New heights for Voith March 2009 Voith’s WinDrive has shown its strength in what is believed to be the highest installed wind turbine in the world. Situated 4200 m above sea level, the 2 MW wind turbine delivers power to the Veladero ...
Emerson's Dubai facility March 2009 Emerson recently celebrated the official opening of its new regional headquarters in Dubai to better serve its growing portfolio of business in the Middle East and to reinforce the company’s long-term ...
100 furnace control systems March 2009 Mintek, South Africa’s national mineral research organisation has completed the one-hundredth installation worldwide of its FurnStar-Minstral advanced process control (APC) system for furnaces. The systems ...
Move for Meter Systems March 2009 Meter Systems has moved to bigger premises to allow it to maintain an optimum level of service to its customers.
The company was established in 1978 to supply equipment to the aviation and petroleum ...
ESTEQ partners with HBM March 2009 ESTEQ Engineering has become the newest partner of HBM, a global market leader in test and measurement solutions. This news followed HBM’s successful acquisition of nCode International late in 2008.
ESTEQ ...
Verder attains local rating March 2009 Part of the Verder Group, represented by 28 branches in 15 countries, Verder Pumps SA (VPSA) is pleased to announce that it has completed an independent BEE rating process by BEE Process and Management ...
Voith expands in Africa March 2009 Voith Turbo has a well-established presence on the African continent with Ghana serving as the springboard for the opening of the first Voith branch in Accra.
“We have successfully served the Ghanaian ...
Big SA order for ABB March 2009, ABB South Africa ABB has won an order worth $53 million from the South African power utility Eskom, to strengthen the transmission network in the Western Cape region.
The company will design, manufacture, install and ...
Control loop CD available March 2009, Michael Brown Control Engineering Michael Brown, author of our monthly Control Loop feature, has just produced a CD of over 100 of the Case Histories series of articles dealing with his experiences of control problems in hundreds of plants ...
Local calibration facility for Testo March 2009 Unitemp, the suppliers of the Testo range of emission testing equipment has announced a co-operative agreement with Ecoserv to provide local calibration services for the Testo range of portable flue-gas ...
Adroit supports University of Botswana March 2009, Adroit Technologies In October 2008, the University of Botswana was sponsored an Adroit Technologies Scada System in response to lecturer Dr John T. Agee’s desire to implement laboratory training for students. The scada ...
Surgetek on national television March 2009, Surge Technology Surgetek’s Paul van As will be on SABC 2 on Saturday 28 February 2009 at 08h30 on Episode 3 Season 4 of the DIY met Riaan programme. Paul will be educating viewers on how to install a DEHNguard M TT surge ...
Process Expo 2009 March 2009 Process Automation and Information Technology 2009 is once again set to be the industry product and services platform of the year. The Exhibition will be held on 19, 20 and 21 May for those employed in ...
Petro.t.ex Africa 2009 March 2009 With 95% of the world’s transport petroleum-based, there are few industries not heavily dependent on oil. “Until more sustainable, ‘greener’ technologies are developed, petrochemicals will remain the ...
Appointments March 2009 ifm electronic SA has appointed Kenneth Madeley as storeman and Rika Wiesner as debtors clerk at its head office in Centurion.
Comtest has announced the appointments of Vaughan Sanders as product ...
The Jim Pinto Column: Market contractions and the year ahead March 2009 I have just returned to my home in San Diego, California after a very enjoyable 3-month trip that took me to a series of speaking engagements in England, South Africa and India.
I left San Diego when ...
Letter to the editor March 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) SA Instrumentation and Control received some interesting feedback from a reader last month, which we have decided to publish:
“Thank you for Michael Brown’s control loop series. I find his writing both ...
C&I engineering tools: Part 1 - Relationships and standards February 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) Adopting technical standards and recommended practices in engineering disciplines is critical to keeping an organisation agile and minimising product costs.
Fieldbus Foundation General Assembly February 2009 The Fieldbus Foundation 2009 General Assembly will be held in Yokohama, Japan, on 4-5 March. The annual event is open to Fieldbus Foundation members and non-members, and will be attended by leading suppliers, ...