Mar 8, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Automation & Robotics, Education & Training, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals, Transport & Logistics
At a recent SAIMC Durban branch presentation, Hennie Prinsloo and John Owen-Ellis provided an introduction to what is required to design a complete analytical system. It started with an overview of the large quantity of information that is needed, and then took the...
Mar 7, 2019 | Green Industries & Renewable Energy, KZN Industrial & Business News
THYSSENKRUPP Industrial Solutions, in a bid to further strengthen its longstanding business partnerships and expand its footprint in Africa, hosted four customer conferences during Mining Indaba 2018 in Cape Town recently. During the conferences, senior management...
Mar 6, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News
BUSINESSES that are successful in affecting major transformation, especially with black equity partners, will secure a sustained competitive advantage under the South African Automotive Masterplan (SAAM) 2035. That is the view of Electrocoat MD, Angelique Adcock, one...
Mar 6, 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 6, 2019 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, ICT In Industry
CONSIDER how everyday our use of biometrics is becoming. Increasingly, we are using it to log on to our computers and smartphones without batting an eyelid. Many of us have used fingerprints to access buildings at work, and we’ve happily given our fingerprints and ID...
Mar 6, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Plastics & Rubber, Projects, Pumps, Valves, Pipes & Fittings, SMME Development & Support, Social Development, Water & Effluent Management
THE technically-complex KwaNobuhle Area 11 Link Sewer project has made a substantial difference to the living conditions of people living on the outskirts of Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. That’s according to JG Afrika, the firm of consulting engineers appointed by the...
Mar 6, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Manufacturing
VOLKSWAGEN Group South Africa (VWSA) has created work opportunities for 560 unemployed young people through the Youth Employment Service (YES) programme. The intake began its 12-month employment period with VWSA on 1 March 2019. The young people will be placed across...
Mar 6, 2019 | Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Government & Municipal, Packaging, Plastics & Rubber
THE Polystyrene Association of South Africa (PolySA) has hit back at accusations from parliamentarians that its members are among the biggest contributors to environmental pollution. The Association’s Chief Executive Officer, Adri Spangenberg, said that polystyrene...
Mar 6, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Automotive, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News
THE increase in the price of petrol at 74 cents a litre and diesel around 91 cents a litre, will have a severe impact on the cash flow of farmers. That’s according to Dawie Maree, Head of Information and Marketing at FNB Agribusiness, who said that fuel and diesel...
