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SPS IPC Drives Expo Tour 25 November-2 December 2012
September 2012
élancommunications and Technews have decided to take a tour group consisting of end users, system integrators and project houses from the South African industrial automation industry to visit the SPS ...

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Controlling automation components by the power of thought
September 2012, Festo South Africa
It is becoming easier to comprehend the factory of the future with recent brain-computer interface (BCI), voice command and image recognition technology from Festo. The company created quite a buzz at ...

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Support award for Invensys Wonderware Southern Africa
September 2012
Wonderware Southern Africa’s technical support team attended Invensys’ Global Customer Service Connect event in Bratislava from 5-8 June where they received the Distinguished Distributor Award for the ...

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SEW-Eurodrive to launch CDM at Electra Mining
September 2012, SEW-EURODRIVE
The Complete Drive Management (CDM) maintenance management solution from SEW-Eurodrive will be launched at this year’s Electra Mining show. The CDM includes the technical data of all motors, gearmotors, ...

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Endress+Hauser strengthens analysis with SpectraSensors acquisition
September 2012, Endress+Hauser South Africa
Through the acquisition of the US based SpectraSensors, Endress+Hauser is tapping into the market for gas analysis, further reinforcing the position of the Swiss Group in the area of analytical measurements, ...

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Vegaflex 80 launched in South Africa
September 2012, VEGA Controls SA
At a recent launch in Roodepoort, Vega Instruments SA presented Vega’s new range of guided wave radar (GWR) level sensors. Suitable for almost all level or interface measurement applications, the series ...

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SABS certification for Autotronix
September 2012
Autotronix, a privately-owned systems integration and factory automation company in Durban, was recently awarded the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) national ISO 9001:2008 certification.    Autotronix ...

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MESA SA 'Adapt or Die' 2012 Conference
September 2012
MESA SA has announced that the 2012 MESA Conference is scheduled for 13 and 14 November at the Indaba Hotel, Fourways. The theme this year is ‘Adapt or Die’. On the first morning, the organisation will ...

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South African Flameproof Association Symposium
September 2012
SAFA Symposium 2012 SAFA will be hosting its annual Awards Dinner and Symposium in Johannesburg this year. The theme is ‘Technology and legislation – an update for hazardous areas’. The outstanding programme ...

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Appointments
September 2012
SEW-Eurodrive has appointed Wiehahn Carstens as project application engineer.       Gert Albasina has been appointed senior QA manager at PSV Mitech.    SEW-Eurodrive has appointed Jackie Duvenhage as project ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: Automation acquisitions and personal growth
September 2012
Are automation acquisitions in the air? Consider this – the majors are all flush with cash; is there low-hanging fruit ripe and ready to pluck? After the GE débâcle a decade ago, Honeywell Process Solutions ...

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Rockwell Automation SA completes second largest installation of PowerFlex drives
September 2012, Rockwell Automation
In the second largest sub-Saharan Africa installation of the latest range of Allen-Bradley variable speed drives (VSDs), Rockwell Automation supplied the Mashonaland Tobacco Company (MTC) in Zimbabwe ...

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From the editor's desk: Join élancommunications and Technews on the tour to Nuremberg
September 2012, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
Held annually in Nuremberg at the end of November, the SPS IPC Drives Expo is billed as the world’s biggest event for designers, manufacturers and end-users of automation and drives technologies. To quote ...

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Fieldbus Foundation updates technical specifications for remote operations management
August 2012
The Fieldbus Foundation has announced that an updated version of its Foundation technical specifications is now available for immediate implementation. The latest release addresses key elements of Foundation ...

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Siemens supports South African students for sustainability
August 2012, Siemens South Africa
A team from Stellenbosch University received second prize for its sustainability project ‘Sanitation and Infrastructure in Enkanini, South Africa: Local Communities as a Source of Innovation?’ at the ...

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Siemens ushers in a new era in space exploration
August 2012, Siemens South Africa
At a recent press conference, NASA director Doug McCuistion and Siemens Industry CEO Siegfried Russwurm discussed the dawning of a new era of space exploration and the critical roles that NASA engineers ...

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Beckhoff expands investments in the Asia-Pacific region
August 2012, Beckhoff Automation
Beckhoff Automation has strengthened its commitment in the Asia-Pacific region with the establishment of a new subsidiary in New Zealand. “Although New Zealand is primarily known for tourism and agriculture, ...

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Schneider Electric SA launches StruxureWare Power Monitoring 7.0
August 2012, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric South Africa has launched StruxureWare Power Monitoring 7.0 software, an open, scalable software application that tracks real-time power conditions to improve efficiency, availability ...

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Invensys Wonderware's winter breakfast roadshow
August 2012
Invensys Wonderware’s 2012 winter breakfast roadshow ended with the serving of breakfast number 712 at Monte Casino in Johannesburg. Hundreds of industrial automation and IT professionals attended sessions ...

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CBI-electric believes the bulk of counterfeit products caught before sale
August 2012
Urgent customer service announcement from CBI-electric Local MCB (miniature circuit breaker) and ELPU (earth leakage protection unit) manufacturer, CBI-electric, has reported that counterfeit copies ...

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