Emwin has been
delivering integrated software for the construction industry
since 1982.
Read more about the history of our company.
Into The Future With
a Dedicated Team!
Into The Future
With a Dedicated Team!
Trencon was the first client
on the new applications.
Here we are celebrating the first year of them using
the new EJM applications
30 years in the business.
2014 - Moved
2022 -
Celebrating 40 Years In Business!
Northbound Financial and Emwin
forms a partnership. Wayne Tinley, the owner of Northbound,
is a CA (SA) with experience in the construction industry.
The new line
of SQL- based programs is launched. This caters for
the need for huge systems in a decentralized web
environment. This new line is known as EJM SQL.
A new logo was launched to celebrate the new line of
applications - The logo is based on the signature of
Prof Ernst Marais the father of the founder.
He was a founding member of
the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research where he became a Vice- President.
He was the first Chairman of the Management Committee of the
Hoërskool Menlopark and the first Rector of the University of
Port Elizabeth (a.k.a. Nelson
Mandela Metropolitan University)
With the logo, we aspire to
the high levels of integrity and innovation that were the
hallmarks of his life.
As we celebrate
our 40th year, we take the time to reflect upon how far we
have come and appreciate all those who have been along for the journey.
Thank you to
our wonderful clients and our awesome team who have made
EMWIN a success.
We look forward
to what the future holds!
2008 - New Line
& New Logo
Moved into our new
offices in Gauteng
Windows as operating system
gains credibility. Ernst rewrote the programs using
MSAccess. EMCount was followed a year later by EMPay and
EMProject.
EJM was the first Company in
South Africa to have Vista certification for their
applications.
2002 - EMWIN Cape
EMWIN Kaap was launched, with
Reshenda Piedt as managing partner.
Ernst identifies a gap in the
market for cost management software. Ernst Marais &
Associates was born. The first applications were written in
MSBasic on the operating system CPM.
Rob Salzer joined HKC
Systems in 1982 and later became the sales director. In
November 2000, after the demise of HKC, Rob approached Ernst
Marais to join forces. As a result of this the company was
renamed EMWIN Systems and Rob took over the role of Sales
and Marketing Director. He grew the userbase substantially
and contributed immensely to EMWIN Systems. Rob passed away
on 30 November 2008 after a long illness. He is sorely
missed by his family, friends and colleagues.
MS- DOS is launched.
This became the mainstream operating system during the 80’s.
The programs were rewritten to cater for this. This line was
known as EMSYS.
Wikus Hattingh joins the
Company as a programmer.
He is thrown into the deep end and develops Emtec, our Tool
& Equipment management system.
Ernst Marais, founder of
the Company, starts his working career at the consulting
engineering firm, Fick & Hollenbach.
After gaining the
prerequisite experience in consulting engineering and
construction, he registers as a Professional Engineer.
He completes an MBL during
his time as site agent for Kruger Konstruksie and later at
Savage & Lovemore, learns the importance of proper cost
control in construction.
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