About Radical Electronic Systems
Learn about our company history, expertise, and commitment to transforming South African fruit packhouses with innovative electronic solutions.
Our story
Founded on Innovation
Established over 20 years ago with a clear vision: to bridge the gap between cutting-edge embedded systems technology and the practical needs of South African fruit packhouses.
Industry Expertise
We've spent decades understanding the unique challenges of agricultural processing environments - from extreme temperature variations to demanding operational schedules.
Technical Excellence
Our team combines deep agricultural industry knowledge with advanced embedded systems engineering, creating solutions that are both innovative and practical.
Proven Track Record
Operating in the biggest pack stores across Western & Eastern Cape, our systems have proven their reliability in the most demanding real-world conditions.
Leadership team
Engineering Team
Embedded Systems Specialists
Our engineers bring over 20 years of combined experience in embedded systems, from 8-bit microcontrollers to 32-bit ARM solutions with custom Linux OS development.
Operations Team
Agricultural Technology Experts
Deep understanding of packhouse operations, workflows, and the harsh environmental challenges that electronic systems must overcome in agricultural settings.
Support Team
Customer Success Specialists
Dedicated to ensuring long-term success with ongoing maintenance, training, and responsive local support for all our packhouse partners.
Our values
Precision
Every solution is meticulously engineered to meet the exact requirements of your operation, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
Durability
We build systems that thrive in harsh packhouse environments, from cold storage facilities to hot, humid processing areas.
Partnership
We believe in long-term relationships built on trust, reliability, and ongoing support that grows with your business needs.
Innovation
Constantly evolving our technology stack to incorporate the latest advances in IoT, embedded systems, and agricultural automation.
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Our Vision
Founded with a vision to revolutionize agricultural technology in South Africa, Radical Electronic Systems has become the leading specialist in electronic solutions for fruit packhouses and agricultural processing facilities.
Our Agility
We are an AGILE electronic design, embedded software, and IT development company — small, hands-on, and built to move quickly. Twenty-plus years of in-house experience across hardware, firmware, and platform engineering keeps us deep in the technology; modern AI-assisted tooling keeps the cycle from idea to working prototype short.
The combination matters in practice: a problem on the packhouse floor can go from conversation to deployed solution in weeks rather than quarters. We adapt and reshape our products around what the market actually needs, season after season — at a pace traditional vendors can’t match.
AI gives us the ability to focus on the solution rather than the problem. Routine engineering work — boilerplate, integration plumbing, repetitive design steps — gets handled efficiently in the background, freeing our engineers to spend their time on the parts that actually matter to your operation.
Company particulars
| Registered name | Radical Electronic Systems CC |
| Company registration number | 2006/052111/23 |
| VAT number | 4930232121 |
| Registered address | 14 Cocorico Street, Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Information Officer | Jan Zwiegers |
| info@radicalsystems.co.za | |
| Website | https://www.radicalsystems.co.za |
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Contact us
Got a packhouse-floor problem to discuss? Use the form, or reach us directly with the details on the right.