Recycling, politics and prosperity February 2008, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) Recycling engineers
With the ever-present mantra of 'skills shortages' perhaps we should take a leaf, if you will excuse the pun, from the green environment movement. The essence of this movement's philosophy ...
SEW Eurodrive active in the Northern Cape January 2008, SEW-EURODRIVE SEW Eurodrive recently held a golf day at the local club in Kathu. It turned out to be a great event with full attendance and fun being had by all. The event was so well received that plans are already ...
Test & Measurement 2007 January 2008, National Laboratory Association The National Laboratory Association of South Africa held its 27th Annual Conference at the Emperors Palace Convention Centre between 19 and 21 November 2007. This event has become the highlight of the ...
Ethiopian dealership set to grow January 2008, Comtest Comtest's new Ethiopian dealership has big plans. On a recent visit to the Midrand head office, Yergalem Asgedom of Tay Test Engineering Solutions announced his intention to introduce Fluke's range of ...
Wonderware Southern Africa presents new system platforms January 2008 Wonderware Southern Africa's 2007 summer breakfast road-show displayed Wonderware's System Platform 3.0 and InTouch 10.0 to South Africa's industrial automation and MES professionals. The object-orientated ...
Schneider Electric launches new South African website January 2008, Schneider Electric South Africa In the ongoing quest to keep improving products and services the Schneider Electric website has been redesigned to meet the ever increasing need for sophistication. Clients, distributors and stakeholders ...
Increased demand for automotive microcontrollers January 2008 The proliferation of electronic content in automobiles aimed at reducing human error and the growing number of automobile safety features are increasing demand for microcontrollers. Moreover, the introduction ...
Honeywell wins Six Sigma excellence award January 2008 Honeywell was awarded the Novel Idea Six Sigma Excellence Award in September for running the best Black Belt Project in Transactional Processes.
The project driven by Francien de Kock, business analyst ...
Ethernet automates mining sites January 2008, RJ Connect Moxa has announced the release of a new automation successes story in China. The Zhangji coal mine in Anhui Province is using Moxa's Ethernet technology to form a reliable network backbone for its monitoring ...
New CAN product guide available January 2008 CAN in Automation (CiA) has published a new CAN Product Guide. The online catalogue specialises in (controller area network) CAN products that by topic do not belong in the CANopen or the J1939 Product ...
SA's growing Lean community makes summit a success January 2008 The recent Lean summit Africa has spearheaded the formation of the Lean Enterprise Africa (LEA), which will facilitate the sharing of knowledge and expertise in Lean thinking. Originally developed by ...
Fieldbus Foundation releases temperature transducer specification January 2008 The Fieldbus Foundation has announced the availability of an additional FOUNDATION fieldbus specification addressing temperature transducer blocks. This new release includes features enabling automation ...
Penmac plans changes for 2008 January 2008 Many instrumentation users in the outlying areas rarely get an opportunity to visit the industrial showcases staged in major centres. The vast distances often prove too costly and time-consuming to provide ...
Frost & Sullivan says vision needed for automation January 2008 Core technology drivers such as electronic miniaturisation, advancements in camera technologies and imaging techniques as well as enhanced processing power drive the computer vision market. Vision systems ...
Appointments January 2008 Honeywell South Africa has appointed Clinton Shanley as sccount manager Industrial Security, effective from October 2007.
Peter Vieira has been appointed as new account manager for southern Africa ...
The year ahead January 2008, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) Well, here we are in a new year with opportunities for new beginnings. What we can expect in 2008 as I&C practitioners. What should we be looking out for and where should we be directing our attention this ...
RS Components: ready for growth January 2008, RS South Africa Posting a 27% growth rate for the last year was a substantial achievement for RS Components. The company ascribes its success to the work done over the past few years in raising the level of service it ...
The Jim Pinto Column: Acquisitions and challenges January 2008 Whom will GE acquire?
You know the expression, 'A rising tide floats all boats'. Well most industrial automation companies are doing well now, and this signals the distinct possibility that more major ...
News digest December 2007 International news digest
Rockwell Automation recently supplied FactoryTalk ProductionCentre software to Ryobi Die Casting, a supplier of cast aluminium parts to the automotive market. The system was ...
