Our Story
Triz Engineering was founded in 2001 and since then became a significant contributor to the commercial vehicle industry.
Our History
2001-2002
2003
2004
2007-2008
2009
2010
2012-Current
2014-2015
2017
2019
2020
2021
2001
Company Established
12 Engineers
2002
Workhorse Custom Chassis Project
Custom chassis for W82 Bus
2003
Union City Body Company Project
Engineering support team
Step van bodies
Workhorse Custom Chassis Project
Class 6 W24 RV
Autocar Truck Project
Class 8 COE
2004
Workhorse Custom Chassis Project
Class 4/5 W16/18 RV
Workhorse Custom Chassis Project
Class 4 Stepvan chassis P42
2007
Workhorse Custom Chassis Project
Class X R64 RV
2008
Autocar Truck Project
Class 8 Terminal Tractor
2009
Autocar Truck Project
Class 8 Hydraulic Hybrid Truck
2010
Company Milestone
50 Engineers
Autocar Truck Project
Class 8 (8×4) Truck
2012-Current
Daimler Freightliner CCC Project
Engineering Support Team
Class 8 RV
Class 4 Step van
2014-2015
Elgin Sweeper Project
Auxiliary Powertrain Integration
2017
Company Milestone
100 Engineers
2019
Autocar Truck Project
Class 8 Conventional truck
Autocar Truck Project
Class 8 BEV Terminal Tractor
2020
Company Milestone
150 Engineers
2021
Confidential Project
Class 7 BEV
Confidential Project
Class 8 BEV
Autocar Truck Project
Class 8 BEV Terminal Tractor (Gen 2&3)
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Andrew Taitz, Chairman
Andrew Taitz is Chairman of TRIZ® Engineering, including its U.S. and Cape Town, South Africa affiliates, both of which provide cutting-edge design engineering services focused on commercial vehicle industries. As part of, and consistent with, the GVW Group™ family of companies including Autocar and other affiliates under Andrew Taitz’s leadership, Triz Engineering seeks the best people, who are then empowered to create value for customers – often by doing things differently. By understanding customers, their markets, and their true drivers of value and sustained competitive advantage, Triz Engineering designs to meet client and end-customer needs in ways more fundamental and aligned toward forward-looking growth and profitability. Triz Engineering, and affiliated GVW Group companies, have also been industry leaders in furthering and promoting sustainable, environment-friendly products and services, and they continue to seek and advance such opportunities as core to their key growth initiatives.
Johann Vorster, President
Johann Vorster is the President of TRIZ® Engineering Services. Triz Engineering is an engineering development consultancy, specializing in commercial vehicles with offices in South Africa and the United States. In 2000 Johann joined the company as an engineer in Indiana, USA.
Now located in Cape Town, he is responsible for leading Triz Engineering‘s growth and new technology initiatives. Johann is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of the University of Pretoria and holds an MBA from the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business