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Solid results for ABB
April 2009
ABB reported solid operational results in the fourth quarter on strong revenue growth and steady cash flow, despite a difficult global market that impacted orders. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) ...

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Rockwell acquires Rutter Hinz
April 2009
Rockwell Automation has agreed to purchase the majority of the assets of Canadian-based engineering company, Rutter Hinz. Rutter Hinz has engineering expertise in industrial automation, process control ...

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Power contract for Thuthuka Group
April 2009
Gauteng-based engineering firm, Thuthuka Group (TGL), has been awarded the build, operate and maintain (BOM) contract to provide a 10 MVA power plant for Boynton Platinum’s Pilanesberg Mine, located some ...

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Robotic acquisition for CSIR
April 2009
The CSIR is set to place the African continent on par with the rest of the world in terms of research into the fields of robot programming by demonstration and human robot interaction. This follows ...

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VWS Envig wins desalination tender
April 2009
VWS Envig has been awarded a tender by the Ndlambe Municipality in the Eastern Cape to supply a water treatment plant that will provide potable water to the communities of Cannon Rocks and Boknes, situated ...

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Dr Georg Endress training facility
April 2009, Endress+Hauser South Africa
A dynamic partnership between public institutions, business and an industrious student paved the way for the opening recently of the fourth Dr Georg Endress Training Facility, this time at the University ...

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Official opening showcases software
April 2009
The official opening of Advit Animal Nutrition’s Sebenza, Gauteng, plant was held on Friday 9 March 2009. Approximately 150 guests from Advit’s technology partners, suppliers and guests were on hand to ...

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Elen Enclosures embraces re-branding
April 2009, Elen Enclosures
In 1982, Elen Electrical Enclosures was founded and Sarel enclosures were for the first time introduced to South Africa by the then managing director, Jary Kapral. Since those early days Elen has grown ...

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Trinity Telecomms expands in Namibia
April 2009, Trinity IoT
Trinity Telecomms has announced the appointment of FireTech Systems as its Namibian distributor for wireless security solutions. Based in Windhoek, FireTech Systems was established in 2004 as a distributor ...

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New offices for Thuthuka
April 2009
Gauteng-based multidisciplinary engineering firm Thuthuka Group moved into new offices in Beaulieu, Kyalami, at the end of February. The new offices are located at Beaulieu Office Park, corner Papenfus ...

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Award for Comtest
April 2009, Comtest
Comtest was presented with the Top Performer 2008 award for the Fluke industrial portfolio at a recent Fluke distributor meeting held in Barcelona. This is the fourth consecutive year that Comtest has ...

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Pneudrive Challenge 2009
April 2009, SEW-EURODRIVE
After a very successful first year, sponsors SEW-Eurodrive and Festo have once again committed to sponsor the PneuDrive Challenge engineering student competition. The aim of the competition is to show ...

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SA growth for ABB
April 2009, ABB South Africa
ABB South Africa has reported a 45% increase in revenue to R3,3 billion, and power and automation orders of R4,4 billion – up more than 50% – for 2008. Carlos Pone, CEO of ABB South Africa, says rapid ...

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Enhancements at ARCA
April 2009, Valve & Automation
The upgrade of the ECOTROL control valve with a size DN 600is ARCA’s response to the increasing demand for high capacity globe style control valves, especially in anti-surge applications on turbo-compressors. ...

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BMG to supply Eskom
April 2009
Eskom has announced that BMG – Bearing Man Group - is now a supplier of Fenner energy-efficient electric motors for Eskom’s national energy efficiency programme.    “The new Fenner energy-efficient EFF1 ...

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Appointments
April 2009
Vega Instruments SA has appointed John Groom as managing director and Clint Viviers as key accounts business driver.       ifm electronic SA has appointed Shaun Pillay as sales engineer at its branch in ...

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The trend to blend
April 2009, Omron Electronics
Machine builders are always under constant pressure to do more with less – reductions are sought in panel space as well as price, but at the same time machine builders must improve the functionality and ...

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The end of an era
April 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
In this month’s issue we publish the last of consulting editor and control loop guru, Michael Brown’s, Loop Signature series. We thought it would be an appropriate time to trace the history and get his ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: Will asymmetric motivation resolve the skills enigma?
April 2009
Global automation perspectives My column for Automation World was written in Bangalore, India – after having spent some time in Australia a few weeks before, then a couple of weeks in England, then South ...

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Environmental and economic benefits
March 2009
Green engineering is the use of measurement and control techniques to design, develop, and improve products, technologies, and processes, resulting in environmental and economic benefits

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