Nov 22, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Transport & Logistics
FOLLOWING Grindrod’s recent interim results reflecting a 5% increase in revenue, a 23% improvement in headline earnings on the prior year and the spinoff of its Shipping Division, Grindrod’s Freight Services division is making strides in cementing its strategy of...
Nov 22, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry
THE potential of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the construction and consulting engineering space, as an important element of a fully-integrated approach to project delivery, was showcased at an event entitled...
Nov 22, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Electrical & Electronics
VSE150 is a six-channel diagnostic system designed to evaluate four dynamic signals (e.g. rotational acceleration) and two analogue inputs. According to local distributors IFM Electronics, the new VSE15x family provides different fieldbus interfaces to exchange data...
Nov 22, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Electrical & Electronics
ACTOM Electrical Products’ extension of its “complete product packages for projects” business in 2016 to include catering to projects in the public sector has contributed strongly towards its continuing success. “We took a further step towards improving our strength...
Nov 22, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
By Nomkhita Mona, Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber CEO AGAINST the backdrop of a technical recession and the persistent challenge of the unemployment rate, the World Bank released its Doing Business in South Africa report at the end of September 2018. In this,...
Nov 22, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, EC Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
THE Kruisfontein Emerging Cattle Farmers Co-operative is on track to become one of the nucleus herds for livestock improvement in the Eastern Cape. This is after the first batch of calves from high-quality embryos were born between 4 and 12 November 2018, resulting...
Nov 22, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
Imperial Logistics has secured a long-term contract to distribute Nulaid eggs. Imperial Logistics’ Chief Strategy Officer Cobus Rossouw said the group’s initial three-year contract with Quantum Foods had been extended for five years, based on its “continued success in...
Nov 22, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Special Economic Zones
WITH positive growth in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects within the Sub-Saharan region predicted by a number of economists, the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ) believes it’s well positioned to carve out a sizeable slice of the FDI...
Nov 22, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Packaging, Transport & Logistics
IN what’s being hailed as a powerful vote of confidence in Port Elizabeth’s manufacturing industry, the country’s largest brewer, SAB and AB InBev Africa, has launched of a new R438-million production line at its Ibhayi...
