Feb 6, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News
WITH the Western and Eastern Cape in the throes of a crippling drought, Swedish global water technology company Bluewater has made a significant investment in I-Drop Water – a South African water solutions provider – to provide better access to clean drinking water...
Feb 6, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News
THE franchising industry has shown adaptability to the tough economy by growing the sector 3,6% over the past four years – from contributing an estimated 9,7% to the country’s GDP in 2014 to its recent figure of 13,3%. Morne Cronje, Head of Franchising at FNB Business...
Feb 6, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News
LIKE many other industries, IT has its own share of unethical businesses that will try to exploit uneducated buyers. Xperien has warned against fly-by-night uncertified computer refurbishers that are taking advantage of unsuspecting customers. Ongoing financial...
Feb 6, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News
DACHSER South Africa recently helped a client who needed to rapidly move nearly 400 tons of rubber from Germany to South Africa. Due to the urgency of the consignment, sea freight was not an option, so Dachser chartered three airplanes to move the bales of rubber. “By...
Feb 6, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News
Everyone wants high speed fibre connectivity and providers are jostling to get fibre into the ground and to the door of businesses and residential customers. The fastest route to a return on these fibre investments is to allow open access, enabling multiple ISPs and...
Feb 6, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News
OF the industrial companies that participated in the IT Security Risks Survey, every fourth company has faced a variety of cyberattacks. Worryingly, one of the fastest growing types of threats, among the multitude targeting industrial organisations in 2017, was...
Feb 6, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News
THE powerful new O8 sensor from IFM is – according to the company – an optimum choice for applications where space is at a premium such as assembly and robotics. “It might be small, but the sensor achieves very long ranges. Moreover the background suppression...
Feb 6, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News
INSTROTECH is offering the Siko MSC500, which it describes as the latest stage of development in its ultra-compact magnetic sensors for industry as well as machine and plant construction. Common applications for these new compact sensors include linear actuators, stop...
Feb 6, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News
EMERSON, a global automation technology and software company, has been named the Industrial IoT Company of the Year by IoT Breakthrough. The award recognizes Emerson’s extensive innovation and leadership in driving Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and...
