The story of TSS started in 1994 when Willie le Hanie built a small oil purification plant on the back of an old Datsun truck. This budding entrepreneur had convinced his wife to invest a portion of her pension money in his new business. At the time, the company only had four staff members and it was almost six months before the company started showing a profit.
When TSS celebrated its 10 year anniversary in 2004, it had grown to employ over 100 staff members, with thriving branches in Heidelberg (Gauteng), Richards Bay and Durban (KwaZulu-Natal). Its business network reaches across South Africa to Namibia, Swaziland, Mozambique, Botswana and Angola. It also exports to Kenya, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria. Among its top clients are five major town councils, City Power, as well as huge corporate clients such as the Anglo Group and Illovo Sugar.