Jan 30, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, KZN Industrial & Business News
FIBERTEX recently worked with Siyamba Earthworx contractors to design and install a green-wall solution, rather than using conventional retaining blocks, for a project in Salt Rock, on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast. Jeremy Wayne Muthusamy, Key Accounts Manager,...
Jan 30, 2019 | Business Tech, Government & Municipal, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News
MERCHANTS, retailers and the government are missing out on their share of the multi-billion-rand local online retail market, partly because they’re not cashing in on alternative digital payment technologies, says Adesh Kisten, head of sales at instant EFT payment...
Jan 30, 2019 | Food & Beverage, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
A recent survey conducted by the Franchise Association of South Africa (FASA) revealed that the franchising industry has grown from contributing 13,3% to the South African Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2017 to its current figure of 15,7% despite the tough economic...
Jan 14, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, Automotive, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
TRANSNET Port Terminals (TPT) has rolled-out an automated Service Instruction Entry (SIE) system which uses a portal and/or electronic data interface (EDI) to all its Durban Automotive customers, abandoning the manual processing of paperwork for the export, import and...
Jan 14, 2019 | Automotive, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
THE current national automotive policy, the Automotive Production and Development Plan (APDP), will expire in 2020, and will be replaced by the recently announced SA Automotive Masterplan (SAAM), which will guide the sector to 2035. According to the National...
Jan 14, 2019 | Chemical & Allied Industries, Education & Training, Environmental Management & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support, Water & Effluent Management
AN innovative partnership between a JSE-listed chemicals group and rural communities in KwaZulu-Natal, focusing on keeping a river clean and free of alien vegetation, has been acknowledged with a major award. The AECI Wise Wayz Water Care (WWWC) programme is a joint...
Jan 14, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, KZN Industrial & Business News, Water & Effluent Management
STARTING small as a ‘one-man show/ in 1993, the Pietermaritzburg office of engineers and scientists SRK Consulting has served its region and beyond with projects as diverse as drought relief, water reticulation, stormwater infrastructure, tailings dams, waste...
Jan 14, 2019 | Automotive, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
BUILD It Pinetown, one of 350 retail stores in the SPAR Group Ltd South Africa stable, mixes paint, cuts glass and boards, reads business plans and provides home deliveries for its customers. These deliveries are currently being performed by two FAW trucks, each...
Jan 14, 2019 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Motors, Drives & Transmissions
LOCAL Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Wamechsi Group has standardised on SEW products for a range of wastewater-treatment plants it has built throughout the country. The OEM manufactures a range of mechanical equipment for the various stages of the treatment...