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Hoku selects Honeywell
October 2008
Honeywell will design and install the core process and safety systems for a new polysilicon plant under construction by Hoku Materials. Polysilicon is a key material used in the production of solar panels ...

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Obituary - Alan Wynn: 1958-2008
October 2008
The instrumentation and control community of southern Africa lost one of its most highly respected leaders on Saturday, 30 August, with the sudden death from heart failure of Alan Wynn, MD of Vega Instruments ...

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Adroit tutors new engineers
October 2008
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University is in the process of being supplied with Adroit Technologies’ proudly South African scada system, popularly known as Adroit in the automation and telemetry fraternities. The ...

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Wonderware acquires SAT Corporation
October 2008
With this acquisition, Wonderware will form a new mobile solutions group that further expands on SAT’s position as a leading global supplier of mobile workforce management and decision support solutions, ...

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Accreditation for Iritron
October 2008, Iritron
One way that a company assures clients that it offers a good product or service is through a quality stamp of approval. Iritron has just achieved ISO 9001:2000 accreditation by the TUV Rheinland organisation; ...

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Global realignment for Siemens
October 2008, Siemens South Africa
As part of a global realignment of all Siemens operating divisions, Siemens Southern Africa has reorganised the operations of its previous 11 business units into three sectors, Industry, Energy and Healthcare. ...

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ARCA valves for polymer plant
October 2008, Valve & Automation
ARCA Regler, of Germany, has received an order for the delivery of 100 control valves for use in a new polymer plant under construction in Chernigov, Ukraine. The valves in nominal widths of DN 25 up ...

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CSIR's robotics competition
October 2008
Engineers from the CSIR’s mechatronics and micro-manufacturing group recently organised a robotics competition for students at colleges around South Africa. The competition was part of an information ...

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CBI broadens market offering
October 2008, CBI-electric: low voltage
CBI-electric made the decision last year to enter the medium voltage metal-clad switchgear as well as the transformer markets in South Africa. Subsequent to the decision, the company has signed supply ...

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WAGO among the best
October 2008
At the light + building 2008 exhibition AG Dali presented the Dali Award for exceptional lighting solutions to WAGO’s Calle 30 project in Madrid, which won second place.    Competition came from an illustrious ...

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30 years of water treatment
October 2008
For over 30 years, chemical dosing equipment specialist Klomac has been servicing the South African water treatment industry. Last year, Klomac became a division of the Gauteng-based water-engineering ...

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Appointments
October 2008
George Smith has been appointed software developer at NewElec's head office in Pretoria West.       Diane Hibberd has been appointed senior draughtsperson at SEW Eurodrive.      

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ARC news
October 2008
Demands from emerging economies drive PLC market growth. Strong economic growth in Asia and Eastern Europe significantly boosted the programmable logic controller (PLC) market in 2007. While economic ...

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Great expectations
October 2008, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
The title of Charles Dickens’ 19th century book is an unerringly accurate description of the mood in the Technews offices at the moment. The Mining, Manufacturing and Process Conference 2008 (MMP ’08) ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: Virtual travel, environmentalism and exercise
October 2008
Video conferencing As travel costs rise and airlines cut services, large and small companies are rethinking business travel and face-to-face meetings. The technology has matured to the point where it ...

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Namibia 2008
September 2008
smart x central intelligence and Technews Publishing will join forces again to host an inaugural technology conference in Windhoek, Namibia next month. The conference, due to be held on 17 September ...

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Swedish acquisition planned
September 2008
Bosch Rexroth plans to acquire Hägglunds Drives, a leading international supplier of complete hydraulic drive systems, based in Mellansel, Sweden. Hägglunds Drives develops, manufactures, markets and ...

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Invensys joins wireless program
September 2008
Invensys Process Systems (IPS), a global technology, software and consulting firm, has announced that it has become part of Motorola’s PartnerSelect Program. IPS will now offer Motorola’s Enterprise Mobility ...

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Beckhoff expands in Slovenia
September 2008, Beckhoff Automation
Beckhoff Avtomatizacija commenced sales business in Slovenia in the middle of May 2008 with the opening of a new branch office in Medvode in North Ljubljana. The distribution partner for Croatia, Krovel, ...

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Honeywell opens Croatian office
September 2008
Honeywell has expanded its presence in the Eastern Mediterranean region with the opening of a new office in Zagreb, Croatia. The operation has been established in response to increased demand for process ...

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