Nov 22, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
By Nomkhita Mona, Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber CEO AGAINST the backdrop of a technical recession and the persistent challenge of the unemployment rate, the World Bank released its Doing Business in South Africa report at the end of September 2018. In this,...
Nov 22, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, EC Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
THE Kruisfontein Emerging Cattle Farmers Co-operative is on track to become one of the nucleus herds for livestock improvement in the Eastern Cape. This is after the first batch of calves from high-quality embryos were born between 4 and 12 November 2018, resulting...
Nov 22, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
Imperial Logistics has secured a long-term contract to distribute Nulaid eggs. Imperial Logistics’ Chief Strategy Officer Cobus Rossouw said the group’s initial three-year contract with Quantum Foods had been extended for five years, based on its “continued success in...
Nov 22, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Special Economic Zones
WITH positive growth in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects within the Sub-Saharan region predicted by a number of economists, the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ) believes it’s well positioned to carve out a sizeable slice of the FDI...
Nov 22, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Packaging, Transport & Logistics
IN what’s being hailed as a powerful vote of confidence in Port Elizabeth’s manufacturing industry, the country’s largest brewer, SAB and AB InBev Africa, has launched of a new R438-million production line at its Ibhayi...
Nov 21, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Engineering Supplies, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
HAVING joined Konecranes and Demag in early September as Managing Director, Emil Berning (pictured) has his work cut out for him with Konecranes and Demag soon to become one legal entity, known as Konecranes and Demag (Pty) Ltd, but trading as Konecranes. Berning’s...
Nov 21, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment
THE Harvard Business Review recently reported that a wave of around 700 retirements would mean the loss of over 27 000 years of experience. The wealth of knowledge and experience held by retirees is so valuable that it has given rise to the term, the Expert Economy....
Nov 21, 2018 | Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training
Bosch Ulwazi Engineers in Training with Edmund Nxumalo of ECSA WITH the challenges of drastic skills shortages in South Africa, it is critical that the business sector escalates its involvement in education and skills development. That’s according to Mike Gibbon, CEO,...
Nov 21, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, Water & Effluent Management
HELP is on its way for Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) which has been affected for many years by water shortages and no water at all in some areas, for days at a time. To solve this crisis, Amatola Water was appointed by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) as...
