Our History

Hencom Panelbeaters was established in 1985 and the previous owner P.H. Reyneke, purchased the business as a going concern in October 1993 and registered the business as a close corporation.

The business moved into present premises in 1996 and the premises was doubled in size in 2007 to accommodate the growth in the number of vehicles to be repaired.

L Van Gend

Owner

The name changed from Hencom Panelbeaters cc to Hencom Autobody cc came about in 2007 as we felt that the name was more modern and in keeping our quest for top quality workmanship and professional service.

The company has all the requisite state of the art equipment the panel-beating and spray painting fields to ensure that our qualified personnel has every opportunity to perform at their best and to do top quality work which is backed up by our 3 year workmanship and lifetime paint warrant.

Our community development is also active in supporting an underprivileged child from Mpumalanga to attend the Craven Rugby week every year and we are also involved in the Ethembeni Children's Haven

We operate 24/7 towing & recovery service with secure storage facilities for damaged vehicles and we are a paid-up member of the S.A.T.R.A.

We currently employ 6 qualified artisans in all aspects of our trade and we have a total compliment of 37 staff members which consist of 25 black and 12 white employees. We are registered with Merseta as a training facility for both panel beaters and spray painters and currently have apprentices in both of the fields

We hold 13 Manufacturers Approvals and presently are actively involved in maintaining more approvals. Listed Approvals : Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan, Volvo, Honda, SAAB, Cadillac, Opel, Chevrolet, Isuzu, Hummer, GWM and Mitsubishi.

BMW accident quality check Approval	Toyota approved collision repairer	Hyundai major structural approved repairer
GWM approved collision repair centre	Volvo approved Body & Paint repair centre	Other Approval Certificates