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2015 Spring European EtherCAT Plug Fest breaks records, highlights growing interest in interoperability testing
June 2015
The EtherCAT Technology Group’s (ETG) first EtherCAT Plug Fest in 2015 broke several records. Never before have so many companies with so many different devices and so many master-slave combinations for ...

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Endress+Hauser Pyrotemp appoints new general manager
June 2015, Endress+Hauser South Africa
Endress+Hauser Pyrotemp has appointed Ben White as its new general manager following the decision by predecessor, Chris Gimson, to take up semi-retirement and the challenging role as training manager ...

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Laverick Media Communications establishes two specialist business divisions to accommodate future growth
June 2015
Specialist PR and advertising agency, Laverick Media Communications (LMC), has announced the establishment of two divisions – LMC PR and LMC Creative – effective from 1 May. CEO Sonia Laverick explains ...

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MESA International recognises eight outstanding contributors
June 2015
The Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International has announced the winners of its 2015 ‘Outstanding Contribution to MESA’ award. The annual award was established in 2008 to recognise ...

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Dehn works to save Africa’s children from lightning injuries
June 2015
Dehn Africa has joined forces with the African Centres for Lightning and Electromagnetics (ACLE) to help to protect schools and students in Africa from lightning strikes and the resulting injuries. Founded ...

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Mitech Control Valves upgrades test facility to meet international standards
June 2015, Mitech Control Valves
Mitech Control Valves, with its expertise deeply rooted in severe service applications, offers solutions to industrial process control applications in the oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical, paper and ...

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MESA International appoints two South African board members
June 2015
MESA International (Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association) recently announced the appointment of Johan de Villiers, DRA Group Holdings, to its international board of directors and Gerhard Greeff, ...

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Siemens gets closer to system integrators at Process Instrumentation partner day
June 2015, Siemens South Africa
In light of the Siemens Vision 2020 and wanting to achieve first prominence among its customers, Siemens Process Instrumentation spent a team building day with its top system integrators, with the aims ...

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OPC Foundation and EtherCAT Technology Group to cooperate regarding common Industrie 4.0 interfaces
June 2015
OPC UA is about scalable communication with integrated security by design up to MES/ERP systems and into the cloud, EtherCAT is about hard real-time capability in machines and factory control systems. ...

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New distribution agreement extends wireless module choices at RS Components and Allied Electronics
June 2015, RS South Africa
RS Components (RS) and Allied Electronics (Allied) have introduced an exciting new range of wireless modules and system-in-package devices, under an exclusive distribution agreement with Jorjin Technologies ...

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Proud milestone for National Laboratory Association
June 2015, National Laboratory Association
The National Laboratory Association of South Africa (NLA) recently opened its new calibration/metrology training facility at Persequor TechnoPark, Pretoria.    Executive director of the NLA, Steve Sidney, ...

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Africa Automation Fair 2015: Fair Comment
June 2015
Rudi Tuffek, chairman of the IIG    Africa Automation Fair 2015, incorporating Process Expo Africa, was a huge success. The IIG were very proud to be part of the newly-branded international automation ...

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Obituary: Andrew Ashton (9 December 1950 - 18 June 2015)
June 2015, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
It is with deep sadness that the staff of Technews Publishing heard of the death of our dear friend and much esteemed colleague, Andrew Ashton.    Jon (Andrew) Charles Ashton passed away on Thursday, ...

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From the editor's desk: All the fun of the Fair
June 2015, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
On the morning of 5 May, Africa Automation Fair opened its doors and delivered emphatically on its promise to be the largest most comprehensive showcase of industrial control technology in the southern ...

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Stefan Hoppe named OPC Foundation vice president
May 2015
The OPC Foundation has named Stefan Hoppe, a member of the Foundation’s board of directors and president of OPC Europe, as its new vice president. Hoppe will take a global leadership role in the effort ...

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Rockwell Automation named one of world’s most ethical companies
May 2015, Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation has been named for a seventh time by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the world’s most ethical companies, a recognition that honours companies that continuously improve ethical leadership ...

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Honeywell technology selected for third Vietnamese offshore platform
May 2015
Honeywell Process Solutions has been selected to handle critical project management and engineering for a third oil and natural gas platform that will tap energy reserves off the coast of Vietnam. Hoang ...

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Motion Control editor completes Paris Marathon as guest of Schneider Electric
May 2015, Schneider Electric South Africa
Energy management specialist, Schneider Electric, is the sole sponsor of the prestigious Paris Marathon. The company believes that just as runners consider their own efficiency and energy consumption, ...

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Valmet has completed the acquisition of Process Automation Systems
May 2015
Valmet has completed the acquisition of Process Automation Systems business from Metso, announced on January 15, 2015. Valmet has received the necessary approvals from the competition authorities. The ...

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ABB receives large power plant automation order in South Africa
May 2015, ABB South Africa
ABB has received an order worth over $160 million from Eskom, South Africa’s national electricity provider, to supply control systems, software and instrumentation for the 4800 megawatt (MW) Kusile coal-fired ...

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