Jun 6, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
TRUCK manufacturer, FAW SA, says its dealers are operating at a higher level than ever before, making for more satisfied customers It puts this down to a concerted effort to set industry-leading aftersales benchmarks to which its dealers and branches have to adhere....
Jun 6, 2018 | Automotive, Chemical & Allied Industries, EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Mining & Quarrying, Petrochemicals, Water & Effluent Management
THE importance of protecting the quality of South Africa’s groundwater came under the spotlight recently when contamination expert Richard O’Brien from SRK Consulting’s Cape Town office shared compliance lessons with leading industry players at a breakfast seminar...
Jun 6, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Social Development
THE Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) marked Take a Girl Child to Work Day last Thursday, 31 May, by allowing hundreds of female pupils to gain insight into the operations of the national port system and the wide range of career opportunities offered. In a...
Jun 6, 2018 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
THE National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (NAACAM) has announced the host city for its 2019 show. In a statement released recently, the association said the decision followed a competitive host city bidding process and that the show...
Jun 4, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Food & Beverage, SMME Development & Support
EMERGING farmers in the Eastern Cape have received a welcome double boost in the form of major support to tobacco and sorghum growing in the region. The first big development is the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding between British American Tobacco South...
May 31, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
EVERY entrepreneur who begins a business wants it to be successful. But how? Which factors are critical to making your start-up a success and not becoming a statistic after five years? The National Small Business Chamber offers these pointers to making your start-up a...
May 31, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Packaging
THE recently released first quarter trading update from paper and packaging heavyweight Mondi reveals a mixed picture of the packaging industry. The unaudited results state that operating profit for the first quarter of 2018 of €295 million (R4.41 billion) was 15%...
May 31, 2018 | Disaster Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Water & Effluent Management
By Nomkhita Mona SOME 20 years ago, someone said to me that the next world war would be fought over water. I immediately dismissed the idea as far-fetched and melodramatic. Fast-forward to today, when the idea doesn’t seem so absurd. Recent events in other cities,...
