Built on integrity.
Growing through generations.
Since 1994, LimeCo has grown through dependable supply, honest relationships and a belief that every customer should be treated with genuine care.
A small supplier.
A lasting vision.
In 1994, Leon Coertze founded LimeCo in Phoenix Industrial Park, north of Durban. The company began as an appointed agent for Cape Lime, serving only a small group of customers.
Leon believed that a company could grow by providing quality products, standing behind every promise and treating customers with respect. Those principles became the foundation of LimeCo.
Three decades of
steady growth.
LimeCo’s history is a story of practical expansion—more products, stronger facilities, wider distribution and relationships that continued across generations.
LimeCo is founded
Leon Coertze establishes LimeCo in Phoenix Industrial Park, north of Durban. The company is appointed as an agent for Cape Lime and begins serving a small customer base.
Relocation to Jacobs
LimeCo moves to the BKB Complex in Jacobs, gaining more warehousing, access to major arterial routes and private railway sidings that support more competitive transport.
Expansion into construction
The product range expands into the building sector, helping LimeCo serve a wider range of contractors, merchants and construction customers.
Major industrial growth
LimeCo secures important supply opportunities and grows its relationships with municipal, water-treatment and industrial customers, including Umgeni Water, Isegen SA, Huntsman Tioxide and eThekwini Municipality.
Continued expansion
As customer demand grows, LimeCo strengthens its product range, warehousing, loading capability and regional customer base. The business continues expanding while remaining focused on dependable supply and personal service.
New Amanzimtoti head office
LimeCo opens newly constructed premises in Amanzimtoti. The facility supports indoor loading for break-bulk and containerised cargo, with approximately 7,000 tons of storage capacity.
Western Cape expansion
LimeCo expands its ability to support customers in the Western Cape, strengthening its broader regional footprint.
Broader agency relationships
New supplier and agency relationships support further industrial business and expand the company’s ability to serve specialist lime requirements.
Eastern Cape growth
LimeCo strengthens its service coverage into the Eastern Cape, extending regional customer and supply support.
Facilities upgraded
Loading and warehousing facilities are expanded to support growing demand, increased stockholding and a broader customer base.
A legacy remembered
On 25 May 2023, the LimeCo family said farewell to its founder, Leon Coertze. The company entered a new chapter while continuing to carry forward the values, relationships and vision on which he built it.
The next chapter
LimeCo combines decades of product knowledge and personal service with modern customer accounts, online order requests and digital business tools.
The principles that
still guide LimeCo.
Integrity
Doing business honestly, keeping promises and treating trust as something that must be earned.
Knowledge
Helping customers understand the product, packaging and supply arrangement suited to their application.
Reliability
Supporting dependable customer operations through stockholding, communication and practical logistics.
Relationships
Building partnerships that continue beyond one enquiry, one order or one generation.
In memory of
our founder.
For almost three decades, Leon devoted himself to building more than a successful business. He built a company that customers trusted, a workplace where people felt respected and a reputation founded on honesty, hard work and genuine relationships.
His leadership was measured not only by the growth of LimeCo, but by the way he treated people—with kindness, humility and unwavering integrity.
Although Leon is no longer with us, the values he lived by continue to shape LimeCo every day. His legacy lives on in every customer helped, every promise kept and every generation that carries the company forward.
Modern tools.
The same values.
Today, LimeCo continues building on the foundation established in 1994. The company is investing in better customer experiences, improved digital systems and new ways to support its staff and customers.
The technology may change, but the standard remains the same: honest advice, dependable supply, personal service and relationships that last.