Appointments
March 2013
News
SKF South Africa has appointed Anton Theunissen as distributor development manager for southern Africa.
José Lira has been appointed sales engineer at ifm electronic’s head office in Centurion.
Alwyn Skelton has been appointed managing director of ifm electronic SA.
Conrad du Plessis has been appointed production manager at ifm electronic’s head office in Centurion.
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RS South Africa retains Level 2 B-BBEE status
RS South Africa
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RS South Africa has once again achieved Level 2 B-BBEE verification.
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SEW-EURODRIVE unveils world class facility in Gqeberha
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In a landmark event in the Eastern Cape attended by key customers and industry leaders, SEW-EURODRIVE officially opened its expanded state-of-the-art facility in Gqeberha, marking a major milestone in its strategy to strengthen regional support and deepen its footprint in the region.
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Africa’s brightest young battery innovators
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Schneider Electric and Enactus, the international NGO dedicated to inspiring students through entrepreneurial action, have announced the winners of the 2025 Energy Transition Battery Innovation Challenge, funded by the Schneider Electric Foundation. It empowers young innovators to design battery solutions addressing the region’s most pressing energy challenges.
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Africa’s strategic role in powering the global clean energy future
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The 2026 Africa Energy Indaba is to spotlight Africa’s mineral wealth, industrialisation potential and the urgent need for sustainable value chain development.
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The road to the Indaba
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The Africa Automation Indaba 2026 is set to become a landmark gathering for Africa’s automation, process control and manufacturing community.
SA Instrumentation and Control will be running a dedicated editorial series spotlighting the voices, ideas and debates shaping Africa’s industrial future.
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Crash reconstruction tests advance vehicle safety research
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The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Scientific Multidisciplinary Advanced Research Technologies (SMART) Lab recently participated in a series of collaborative crash reconstruction tests held at the Toyota Test Track.
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Siemens and HD Hyundai to accelerate revitalisation of USA shipbuilding
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Siemens Digital Industries Software has signed a memorandum of understanding with HD Hyundai to drive the revitalisation and modernisation of the commercial shipbuilding industry in the USA.
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SKF launches the Patent Bay
SKF South Africa
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SKF is launching The Patent Bay, a new platform open to companies that aim to accelerate technologies with the potential to advance sustainability, by making selected patents freely available to others.
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SAIMC Zambia
SAIMC
SAIMC News
SAIMC Zambia marked its 21st anniversary with the annual SAIMC Banquet, held on 29 November 2025 at Mukwa Lodge in Kitwe, Zambia.
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Accelerating Africa’s smart manufacturing future
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Automation Day, a dedicated one-day conference within the Manufacturing Indaba 2026, will bring together industry leaders, innovators and policymakers for an in-depth exploration of how automation is reshaping Africa’s manufacturing landscape.
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