Tectra completes casino installation 2nd Quarter 2015, Tectra Automation Tectra Automation recently designed, manufactured and supplied extrusions to house Sun Coast Casino’s renowned seven square metre video wall. The installation took the linear assembly technologists just ...
SMC Pneumatics appoints head of sales 2nd Quarter 2015, SMC Corporation South Africa SMC Pneumatics (South Africa) has announced the appointment of Johan Bester as its new head of sales. Responsible for sales to existing and new customers through direct and indirect channels, Bester will ...
Appointments to the Hytec board 2nd Quarter 2015, Hytec South Africa Two longstanding senior directors of the international Bosch Group have joined the Hytec group of companies board as part of the new joint venture into Africa. Roland Keller and Andrew Castle represent ...
Festo Didactic training: June to August 2015 2nd Quarter 2015, Festo The following courses are available from Festo Didactic: Pneumatics (1) Basic PN111: Johannesburg: 17-19 June, 15-17 July, 12-14 August Durban: 3-5 June, 29-31 July Port Elizabeth: 10-12 June...
Hydromobile training: 2015 2nd Quarter 2015, Hydromobile S.A. Hydromobile’s popular hydraulics training course will be run on the following dates in 2015: 24-26 June, 11-13 November
This gives students a good general understanding of hydraulic system design and ...
SEW-Eurodrive training: May to August 2015 2nd Quarter 2015, SEW-EURODRIVE The following courses are available from SEW-Eurodrive: Maintenance and repair of geared motors and braking systems:12-13 May, 2-3 June, 7-8 July, 4-5 AugustOperation, start-up and troubleshooting, ...
The Jim Pinto Column: New technology trends 2nd Quarter 2015 The world is in the middle of the second decade of the new century. In the midst of accelerating technology changes, fragile financial failures and precarious political problems almost everywhere in the ...
New legislation to affect skills development rebates 2nd Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) There are far-reaching legislative changes pending next year that will alter the current rebate system for skills development.
Obituary: Andrew Ashton (9 December 1950 - 18 June 2015) 2nd Quarter 2015, Technews Publishing It is with deep sadness that the staff of Technews Publishing heard of the death of our dear friend and much esteemed colleague, Andrew Ashton.
Jon (Andrew) Charles Ashton passed away on Thursday, ...
SEW-Eurodrive’s Ute Schoeman steps down 2nd Quarter 2015, SEW-EURODRIVE After 12 years of service, SEW-Eurodrive South Africa MD, Ute Schoeman has stepped down to open up her own business as a business and marketing consultant in the industrial sector.
The convergence of IT and OT 2nd Quarter 2015, Technews Publishing One of the themes arising out of Schneider Electric’s recent international media day held at its Paris headquarters, le Hive, was the increasing convergence of the worlds of information technology (IT) ...
A landmark in sub-Saharan hydraulics and automation 1st Quarter 2015, Hytec Fluid Technology The recent 50% acquisition of Hytec by Bosch Rexroth offers greater expansion opportunities into sub-Saharan Africa’s hydraulics and automation markets.
Schneider Electric awarded Africa Best Employer award 1st Quarter 2015, Schneider Electric South Africa Schneider Electric Africa has been awarded the Africa Best Employer Brand Award for 2014/2015 at the annual Employer Branding Awards, organised by the Employer Branding Institute and endorsed by the Asian Confederation of Business.
Zest WEG a regional manufacturing hub 1st Quarter 2015, WEG Africa The Zest WEG Group is positioning itself to become a regional hub of WEG, with subsidiary company Shaw Controls set to become the number one panel builder and systems integrator in Africa,” says Louis ...
Letaba donates industrial pumps 1st Quarter 2015 Letaba Industrial Pumps, a division of the Set Point Group, has recently donated 12 positive displacement and centrifugal industrial pumps worth R100 000 to Ithemba Institute of Technology’s FET College. ...
PneuDrive Challenge focuses on food and beverage 1st Quarter 2015, SEW-EURODRIVE SEW-Eurodrive and Pneumax, co-sponsors of thePneuDrive Challenge, have announced that students will need to design a ‘game changer’ for the food and beverage industry in 2015. By challenging young mechanical, ...
BMG acquires Klep Valves 1st Quarter 2015, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG BMG has extended its operations in the fluid technology sector with the recent acquisition of Klep Valves. “This strategic acquisition follows an 18 month period where Klep Valves supported BMG in our ...
Parker Hannifin signs agreement with Oilserv 1st Quarter 2015, Parker Hannifin - Sales Company South Africa Parker Hannifin has signed a strategic agreement with Oilserv Group, which will ensure the distribution of Parker products for the oil and gas, power, food and beverage and industrial markets in the West ...
Festo’s bold strategic decisions 1st Quarter 2015, Festo Festo South Africa had an exciting year in 2014, engaging in some bold strategic moves. The company has a long-term perspective that recognises the importance of developing, maintaining and expanding ...