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Focus on renewables at African Utility Week
March 2011
Trina Solar says finance is the biggest challenge. Is solar power a feasible renewable energy option? How can we make large scale uptake of solar energy work in Africa? Many of these questions around ...

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Western Cape showcases its green power initiatives at African Utility Week
March 2011
Site visits will prove province green in ‘heart and soul’. African Utility Week delegates will be able to experience first-hand how far the Western Cape has come in developing its own renewable energy ...

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A decade of online coverage
March 2011, Technews Publishing
South African Instrumentation and Control has been published online for over 10 years now, so we decided we should check the history to see how this e-initiative has fared since its inception in January ...

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Call for papers: MESA SA Annual Conference 2011
17 February 2011
This is a call for papers for consideration for presentation at the annual MESA SA conference

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X-CHANGE 2011: A cordial invitation
17 February 2011
Do not miss out on the leading event of the year for industrial automation, MES and EMI professionals throughout Southern Africa

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Beckhoff there for the countdown
February 2011
If everything goes according to plan, a Russian Soyuz carrier rocket will blast off from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana early in 2011. For this mission, Soyuz is to place satellites for the European ...

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ABB wins SA power order
February 2011
ABB has won an order worth $43 million from Eskom to supply medium-voltage switchgear as well as protection and scada equipment for a new thermal power plant being built in Mpumalanga. The new Kusile ...

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Rosie the robot now a reality
February 2011
Scott Hassan, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur and early Google architect, is trying to fast-track innovation in the personal robotics world with his 50-employee company, Willow Garage. The first robot, ...

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GIS market to experience vibrant growth
February 2011
The worldwide market for geospatial information systems (GIS) is forecast to grow 65% over the next five years, representing a compound annual growth rate of 10,5%, according to a new ARC Advisory Group ...

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Beckhoff elevates Motion division
February 2011, Beckhoff Automation
With a major new development agreement, Beckhoff Automation is investing in the future development and production of its own drive technology. Fertig Motorsis, cooperating in a joint venture with the ...

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Lapp supplies cabling for Singapore project
February 2011, LAPP Southern Africa
In keeping with its image as one of the world’s cleanest cities, Singapore is at the forefront of developments in zero-emission electric vehicles with the help of the Lapp and Bosch Groups. Last year, ...

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Beyond Wireless partners with Krohne
February 2011
Machine-to-machine solutions provider Beyond Wireless has appointed Krohne as a value added channel partner. “Krohne is a specialist in the supply of flowmeters and we believe this partnership will benefit ...

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Mesa Southern Africa
February 2011
The MESA SA Expansion committee held its last general meeting for 2010 at the BCX campus in Midrand, during which a new executive committee was elected. The following members were elected as committee ...

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Comtest acquires a process control company
February 2011, Comtest
Comtest has acquired the entire share capital of Instrotech and Digital Process Measurement (DPM), from the owner, Dave Howcroft. DPM designs, manufactures and supplies process control products to resellers ...

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Siemens introduces TIA portal
February 2011, Siemens South Africa
The Siemens Industry Automation Division has introduced its first automation software with One Engineering Environment and One Software Project for all automation tasks, called the Totally Integrated ...

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BMG acquires Velo Control
February 2011, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG
BMG has extended its interests in the electronics sector with the recent acquisition of instrumentation and drive specialist, Velo Control. The acquisition strengthens BMG’s position in the local industry ...

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Smart Summit 2011
February 2011
ApplyIT is hosting its annual user-group conference at the Alpine Heath Resort in northern Drakensberg from 2-4 March. Building on the success of previous summits, it will provide an exciting and information ...

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Honeywell expands student competition
February 2011
Honeywell’s annual student competition designed to inspire innovation in the process industries is now open to students pursuing degrees in technical fields at accredited colleges and universities in ...

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Excellence award for Endress+Hauser
February 2011, Endress+Hauser South Africa
Endress+Hauser production centre for liquid analysis has won the MX Award for product innovation in the German Manufacturing Excellence competition. The competition aims to strengthen and intensify production ...

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Endress+Hauser collaborating with SAP
February 2011, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA), Endress+Hauser South Africa
Endress+Hauser is collaborating with SAP AG as a core partner of the Future Factory Initiative of the SAP research centre in Dresden. The collaboration aims to foster research and development in the process ...

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