First Cut

Founded more than 65 years ago in 1956, First Cut Pty Ltd is South Africa’s leading manufacturer and distributor of capital equipment. cutting consumables and precision measuring tools to the metal, timber, textile, meat, DIY, paper and plastic industries. With a head.office in Johannesburg, a manufacturing facility in Cape Town and branches in Nelspruit, Durban and Port Elizabeth, we currently employ 260 people. Local entrepreneur, John Poole, founded the company – known then as Alexander and Poole
– when he negotiated the distribution rights in South Africa of the Starrett range of products.