{"id":1408,"date":"2016-01-19T14:03:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T14:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anpsthemes.com\/construction\/?page_id=1408"},"modified":"2026-03-09T06:53:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:53:25","slug":"about-us-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.conceptcc.co.za\/barnesgroup\/about-us-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1772806234858{margin-top: -100px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<sr7-module data-alias=\"slider-2-1\" data-id=\"2\" id=\"SR7_2_1\" class=\"rs-ov-hidden\" data-version=\"6.7.31\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-adjuster><\/sr7-adjuster>\n\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_2_1-5\" data-key=\"5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-bg id=\"SR7_2_1-5-6\" class=\"sr7-layer\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.conceptcc.co.za\/barnesgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/49f92d34-9ab7-4660-9ae4-e77bc8abaa98_rw_3840-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"49f92d34-9ab7-4660-9ae4-e77bc8abaa98_rw_3840\"><\/noscript><\/sr7-bg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_2_1-5-1\" class=\"sr7-layer\">OVER 30 YEARS OF BUILDING SOUTH AFRICA<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_2_1-5-2\" class=\"sr7-layer\">The Barnes Group of Companies is a diversified industrial group supplying essential materials, products and solutions to the construction, mining, manufacturing and infrastructure sectors across Southern Africa.<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-txt id=\"SR7_2_1-5-5\" class=\"sr7-layer\">Barnes Group of Companies<\/sr7-txt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<sr7-slide id=\"SR7_2_1-8\" data-key=\"8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-content>\n\t\t\t\t\t<image_lists style=\"display:none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-src=\"\/\/dev.conceptcc.co.za\/barnesgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/879f5a70-9075-4a3c-89cf-1604f0a30216_rw_3840-scaled.jpeg\" data-libid=\"2438\" title=\"879f5a70-9075-4a3c-89cf-1604f0a30216_rw_3840\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" data-dbsrc=\"Ly9kZXYuY29uY2VwdGNjLmNvLnphL2Jhcm5lc2dyb3VwL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDI1LzA1Lzg3OWY1YTcwLTkwNzUtNGEzYy04OWNmLTE2MDRmMGEzMDIxNl9yd18zODQwLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVn\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-src=\"\/\/dev.conceptcc.co.za\/barnesgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/49f92d34-9ab7-4660-9ae4-e77bc8abaa98_rw_3840-scaled.jpeg\" data-libid=\"2428\" data-lib=\"medialibrary\" title=\"49f92d34-9ab7-4660-9ae4-e77bc8abaa98_rw_3840\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" data-dbsrc=\"Ly9kZXYuY29uY2VwdGNjLmNvLnphL2Jhcm5lc2dyb3VwL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDI1LzA1LzQ5ZjkyZDM0LTlhYjctNDY2MC05YWU0LWU3N2JjOGFiYWE5OF9yd18zODQwLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVn\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/image_lists>\n\t\t\t\t<\/sr7-module>\n\t\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\t\t\tSR7.PMH ??={}; SR7.PMH[\"SR7_2_1\"] = {cn:100,state:false,fn: function() { if (_tpt!==undefined && _tpt.prepareModuleHeight !== undefined) {  _tpt.prepareModuleHeight({id:\"SR7_2_1\",el:[550,550,550,400,500],type:'standard',shdw:'0',gh:[550,550,550,400,500],gw:[1140,1140,1140,778,480],vpt:['-100px&#039;,&#039;-100px&#039;,&#039;-100px&#039;,&#039;-100px&#039;,&#039;-100px'],size:{fullWidth:true, fullHeight:false},mh:'0',onh:0,onw:0,bg:{color:'{\"orig\":\"transparent\",\"type\":\"solid\",\"string\":\"transparent\"}'},plType:'0',plColor:'#FFFFFF'});   SR7.PMH[\"SR7_2_1\"].state=true;} else if(SR7.PMH[\"SR7_2_1\"].cn-->0)\tsetTimeout( SR7.PMH[\"SR7_2_1\"].fn,19);}};SR7.PMH[\"SR7_2_1\" ].fn();\n\t\t\t\t<\/script>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1772806536114{padding-top: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;WHO WE ARE&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|font_size:18|text_align:left&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;A Group Built on Strength, Experience, and Purpose&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|font_size:34|text_align:left&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1772807071772{margin-bottom: 30px !important;padding-top: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Barnes Group of Companies is a proudly South African group with more than three decades of operational excellence across the construction and engineering, manufacturing, and mining and resources sectors. 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