May 6, 2018 | Business Tech, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Electrical & Electronics, ICT In Industry, Manufacturing, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
LOCAL information and Communications Technology (ICT) company Yekani Manufacturing officially launched a R1-billion factory in East London yesterday, 05 June 2018. The 28 000m² “smart factory” is in a customs-controlled area at the East London Industrial...
May 6, 2018 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, SMME Development & Support
In line with this year’s World Environment Day theme, Beat Plastic Pollution, Isuzu Motors South Africa reached out to its employees to encourage them to beat plastic pollution in their personal lives. “Each employee has to bring a bag full of plastics and in...
May 6, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Import / Export
THE South African International Maritime Institute (SAIMI) has announced the appointment of Soraya Artman (pictured) to steer its operational side, as it seeks to strengthen partnerships within the maritime sector and beyond. “One of SAIMI’s overarching aims is to be...
May 6, 2018 | Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Packaging, SMME Development & Support, Social Development, Special Economic Zones
THE national Department of Public Works (DPW) has teamed up with the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) on the rollout of the first phase of an upgrade of small harbours in the Western Cape (WC). The R400-million project, spearheaded by the department and implemented...
May 6, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Power Generation, Special Economic Zones
THERE is a direct relationship between access to energy and economic growth. That’s the view of Sandisiwe Ncemane (pictured), Coega Development Corporation (CDC) Business Development Manager: Energy Projects, reflecting on a recent Africa Development Bank (AfDB)...
Apr 25, 2018 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment
FIRST National Bank (FNB) has announced the launch a mobile bank account that allows unbanked and underbanked South African consumers to use a feature phone or a smartphone to open a bank account without ever walking into a branch. Called eWallet eXtra, it will have...
Apr 25, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation, Packaging, Property – Commercial & Industrial, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
THE Port Elizabeth (PE) Cold Storage plant located in the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ), one of the very first exports orientated investors to locate their facility at the SEZ, is once again expanding its facility. The investment worth R10 million is the second...
Apr 25, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Electrical & Electronics, Engineering Supplies, Environmental Management & Control, ICT In Industry, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control
YOKOGAWA Electric Corporation has added a network functionality to its UM33A digital indicator with alarms, a product in the UTAdvanced controller series. The company will release this to the market on May 7. With this network function, a single UM33A digital...
Apr 25, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Engineering Supplies, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Property – Commercial & Industrial
AS part of its mandate to boost skills development in the timber construction sector, the Institute for Timber Construction South Africa (ITC-SA), the professional body for the engineered timber construction sector, will be hosting a CPD-accredited Roof Inspector...
