About Us

Who We Are

For over 15 years, XTEMP has been the trusted partner engineers turn to when a product has to survive the real world. We supply, integrate and support environmental test equipment, vibration test systems, corrosion test chambers and Data Acquisition systems across South Africa and the wider Southern African region.

With offices in Cape Town and Pretoria, we serve customers right across the Southern African market — from the Western Cape’s aerospace and space cluster to Gauteng’s defence, electronics and automotive manufacturing base. We are a focused, specialist company in a field where specialisation matters. We don’t sell a little of everything. We do environmental and dynamic testing, we do it to the highest international standards, and we stand behind it long after the installation is complete.

What we do

XTEMP delivers complete test solutions for temperature, humidity, vibration, corrosion and measurement instruments — the environmental stresses that determine whether a product reaches the market or fails in the field. Our range covers:

• Climatic and temperature test chambers — for temperature, humidity, thermal cycling and environmental stress testing
• Environmental stress screening (ESS) systems — temperature and humidity stress testing for defence and electronics applications, weeding out latent defects before they reach the field
• Thermal shock chambers — rapid hot-to-cold transition testing for electronic manufacturing and component reliability
• Vibration test systems — electrodynamic shakers and combined climatic-vibration chambers for dynamic and durability testing in the defence and automotive industries
• Large walk-in and drive-in test chambers — full-vehicle and large-assembly climatic testing for the automotive industry
• Salt spray and corrosion test chambers — accelerated corrosion testing to DIN, ISO, ASTM and MIL standards
• Weathering and solar simulation chambers — UV, xenon and solar exposure testing
• HALT and HASS systems — highly accelerated life and stress screening for reliability engineering
• Motion simulators and rate tables — high-precision testing and calibration of inertial sensors, gyroscopes and accelerometers
• Data acquisition systems — modern, software-driven DAQ for test engineers who need results they can trust

Whether you are qualifying a satellite subsystem, screening an electronics assembly, or proving a component against an automotive specification, we can specify, supply and commission the right system for the job.

The brands we represent

We partner only with manufacturers whose engineering we would stake our name on. Xtemp  represent a carefully chosen portfolio of world-leading test technology, including:

• Climats (France) — climatic and combined test chambers
• Weiss Technik (Germany) — climatic, thermal and solar test chambers
• IMV (Japan) — electrodynamic vibration test systems
• Ascott (UK)— salt spray and cyclic corrosion test chambers
• CSZ / Cincinnati Sub-Zero — HALT and HASS reliability chambers
• Dewesoft (Slovenia)— data acquisition hardware and software

Industries we serve

Our equipment is at work wherever reliability is non-negotiable. We support engineers and laboratories across:

• Aerospace and space — satellite and CubeSat qualification, launch-environment simulation
• Defence — environmental stress testing and vibration qualification to MIL-STD-810H and related standards
• Electronics manufacturing — environmental stress screening (ESS) and thermal shock testing to expose latent defects and prove reliability
• Automotive — full-vehicle and large-assembly testing in walk-in and drive-in chambers, to OEM specifications such as VW PV1200 
• Telecommunications — reliability and stress screening
• Pharmaceutical and life sciences — stability and climate testing

Why engineers choose Xtemp

There are larger catalogues and cheaper boxes on the market. What there are fewer of is partners who understand the test as well as the equipment.

We sell the qualified result, not just the hardware. Our team knows the standards — MIL-STD-810H, ISO, ASTM, the automotive PV specifications — and helps you specify the right test the first time, so you spend less time and money getting to a pass.

Our after-sales support is a promise, not an afterthought. Fast response, local spares, calibration and uptime are where we set ourselves apart. A test chamber that’s down is costing you a project deadline, and we treat it that way.

You deal with the people who make the decisions. As a focused, owner-led specialist, we move quickly — on quotes, on site visits, on commissioning — without the layers. When you call Xtemp, you reach someone who can act.

We handle the hard parts, including compliance. Export controls, end-user requirements and dual-use clearances are second nature to us, so qualifying sensitive equipment is something we manage with you, not a surprise that derails your timeline.

Built around international testing standards

Test results are only as valuable as the standards behind them. Xtemp systems are specified to meet the requirements that matter in your industry — from MIL-STD-810H environmental engineering for defence and aerospace, to VW PV1200 and related automotive climatic standards, to the DIN, ISO and ASTM methods that govern corrosion and reliability testing. If you’re not sure which test or standard applies, that conversation is exactly where we add the most value.

Two offices. Nationwide reach. Trusted across Southern Africa.

Xtemp operates from offices in Cape Town and Pretoria, giving us genuine reach across the Southern African market. Our Cape Town base puts us alongside the Western Cape’s aerospace, space and research community, while our Pretoria office places us in the heart of Gauteng’s defence, electronics and automotive manufacturing sector. Wherever you are, you get the responsiveness of a local specialist combined with the backing of the world’s leading environmental and dynamic test manufacturers.