Industrial automation specialist, Rockwell Automation is strengthening its roots in Africa. At the inauguration of the company’s new premises in Johannesburg, managing director Barry Elliott also announced that Rockwell is joining forces with two well-known and influential South African trusts, Ma Afrika Tikkun Trust and Simanye Trust, as the company’s B-BBEE shareholders. In his opening address Elliott said, “South Africa is important to us and the significant investment we have made is testament to our confidence in both the global and local economies. Our new offices reflect Rockwell Automation’s continued commitment to strengthening our roots in Africa.”
From l: Thomas Donato, EMEA president, Rockwell Automation; Barry Elliott, MD, Rockwell Automation sub-Saharan Africa; Errol Pillay, CEO, Afrika Tikkun Services.
At the inauguration, guests were also entertained by political analyst, Justice Malala with a thought-provoking presentation entitled ‘Beyond the Noise: South Africa 2016-2026’. This was followed by Rockwell EMEA president, Thomas Donato, who talked about ‘The Connected Enterprise: the Internet of Things’. He said that this is all about increasing the productivity of your assets and doing more with what you have, and Rockwell has generated significant improvement in its own organisation as well as for its key clients.
With a new B-BBEE shareholder and a new centre for its sub-Saharan operations, Rockwell Automation continues to demonstrate its seriousness in fulfilling its social and economic mandate in South Africa.
Read more...From the editor's desk: A good servant and a bad master Technews Publishing
News & events
In our new AI-generated world it was inevitable that the Nobel Committee would have noticed. Now two pioneers of artificial intelligence, John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, have won the Nobel Prize ...
Read more...Celebrating 65 years: rebuilding and redefining its legacy Axiom Hydraulics
Editor's Choice News & events
Founded in 1959 by Neill Simpson, Axiom Hydraulics has grown into one of South Africa’s elite hydraulic companies. Over the past six and a half decades they’ve weathered many challenges, but none as devastating as the fire of 2023.
Read more...Eskom Expo International Science Fair honours top young scientists
News & events
Excitement filled the air as the 44th Eskom Expo International Science Fair (ISF) opened its doors, welcoming young scientists with an electrifying line-up of activities, including robotics and coding workshops, and riveting science shows.
Read more...Young robotics team takes world title igus
News & events
In an inspiring demonstration of innovation and teamwork, Texpand, a young South African robotics team, recently made history by winning the 2024 FIRST Tech Challenge World Championships.
Read more...Bosch Rexroth Africa announces retirement of COO, Mike Harrison Bosch Rexroth Africa
News & events
Bosch Rexroth Africa would like to announce the retirement of one of its stalwarts. Group chief operating officer, Mike Harrison will retire at the end of the year. His retirement marks the end of a remarkable career spanning 34 years.
Read more...Selection of two-port valves: an open and shut case SMC Corporation South Africa
News & events
Little consideration is generally given to 2-port valves because they are often perceived as simple devices that only open and close to control downstream fluid supply. Although this is mechanically true, choosing the optimal 2-port valve for your application can make a big difference, saving space, weight and energy consumption.
Read more...MeerKAT radio telescope array
Editor's Choice News & events
Leading consulting engineering and infrastructure advisory practice, Zutari is continuing its involvement with the world-leading MeerKAT radio telescope array, where it has played a leading role since the project first broke ground.
Read more...From the editor's desk: The weakest link Technews Publishing
News & events
Lately I’ve been getting an ever-increasing number of articles on cybersecurity in my inbox. It’s easy to put it on the backburner, but there is no doubt that this is a very serious problem that’s not ...
printer friendly version