Rebuff was established in 1974 in Isando Johannesburg as a manufacturer and supplier of high quality buffing and abrasive products to the metal finishing industry.The rapid growth in demand from industry for its products necessitated a strategic opening of a second factory in Seshego, Polokwane, enabling the company to expand its product range to include Full Leaf Buffs produced in a variety of Cotton and Sisal, Air Flow and Impregnated Buffs, Coated Abrasive Conversion Products, Non–Woven Abrasives and Polishing Compounds.