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Appointments
March 2012
AC/DC Dynamics has appointed Quintin Tesselaar as Gewiss product specialist.       APC by Schneider Electric has appointed Lucian Reynard as industry account manager for South Africa.    Raegan Ramsunder ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: Control 2010 Top 50 - Pinto summary
March 2012
Once again Control magazine has done a great job on its published list of Top-50 Automation & Control suppliers – with separate rankings for global and N. America. I provide a review and brief analysis ...

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ABB wins Nampak contract
March 2012, ABB South Africa
ABB has signed a five-year full service contract with Nampak Corrugated to manage maintenance and improve overall efficiency at the company’s Rosslyn Paper Mill in Pretoria. Under the agreement, ABB will ...

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From the editor's desk: Not another same-old, same-old year
March 2012, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
The latest Control magazine list of top automation companies is out. Siemens, ABB and Emerson retain their positions in the top three by global ranking, while in North America; it is Emerson, Rockwell ...

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ABB wins R72 million power order
February 2012, ABB South Africa
ABB has won an order from JSPL Mozambique Minerais, a subsidiary of Jindal Steel and Power, for a 220/33 kV turnkey substation to electrify the Open Cast Coil Mine Project at its mining concession near ...

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Honeywell expands capabilities in Iraq
February 2012
Honeywell has announced an expansion of its Iraqi investment with the opening of a full-service office in Basra, its second office to open in Iraq since 2010. Honeywell will use the new office to deliver ...

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Fieldbus Foundation unveils foundation for remote operations management
February 2012
The Fieldbus Foundation has unveiled its Foundaion for Remote Operations Management (ROM) solution that it says could transform the industrial remote operations market by providing a single integrated ...

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Metso's new wastewater treatment solution
February 2012, Valmet Flow Control South Africa
Metso has developed an online measurement technology that enables municipal and industrial wastewater plants to improve their performance and reduce the amount of chemicals used in sludge drying processes ...

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Honeywell to enable remote operations at Statoil's Valemon field
February 2012
Honeywell has announced that it has been selected by Statoil, the international energy company headquartered in Norway, to deploy its Experion PKS and Honeywell Distributed System Architecture at Statoil’s ...

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Yokogawa awarded contract for Arrow LNG Project
February 2012, Yokogawa South Africa
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announced that its subsidiary, Yokogawa Engineering Asia, has been awarded a contract by CJV, a joint venture comprised of Chiyoda Corporation as JV leader, CB&I and Saipem, ...

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Vega Instruments looks forward from its new premises
February 2012, VEGA Controls SA
Vega Instruments SA started 2012 in a dynamic fashion with the move to its new Johannesburg premises in Laser Park, Honeydew. On 10 January, special guests were invited to attend the official opening ...

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Emerson earns Reuters global innovator award
February 2012, Emerson Automation Solutions
Emerson Process Management’s Rosemount business unit was named a Thomson Reuters 2011 Top 100 Global Innovator SM, recognising its achievements as one of the world’s most innovative companies. The programme, ...

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Omron recognised for open technology
February 2012, Omron Electronics
At SPS/IPC/Drives Fair 2011 in Nuremberg, Omron was awarded the Certificate of Compliance for Function Blocks for Motion Control by PLCopen. Omron was recognised by PLCopen for implementing and complying ...

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ARC's sixteenth annual world industry forum
February 2012
The ARC Advisory Group’s sixteenth annual World Industry Forum will be held this year at the Renaissance Orlando, SeaWorld hotel in Florida from 6-9 February. This year’s forum programmes cover a wide ...

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SA to lead ISO working group on energy efficiency
February 2012
Delegates to the Southern African Energy Efficiency Convention 2011 were the first to hear that South Africa had been appointed as the chair of the International Standards Organisation (ISO) working group ...

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RS Components and SMC sign new global agreement
February 2012, RS South Africa
RS Components has signed a new global trading agreement with SMC, a world leader in pneumatics. The agreement furthers the partnership initiated between the two companies in 2009 by incorporating several ...

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Invensys signs technology agreement with Shell
February 2012
Invensys Operations Management has announced that it has signed a multiyear, multimillion dollar contract to deliver comprehensive software solutions and services to Shell. Under a new corporate enterprise ...

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Manufacturing excellence award for Endress+Hauser Conducta
February 2012, Endress+Hauser South Africa
Endress+Hauser Conducta is the overall winner of the nationwide Manufacturing Excellence Award (MX Award) in Germany. In addition, the liquid analysis specialist was the winner of the information technology ...

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Bytes sponsors MESA international global education program in South Africa
February 2012
Bytes Systems Integration has announced that it will sponsor the Manufacturing Enterprise Solution Association (MESA) Global Education Program (GEP) Certificate of Competence (CoC) course that will run ...

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Vega's continued involvement at Thandanini
February 2012, VEGA Controls SA
For the 23 children living at Thandanani House of Refuge, Christmas came early last year thanks to Vega Instruments SA, a corporate sponsor of the home. Established in early 2003, the home is part of ...

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