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Automation of Finland’s first LNG import terminal
November 2015
Honeywell promises to help maximise productivity at LNG facility.

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From the editor's desk: 3-D virtual reality offers training and much more
November 2015, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
At the recent SAIMC Gala Dinner, after-dinner speaker Pieter Geldenhuys captivated the audience as he described the impact that the technologies of the future will have on our lives. Star of the show ...

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Hope for the future
October 2015, SEW-EURODRIVE
The 2015 Pneudrive Challenge mechatronics competition is well advanced. Technews editors, Kim Roberts and Steven Meyer spent a fascinating afternoon with the top three groups from Wits Mechanical Engineering Department, together with their lecturer, Professor Joao Nobre, to find out what’s involved from a student’s point of view.

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Gas detection equipment market led by wireless detectors
October 2015
According to Transparency Market Research, the major driver of the global gas detection equipment market is the need to ensure safety in workplaces. Health and safety regulations in many countries have ...

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Emerson signs 10-year agreement with BP
October 2015, Nidec Control Techniques
BP and Emerson have signed a global agreement for Emerson Process Management to provide automation technologies and aftercare services for BP’s upstream oil and gas operations. The new 10-year agreement ...

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FieldComm Group appoints Paul Sereiko director of marketing
October 2015
FieldComm Group has announced the appointment of Paul Sereiko as director of marketing. Sereiko has spent much of his career marketing and managing technology products. His broad experience across multiple ...

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SKF Training Solutions opens first official regional training centre
October 2015, SKF South Africa, Training & Education
SKF South Africa’s Training Solutions is living the group global vision ‘To equip the world with SKF knowledge’ by opening its first official regional training centre. SKF Training Solutions’ manager, ...

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SMC stepping up sustainability and responsibility to co-sponsor the PneuDrive Challenge
October 2015
Finding strategic partners who are committed to sustainable and meaningful corporate social responsibility should be an important part of any international company’s long-term plan when committing its ...

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Bytes Universal Systems a MESA Recognised Business
October 2015
Bytes Universal Systems is one of three companies globally, and the first in Africa, to be recognised as a MESA Recognised Business by MESA International. MESA Recognised Businesses are companies that ...

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SMC redesigns its air preparation units for increased savings
October 2015
The AC series design review is part of SMC’s ongoing investment in R&D to refine and improve the performance and functionality of its products, as well as developing new innovations to drive enhanced handling ...

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Schneider Electric’s ‘Best Practice Days’ educate delegates to become specialists in new energy development
October 2015, Schneider Electric South Africa
More than 80 energy enthusiasts recently attended Schneider Electric’s Best Practice Days at its Midrand campus. The Best Practice Days are free events hosted by Schneider Electric with the purpose of ...

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Yokogawa establishes brand slogan to create value and pursue growth with customers
October 2015, Yokogawa South Africa
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announced that it has created a corporate brand slogan to encourage the joint pursuit of activities with its customers that will create value and foster growth. The global ...

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FieldComm Group announces release of FDI Package IDE and Common Host Components version 1.1
October 2015
The FieldComm Group has announced the release of the first update to its newest tool deliverables, the FDI Package IDE and the FDI Common Host Components. Version 1.1 of the development tools introduce ...

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R&C Instrumentation announces Fluke Process Instruments
October 2015, R&C Instrumentation
R&C Instrumentation is pleased to announce that on August 20, Raytek, Ircon and Datapaq were amalgamated into one global brand – Fluke Process Instruments. The new name will be used as an umbrella to integrate ...

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Yokogawa training courses accredited for CPD points
October 2015, Yokogawa South Africa, Training & Education
Yokogawa South Africa has announced the accreditation of its training courses by the Society for Automation Instrumentation Measurement and Control (SAIMC), for Continuous Professional Development (CPD) ...

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Nick Denbow’s European report: The rise of an Ethernet fieldbus
October 2015, Editor's Choice
Remember the 'Fieldbus Wars'? These happened in the 1990s I suppose, when there were all sorts of sensor networks used to gather data from the many sensors distributed around a plant or machine, to transmit ...

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Energy from effluent
October 2015
An anaerobic wastewater treatment facility in Stellenbosch.

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BMG acquires Hansen Transmissions
October 2015, Bearing Man Group t/a BMG
Bearing Man Group (BMG) has acquired Hansen Transmissions South Africa (HIT-SA) from Hansen Industrial Transmissions, part of the Sumitomo Group. “HIT SA, which assembles and distributes Sumitomo and ...

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From the editor's desk: The day we interviewed the future
October 2015, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
A ray of hope cut through the fog of bad news that afternoon at Wits University. Motion Control editor Kim Roberts and I were on campus to interview three teams of third-year engineering students, all ...

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