Nov 14, 2018 | Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Packaging
THE EU and other ports around the world are checking incoming containers at random for compliant contents and have impounded the shipments of a number of offenders over the past few years. That’s the warning from the Responsible Packaging Management Association of...
Nov 14, 2018 | Consulting Engineers & Project Management, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation, KZN Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
Daikin has launched South Africa’s very first heat pump cassette using low GWP R-32 refrigerant gas extending the Sky Air range for light commercial applications. With just one-third of the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of R-410A refrigerant, R-32 is a proven...
Nov 14, 2018 | Education & Training, KZN Industrial & Business News, Metals & Alloys
FOR many years, the Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW), has provided opportunities for young South African men and women to acquire the skills in the welding and related inspection industries. “Over 75% of our graduates find meaningful employment and this,...
Nov 14, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
PEARL Sizeka Bengu has been appointed Group Chief Executive Ithala Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) with effect from 1 November. The organisation’s board said in a statement it had engaged “robustly” with Bengu and that she would work closely with Danny...
Nov 14, 2018 | Chemical & Allied Industries, Electrical & Electronics, KZN Industrial & Business News, Power Generation
M&I Materials recently announced the opening of manufacturing operations in South Africa, producing its Midel brand of fire safe and biodegradable ester dielectric fluids for electricity transformers. The plant is the first in Africa to make ester transformer...
Nov 14, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, Engineering Supplies, KZN Industrial & Business News
FIBERTEX South Africa recently partnered with Brent Corporation to assist with the technical support, supply, installation and quality checks for the retaining walls being installed at the new Reddam College located in Ballito, North of Durban. “Construction of these...
Oct 31, 2018 | Hydraulics & Pneumatics, KZN Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
Co-owners of Fluid Power Automation, Dean Trent (left) and Marius Sevenster (right) officially opens ParkerStore Durban CELEBRATING more than a decade of sharing their knowledge and service expertise in the hydraulic, pneumatic industry in the Zululand area, Dean...
Oct 31, 2018 | Disaster Management, Fire Protection, KZN Industrial & Business News, Social Development
THE FTS Safety Group, through its corporate social investment initiative FTS SPARC, has trained 19 residents at the Kennedy Road / Blackburn Village and Malacca Road informal settlements north of Durban, in the hopes of empowering residents to prevent and contain...
Oct 31, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Occupational Health, Transport & Logistics
INNOVATIVE Staffing Solutions has dismissed 300 drivers after they tested positive for marijuana use. This follows the recent legalisation of cannabis consumption in South Africa for private use. Company MD Arnoux Maré said that just because cannabis consumption was...
