our strategic partners (Aerosud Aviation & CSIR). Significant investment into state-of-the-art casting, CNC machining, and metrology equipment has been completed with support from the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa.

Our supply chain has been bolstered by accessing the vast resources within our network of suppliers who are part of the Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Association of South Africa (CAMASA).

During the transition from a development-focused entity to a production and market supporting business, our highly competent technical team has been bolstered by the addition of dynamic team members and strategic partners with particular strengths in global market support, and high-quality manufacturing.

ADEPT engines are poised to be the powerplant of choice in the General Aviation industry.

We don’t hug trees, but we believe there should still be trees to hug for the generations to come, if that’s what they enjoy. One of the privileges of flying is that we get to see the planet from a different perspective and ADEPT has a unique perspective on the impact that aviation should have on our environment – as little as possible.

Our investment in clean manufacturing technology, in building engines that run on readily available lead-free fuels, including ethanol blends, engines that are quiet, have the lowest exhaust emissions and Carbon footprint in both manufacture and operation, are our investment in the future of aviation. We also believe that flying should be affordable and accessible to those who want to take to the skies. We believe, in every sense, that Flying should not cost us the earth.