Brief History

M-Tech was founded in 1987 as M-Tech Mechanical, a consulting engineering partnership focussing on specialized consultation work in the fields of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, computational mechanics and thermal-fluid systems design, as well as the development of the advanced thermal-fluid network code (then called) Flownet.
In 1991 the owners of M-Tech started the company Enerflow Technologies (Pty) Ltd. that would later merge with M-Tech. Enerflow Technologies focussed on the design and manufacturing of heat pumps for the large scale heating (and/or cooling) of sanitary water for buildings such as hotels, old age homes and university residences.
In 1993 Rolls Royce ordered the first Flownet license from M-Tech. The order was later upgraded to a company wide license.
In 1997 M-Tech became involved with the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) project winning a contract to develop a dynamic simulation model of the complete PBMR plant based on Flownet.
In 1999 the PBMR Company placed an order on M-Tech to redevelop and extend Flownet according to standards in the nuclear industry. The redeveloped code, renamed Flownex, had its first release in 2001.
In 2000 M-Tech was incorporated as a private company with limited liability and the name changed to M-Tech Industrial (Pty) Ltd.
In August 2002 Enerflow Technologies, which would later merge with M-Tech, won the coveted Eskom η (Eta) Award for the best energy efficient design in the commercial sector.
In 2002 M-Tech played a key role in the design and record-time construction of the Pebble Bed Micro Model (PBMM) that successfully demonstrated the operability of the closed three-shaft recuperated Brayton cycle. This cycle is similar to the one initially proposed for the PBMR.
In 2005 the company Enerflow Technologies (Pty) Ltd. merged with M-Tech.
In 2005, M-Tech won a contract from the PBMR company for the design and construction of the PBMR High Pressure Test Unit (HPTU).
In 2006 M-Tech won a contract from the PBMR company for the design and construction of the PBMR High Temperature Test Unit (HTTU).
In 2006 M-Tech was appointed as member of the Westinghouse consortium that won the tender for the pre-conceptual design of the USA Next Generation Nuclear Power Plant (NGNP).
In March 2007 the Royal Bafokeng obtained a 25.1% share in M-Tech.
In 2007 M-Tech achieved a Level 3 BBBEE (Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment) rating.
In 2007 M-Tech was appointed to Eskom’s Panel B to provide Owners Engineering services to Eskom for their coal, gas and hydro new build program.
In 2008 M-Tech formed part of the team that won the Eskom Chairman's award for its wet coal recovery project.
In 2008 M-Tech successfully completed the testing phase of the High Pressure Test Unit for PBMR.
In 2009 M-Tech released Flownex SE (Simulation Environment), a new enhanced version of Flownex that enables users to do multi-disciplinary simulations using an open architecture aimed at leveraging the power of parallel processing.
M Tech achieved a Level 4 (100 percent recognition) Generic Enterprise BBBEE contributor rating.
In 2009 M-Tech achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification.
In 2009 M-Tech completed the testing of the High Temperature Test Unit for PBMR with approximately 40,000 injury free operational hours for this 1600ºC facility.
In 2009 M-Tech successfully completed an Innovation Fund Project to develop an Industrial Plant Simulator platform (using Flownex SE as its thermal fluid solver), that is used in engineering and operator training simulators developments for various thermal-fluid systems such as power stations.

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