Mar 29, 2019 | Business Tech, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, ICT In Industry, Social Development, Telecommunications
DIGITAL literacy in the Eastern Cape received a significant boost recently when local outreach programme Fundanii, received the backing of search giant Google and software heavyweight SAP to further their work in Mdantsane near East London. Fundanii is a digital...
Mar 29, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
TODAY, most machinery available on the market is good but what differentiates a brand is the company itself and the level of service it delivers. That’s according to Natie Ferreira, co-owner of BF Hire, who said this was the reason he and his partner Marius Brink had...
Mar 29, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
A major trenching and loading contract has seen plant-hire company Mpeke Plant Hire acquire its latest batch of equipment from Bobcat Cape Town. Mpeke Plant Hire started off in 2014 as an enterprise development initiative. However, since 2017 it started renting out...
Mar 29, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Electrical & Electronics, Engineering, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, Power Generation
AS part of its ongoing growth plans, Zest WEG Group will continue to focus on opportunities in more African countries, according to its new chief executive officer, Siegfried Kreutzfeld (pictured). With 40 years of service in the global WEG Group, Kreutzfeld brings a...
Mar 29, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Motors, Drives & Transmissions
GOSCOR Earth Moving (GEM), the official distributor of SANY, the fifth-largest construction and related equipment manufacturer in the world, has added the high-performance SMG200 motor grader to its line-up. “The SMG200 offers maximum power and superior levelling...
Mar 29, 2019 | Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Pumps, Valves, Pipes & Fittings, Water & Effluent Management
VEOLIA Water Technologies South Africa recently supplied three Potable Water Treatment Plants (PWTP) to Mpumalanga’s capital city, Mbombela. “Our Water Techno Packages are fast becoming very popular water treatment solutions across South Africa,” said Nishaal...
Mar 29, 2019 | Disaster Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Fire Protection, Safety
WHEN Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality needed to upgrade its existing fire-fighting fleet, they procured these tough fire-fighting machines right on their door step. Locally built at Isuzu Motors South Africa’s Port Elizabeth truck plant, the Isuzu FXZ 26-360 6×4...
Mar 29, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News
ONE of the Eastern Cape’s longest-standing companies has finalised an empowerment deal with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) – to the benefit of its 80-strong labour force which now ranks as a shareholder. Thanks to the restructuring deal, Rhino...
Mar 29, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage
SOVEREIGN Foods, the third largest poultry producer in South Africa, has announced the acquisition of the Blue Hills hatchery in Midrand. The hatchery was previously known as Hyline Africa which was a commercial layer grandparent facility. Sovereign’s expansion began...
