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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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Honeywell Process Solutions business
March 2009
Honeywell has appointed Norman Gilsdorf as president of Honeywell Process Solutions. Gilsdorf was formerly vice president and general manager of the Process Solutions business in Europe, Middle East and ...

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Siemens starts 2009 well
March 2009
Siemens got off to a good start in fiscal 2009 despite challenging market conditions. Revenue rose 7% to €19,634 billion in the first quarter, which ended on 31 December, 2008. Orders continued to exceed ...

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ABB's analytics in orbit
March 2009
Leading technology supplier ABB has seen the final phase of the greenhouse gases observing satellite (GOSAT) project come to fruition. The recently christened ‘IBUKI’ (to breathe in Japanese) satellite ...

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New heights for Voith
March 2009
Voith’s WinDrive has shown its strength in what is believed to be the highest installed wind turbine in the world. Situated 4200 m above sea level, the 2 MW wind turbine delivers power to the Veladero ...

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Emerson's Dubai facility
March 2009
Emerson recently celebrated the official opening of its new regional headquarters in Dubai to better serve its growing portfolio of business in the Middle East and to reinforce the company’s long-term ...

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100 furnace control systems
March 2009
Mintek, South Africa’s national mineral research organisation has completed the one-hundredth installation worldwide of its FurnStar-Minstral advanced process control (APC) system for furnaces. The systems ...

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Move for Meter Systems
March 2009
Meter Systems has moved to bigger premises to allow it to maintain an optimum level of service to its customers. The company was established in 1978 to supply equipment to the aviation and petroleum ...

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ESTEQ partners with HBM
March 2009
ESTEQ Engineering has become the newest partner of HBM, a global market leader in test and measurement solutions. This news followed HBM’s successful acquisition of nCode International late in 2008. ESTEQ ...

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Verder attains local rating
March 2009
Part of the Verder Group, represented by 28 branches in 15 countries, Verder Pumps SA (VPSA) is pleased to announce that it has completed an independent BEE rating process by BEE Process and Management ...

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Voith expands in Africa
March 2009
Voith Turbo has a well-established presence on the African continent with Ghana serving as the springboard for the opening of the first Voith branch in Accra. “We have successfully served the Ghanaian ...

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Big SA order for ABB
March 2009, ABB South Africa
ABB has won an order worth $53 million from the South African power utility Eskom, to strengthen the transmission network in the Western Cape region. The company will design, manufacture, install and ...

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Control loop CD available
March 2009, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Michael Brown, author of our monthly Control Loop feature, has just produced a CD of over 100 of the Case Histories series of articles dealing with his experiences of control problems in hundreds of plants ...

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Local calibration facility for Testo
March 2009
Unitemp, the suppliers of the Testo range of emission testing equipment has announced a co-operative agreement with Ecoserv to provide local calibration services for the Testo range of portable flue-gas ...

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Adroit supports University of Botswana
March 2009, Adroit Technologies
In October 2008, the University of Botswana was sponsored an Adroit Technologies Scada System in response to lecturer Dr John T. Agee’s desire to implement laboratory training for students. The scada ...

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Surgetek on national television
March 2009
Surgetek’s Paul van As will be on SABC 2 on Saturday 28 February 2009 at 08h30 on Episode 3 Season 4 of the DIY met Riaan programme. Paul will be educating viewers on how to install a DEHNguard M TT surge ...

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Process Expo 2009
March 2009
Process Automation and Information Technology 2009 is once again set to be the industry product and services platform of the year. The Exhibition will be held on 19, 20 and 21 May for those employed in ...

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Distributor appointment
March 2009
Krohne has appointed Velo-Control as distributor.      

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