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Cyber Junkyard 2011
January 2011, Siemens South Africa
Siemens, in partnership with Lapp Kabel and Festo launched the 2011 Cyber Junkyard competition during November 2010. The competition is an annual inter-tertiary event where teams from organisations and ...

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Becker Mining to supply Emis transformers
January 2011
Becker Mining Africa has extended its range to include Emis transformers and switchgear, designed for the distribution of electrical power, energy co-generation, rectification and traction. “Emis compact ...

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Prof Nico Beute receives SAEE honour
January 2011
Professor Nico Beute of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, well-known in the industry for his enthusiastic devotion to energy, was inducted into the Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency’s ...

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Honeywell sees attendance rise
January 2011
Honeywell recorded a 40% rise in attendance over the previous year at its 2010 EMEA Users Group Conference with the theme ‘Dynamic solutions – endless possibilities’. In total, more than 800 attendees ...

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ABB commissions Caprivi link
January 2011
ABB has commissioned the Caprivi link interconnector built for Namibia’s national power utility, NamPower. The high voltage transmission system connects the electrical grids in Namibia and neighbouring ...

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Omron training in January
January 2011, Omron Electronics
Johannesburg    Introduction to industrial networks (IN1): 24 Jan    Basic computer skills (BC1): 26-27 Jan    Logic systems 1 (LS1): 31 Jan-1 Feb For more information contact Terry Botha, Omron Electronics, ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: Out with old-style management, in with Third World innovations
January 2011
The end of old-style management A recent article by Alan Murray is adapted from his book ‘The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management’. This resonated with some of my own thinking and recent ...

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African Utility Week
January 2011
“The days of cheap power for South Africans are over”, Eskom CEO Brian Dames and Energy Minister Dipuo Peters at African Utility Week. The electricity sector in Africa and even worldwide is in a crisis ...

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The way ahead
January 2011, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
SA Instrumentation & Control’s editor, Steven Meyer, is currently taking a much deserved and over-due holiday, so I am holding the fort in his stead.       Crystal ball view for 2011? At the time of this ...

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ABB wins DRC transformer order
December 2010
ABB has won an order worth $8 million from SNEL, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s leading electric utility. SNEL is a state-owned company that has been given the mandate for major electricity development ...

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Actom provides energy management system
December 2010
Actom Protection & Control (P&C) has won a R13,7 million turnkey contract from Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) to provide an energy management system (EMS) to monitor the state of transmission lines ...

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SKF actuator in green hybrid yacht
December 2010
SKF provides a customised linear actuator for the clutch mechanism between the generator and diesel motor in the new Greenline hybrid yacht from Slovenian Seaway Group. The yacht, which has already received ...

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Sterling EQ wows SEW-Eurodrive customers
December 2010
SEW-Eurodrive hosted a cocktail party at Electra Mining which saw instrumental supergroup, Sterling EQ, wow crowds and passers-by with their extraordinary talent and contemporary take on classical music. ...

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SKF supports electric sports car
December 2010
The new Venturi Fétish all-electric sports car was launched at the Paris Motor Show in October. SKF supports Venturi with customised engineering calculation services, bearings for the speed reducer of ...

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ApplyIT relocates to La Lucia Ridge
December 2010
From 1 November 2010, ApplyIT’s KZN operations will be headquartered together with Adapt IT Holdings at the group’s new offices in La Lucia Ridge. The move from Westway to co-locate with Adapt IT has ...

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Siemens at Electra Mining
December 2010
Siemens employees and industry partners seen at Electra Mining showing one face to the market. From left: Jacques Van Rooyen (sales manager mining), Magen Reddy (front: sales manager mining); Keshin Govender ...

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Sick opens SA subsidiary
December 2010
In response to consistent economic growth in South Africa and particularly the considerable growth in the processing industries, the German sensor manufacturer Sick has founded its own South African subsidiary ...

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Beyond Wireless partners with Rayten Engineering
December 2010
Beyond Wireless and Rayten Engineering Solutions are collaborating to provide a turnkey air quality service that allows interested parties to access air quality data and reports without having to invest ...

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Endress+Hauser grows its Profibus specialists
December 2010, Endress+Hauser South Africa, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA)
Converting existing networks to Profibus can be a daunting task for maintenance personnel experienced in traditional analogue principles. Installing and maintaining Profibus applications requires different ...

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Leroy Somer appoints KZN distributor
December 2010
Leroy Somer has appointed Bradcor Armature Winders as its official distributor in KwaZulu-Natal. “The company identified growing demand in the KZN region for the prompt supply of quality branded electric ...

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