Innovation and achievements
Over the years, Conlog has emerged as an industry leader in smart metering solutions, with hundreds of patents and world-firsts to our name.
Experience & innovation
Conlog has been a pioneering leader in the prepayment industry since the late 1980s. Over the decades, we have honed our expertise and focused on innovation in order to deliver solutions that are at the cutting edge of the global prepayment sector.
Today, we hold more than 200 patents and trademarks, and our meters are used in more than 58 countries worldwide.
Our engineering department boasts many experts in their fields, holding unrivalled skills across project management, embedded software engineering, hardware design, validation, mechanical engineering, systems engineering, and research and development. Conlog engineers are equipped with the knowledge and experience required to develop products that constantly outperform the rest.
Our global footprint
As a proudly South African black industrialist company, our footprint extends to over 58 countries across Africa, South America and the Middle East. With a base of over 17 million meters and prepaid solutions, our products service over 90 utilities, providing access to power for more than 58 countries. With systems that are available in English, Arabic, French, Spanish and Portuguese, our products have been able to reach millions.
Awards
We have received a number of accolades over the years, including:
- The inaugural Innovation Award for the prepayment industry
- Best Metering Company Award six times out of eight
- Exporter of the Year Award
- 2010 Metering Excellence Award for our Service Desk
- Silver Award from the Electricity Supply Industry for Best Service Provider
- Impumelelo Top 300 Black Empowered Companies Award
- Ranked top three in the Technology Top 100 ICT category
- Awarded the 5-Star Gold Award and trophy for “Cleaner Production”at the 2024 KZN Waste Management Awards for excellence in waste management and sustainability
Achievements
Conlog has gone where no company has gone before, fearlessly paving the way for future companies and generations. As a result of our constant innovation, we have developed many industry firsts, including:
Developed the standard for the secure transfer of credit, the Standard Transfer Specification (STS), an IEC standard (62055-41)
Designed the industry’s standard wallbase for electricity meters
Developed the world’s first commercially available 250A prepayment meter
Developed the common vending system
Created the South African Electricity Basic Support Tariff (EBSST)
Developed the first commercial scratch-card solution for prepayment