Not just doom and gloom June 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) Feedback from the Process Automation, Instrumentation and Control Expo 2009 has been very positive. Held at Nasrec in May, this year’s exhibition reported visitor numbers up 15% on the previous exhibition ...
ARP0108 certification for Honeywell May 2009 Honeywell’s OneWireless network and wireless transmitters are now ARP0108 certified, thereby meeting the South African requirement that all imported explosion protected apparatus be re-certified in South ...
ABB wins order in Mozambique May 2009 Leading power and automation technology group, ABB, has won a $32 million order from Vale in Mozambique for complete electrification and automation solutions to maximise productivity, monitor energy use ...
Lean times demand faster returns May 2009 Honeywell has launched TheOptimizedPlant.com, a website that delivers ideas, information and tools to help manufacturers maximise plant performance and get the most out of existing assets.
The site ...
The great gas pipeline May 2009 GE Oil & Gas technology has been selected for one of the largest gas transmission projects in the world. GE will be the primary supplier of compression equipment for the western section of China’s second ...
New partners for Wonderware May 2009 Wonderware has added Echelon and ConneXSoft to the Wonderware Innovation Partner Network in line with the company’s commitment to develop open and integrated solutions for facility and energy conservation ...
New ANSI standard May 2009 ANSI, the American National Standards Institute, has approved a second standard in the ISA99 series Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems.
The standard, ANSI/ISA-99.02.01-2009, Establishing ...
Lab Africa 2009 May 2009 The exhibition is set to break all records having already attracted 25% more exhibitors than the 2007 event. This year we are proud to announce that we have a significant international representation ...
Celebrating 25 years May 2009, Turck Banner Southern Africa On 5 March RET Automation Controls celebrated its 25th anniversary. Founded in 1984, the company was the vision of Rodney Topham who identified the expanding need for, and importance of, sensors in the ...
Knick collaborates with Endress+Hauser May 2009, Endress+Hauser South Africa, Mecosa Endress+Hauser and Knick have signed a cooperation agreement in the liquid analysis engineering product segment. The objective of this cooperation is the joint use and development of inductive connector ...
Egyptian orders for Yokogawa May 2009, Yokogawa South Africa Yokogawa Middle East, a subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, has received five orders to supply automation and control systems for the construction and upgrade of power plants in Egypt. These ...
Optrolyte: new kid on the block May 2009 Isak du Preez, recipient of the 2008 SAIMC University Scholarship Award, has opened the doors of Optrolyte Electronic Design & Research.
Motion Control readers will be particularly interested to know ...
Pneudrive challenge - after the road-show May 2009, SEW-Eurodrive The student contest which showcases mechatronic innovation using SEW Eurodrive and Festo products is running for the second year and support is growing. The competition is well underway with participants ...
New releases from Wonderware May 2009 Wonderware has announced the release of Wonderware System Platform 3.1 and InTouch 10.1, featuring distributed scada, scalability and user productivity enhancements to the Wonderware core software platform ...
SMART Summit May 2009 Delegates from various industries around South Africa gathered together at the Didima Conference Centre in the Central Drakensburg from 11-13 March for ApplyIT’s annual SMART Summit.
The theme was Sustaining ...
Adroit at CeBIT May 2009, Adroit Technologies CeBIT was held in Hannover, Germany, in March this year; there were more than 4300 companies exhibiting and more than 40 000 visitors. The South African pavilion consisted of 17 South African-based companies ...
SKF renews contract with Ferrari May 2009, SKF South Africa A partnership and technical cooperation of more than 60 years was celebrated by SKF together with Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro by signing the Formula One contract on 24 February, 2009. The contract is valid ...
New branch for Meter Systems May 2009 The company is pleased to announce the opening of its KwaZulu-Natal branch. The branch aims to supply and service the Meter Systems range of products which include flow measurement, process instrumentation ...
Trinity opens in Cape Town May 2009 Trinity Telecomms has announced the opening of a development operation in Cape Town, under new technical director Martin Weiss. The new division within Trinity Telecomms, based in the Belville Waterfront, ...
Enthusiastic response for Rittal May 2009, Rittal Arnold Schwarzenegger kicked off CeBIT with the following words: “Losers whine but winners move forward in a strong and powerful way.” Rittal’s presentation at CeBIT, complete with a live display of ...
