Aug 1, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Water & Effluent Management
WATER treatment multinational, Veolia Water Technologies, recently opened a chemical blending facility in Johannesburg, a move it described as a key milestone along the road to its expansion into Africa. The facility employs 40 people and, according to the company,...
Aug 1, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Fire Protection, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Machine Tools, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
SINCE the appointment of AllCut Power Products as its dealer in the Eastern Cape three years ago, the business relationship between the two companies has grown from strength to strength with healthy personal bonds having been established. That’s according to Wacker...
Aug 1, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping
TRANSNET National Ports Authority (TNPA) and the Port of East London are celebrating the triumph of the port’s Chief Engineering Technician, Sinqobile Nkabinde (pictured), who was announced as winner of the Transport, Logistics & Security category at the 7th...
Aug 1, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation, Special Economic Zones
LEADING gases supplier, Afrox, has imported new LPG cylinder stocks and ramped up supplies of Handigas to ensure wide availability to consumers in South Africa this winter. “With temperatures dropping and the possibility of further power outages, Afrox is ensuring...
Jul 31, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, Motors, Drives & Transmissions
SKF and Proximion AB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hexatronic Group AB have entered into a development partnership for the industrialisation of fibre-optic sensing systems. The two parties will work together to combine SKF’s fibre-optic bearing sensing technology with...
Jul 31, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control
ROCKWELL Automation has released an updated version of the Allen-Bradley Motion Analyser software tool. According to the company, this enhanced software offers an optimised user experience with intuitive navigation and in-workflow product selection and can help...
Jul 31, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Hydraulics & Pneumatics, Social Development
STAFF of Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) heeded the global call to mark Nelson Mandela International Day and the centenary of his birth by being of service to others. This year TNPA once again encouraged employees who volunteer for causes in their personal...
Jul 31, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Projects, Pumps, Valves, Pipes & Fittings, Social Development, Water & Effluent Management
“In the past 18 months we have had water for only eight months. Last time water was running in our taps was six months ago,” says Meko Poswayo, a former steering committee member of the Qamata water project. “Last year we had similar problems too.” The project, which...
Jul 31, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry, Metals & Alloys, SMME Development & Support, Special Economic Zones
CHINESE automaker BAIC will significantly ramp up the use of local materials and labour as its new Coega plant moves from its set-up phase into full scale production, with the first batches of its X25 compact SUV due to start rolling off the assembly line in the...
