Mar 7, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Transport & Logistics
THE travel trade, airlines, airports and other government tourism and aviation agencies have committed themselves to work together to ensure that air passenger experience to and from South Africa and the African Continent is seamless and satisfying. Collaboration and...
Mar 7, 2018 | Government & Municipal, KZN Industrial & Business News
KWAZULU- NATAL is hosting the FNB Academy for Municipal Excellence (FAME) this week. The three-day workshop started on 6 March and sees senior municipal officials from across KwaZulu-Natal local government gather at the Gateway Hotel in Umhlanga. The public-private...
Mar 7, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
“To date, The Fresh Connection has been experienced by more than 12 000 professionals in 600 companies and 12 000 students in 100 universities across the world,” said SAPICS president Mungo Park. “Businesses benefiting from The Fresh Connection include Fortune 500...
Mar 7, 2018 | Chemical & Allied Industries, Disaster Management, Fire Protection, KZN Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals
A sudden and unexpected electrical discharge, an arc flash, leaves its intended path and travels through the air between conductors or from a conductor to the ground. This results in an explosion which can cause fire and serious harm to people and equipment. Accidents...
Mar 7, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Plastics & Rubber
STRAND Group Developments (Pty) Ltd is the latest member to have joined the ranks of the Southern African Vinyls Association (SAVA), the industry body representing the local PVC industry. According to Anton Maingard, Director of the KwaZulu Natal-based company,...
Mar 7, 2018 | Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
SICK Automation recently upgraded The RTT Group’s Dimensioning, Weighing and Scanning (DWS) systems at the company’s Durban and Johannesburg operations. The upgrade included replacing Sick’s older-generation DWS system with its DWS Dynamic system that features new...
Mar 7, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Education & Training, KZN Industrial & Business News
IN an effort to support skills training and development in the timber construction industry, the Institute for Timber Construction South Africa (ITC-SA), SAQA-accredited professional body and watchdog for the timber building industry, recently launched its Online...
Mar 7, 2018 | Government & Municipal, KZN Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
PROPERTY owners in Ethekwini, Johannesburg and many other municipal areas have only a short time in which to lodge any objections to the new municipal valuations of their properties – and to the new municipal rates based on these valuations that they will be charged...
Mar 7, 2018 | Electrical & Electronics, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation, KZN Industrial & Business News, Machine Tools, Manufacturing, Metals & Alloys
SINCE its inauguration in 2016, Afrox’s first tertiary welding facility in Soshanguve, Gauteng in partnership with POPUP (People Upliftment Programme), has trained 11 learners who have qualified with skills in various fields of the welding trade. Currently, the...
