Sanderson Special Steels is an established South African distributor of special engineering and tool steels and commercial heat treatment services, operating as a division of the JSE-listed industrial group Hudaco Trading (Pty) Ltd. The company operates full-service facilities in Johannesburg (Electron), Cape Town (Parow), and Durban (Pinetown).
Alongside traditional tooling and alloy grades, Sanderson Special Steels represents German specialty steel producer Robert Zapp GmbH for CPM (Crucible Particle Metallurgy) powder metallurgy high-performance tool steels. The company combines its extensive material stockholding with on-site vacuum furnace and salt-bath heat treatment facilities to supply finished, hardened tooling solutions to toolmakers, die designers, and precision engineers.