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Subsea success for SKF
December 2011
S2M, an SKF Group Company, has announced the signature of a 2-year contract with MAN Diesel & Turbo, Aker Solutions Norway and Statoil. S2M will equip subsea compression trains with SKF magnetic bearings ...

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Norm Gilsdorf honoured by Purdue University
December 2011
Honeywell executive Norm Gilsdorf was recognised at this year’s centennial celebration of Purdue University’s School of Chemical Engineering. Gilsdorf, president of Honeywell Process Solutions, already ...

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Emerson's first European Global Users Exchange
December 2011, Emerson Automation Solutions
With the theme ‘Exchanging Ideas. Creating Solutions,’ Emerson’s first European Global Users Exchange will be held from 29-31 May 2012 at the Hotel Maritim, Düsseldorf, Germany. Tailored to meet the ...

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Yokogawa announces new MD for South Africa
December 2011, Yokogawa South Africa
Yokogawa has announced the appointment of Johan Louw as managing director for South Africa (including Anglophone African operations). He succeeds Herman van den Berg, who has been promoted to head up ...

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Eaton completes Moeller integration
December 2011
In July 2011 Moeller and Eaton, two established and respected names in the electrical sector, came together as Eaton, a global organisation delivering solutions to support customers in running their systems ...

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Siemens launches Junior Cyber Junkyard Challenge
December 2011, Siemens South Africa
Further entrenching its commitment to bridging the skills gap in the field of electrical engineering, Siemens has taken its Cyber Junkyard Challenge to schools in the Eastern Cape. This Junior Cyber Junkyard ...

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Schneider Electric upgrades winder at Harmony
December 2011, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric South Africa, has been commissioned by Harmony Gold Mining Company to upgrade the 106 level sub-vertical winder at its Doornkop mine outside Johannesburg. According to Helgard Honiball, ...

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SEW-Eurodrive beerfest
December 2011, SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW-Eurodrive’s annual Beerfest is held each year at venues across the country to say thank you to all the company’s customers for their support. The event has grown over the years and this year the Johannesburg ...

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Emerson announces smart energy initiative
December 2011, Emerson Automation Solutions
Emerson Process Management has announced the Smart Energy Initiative, a global programme designed to combine its industrial energy expertise with advanced energy management technologies to enable customers ...

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Cementing the future together
December 2011, Endress+Hauser South Africa
On 10 October 2011, Endress+Hauser officially launched its new Sandton head office building project: Cementing the future together. Svanesso, a sculpture by Swiss artist Claire Ochsner donated to the ...

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MESA conference success
December 2011
MESA SA held its third annual conference at the Indaba Hotel in Fourways in October. The theme was ‘Innovation and flexibility in manufacturing execution’. It was the biggest MESA Conference to be held ...

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DesSoft honoured at achiever awards
December 2011, DesSoft
At a special ceremony during the Skills Development Summit held at the CSIR in September, DesSoft was among the companies and individuals who were honoured with Achiever Awards for outstanding contributions ...

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Leadership award for Beckhoff Automation
December 2011, Beckhoff Automation
According to Frost & Sullivan, major challenges exist within the South African PLC market including a shortage of engineering skills, market dominance by large multinationals and declining customer loyalty. ...

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Honeywell and Virthualis to develop simulation software
December 2011
Honeywell has signed a memorandum of understanding with engineering and research firm Virthualis to develop a 3D simulation solution to improve operator training and plant safety. Under the agreement, ...

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Omron launches Sysmac automation platform
December 2011, Omron Electronics
Omron Industrial Automation Business has announced the release of a new machine automation platform: Sysmac (system for machine automation control). Sysmac stands for one machine control through one connection ...

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Endress+Hauser partners with finesse solutions
December 2011, Endress+Hauser South Africa
Endress+Hauser has acquired a stake in Finesse Solutions, a US-based company that develops, produces and distributes sensors, hardware and software for bioprocess engineering. The two companies intend ...

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Journal of a C&I engineer in training
December 2011
In April, South African Instrumentation and Control announced the award of the first Ray Beaumont technology scholarship to Yokogawa C&I internee, Merone Ramuhashi (http://instrumentation.co.za/38312n). ...

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Appointments
December 2011
Honeywell has appointed Clinton Seager as Automation Training College leader: sub-Saharan Africa.       The OMSA Group has appointed Elizabeth Graskie as financial manager.    Schneider Electric SA has appointed ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: Sensors
December 2011
Smart, networked sensors will soon be all around us, collectively processing vast amounts of previously unrecorded data to help run factories, optimise farming, monitor the weather and even watch for ...

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Emerson Exchange 2011 does the business in Tennessee
December 2011, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
Nasville’s Opryland resort provided a close-knit venue for this year’s annual Emerson User Conference. Process Management president, Steve Sonnenberg, opened the show with a keynote address that spoke ...

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