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OMSA appoints new marketing director
February 2007
The OMSA Group of companies has announced the appointment of Marco Errath as marketing director. Marco joined the OMSA Group of companies in 2000. He has spent the last seven years undergoing training ...

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Power outages bad news for SA
February 2007, Technews Publishing
Many of us were affected by the recent countrywide power cuts. In fact this February issue of SA Instrumentation & Control went to print late due to power outages in the KwaZulu-Natal area where the printing ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: 2007 view of the future
February 2007
Another year has ticked off on the calendar of the new century. More than ever before there are new opportunities, challenges, dangers and possibilities. Already, in the first decade, the world is undergoing ...

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Calibration workshops held country-wide
24 January 2007, Comtest, News
Comtest, a local supplier of test and measurement and communications equipment and solutions from world-leading manufacturers to the southern African market, recently held a series of country-wide Calibration ...

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A new partnership to lead the way in HMIs
January 2007, CBI-electric: low voltage
CBI-electric: low voltage and Beijer Electronics of Sweden have announced the signing of an exclusive partnership agreement under which CBI-electric: low voltage will sell and distribute Beijer's full ...

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Lab Africa Exhibition 2007 promises to be extraordinary
January 2007
Lab Africa Exhibition 2007 is taking place from 14 to 16 March at the Coca-Cola Dome, Northgate, and promises to be a mega industry event with brand new products being launched into Africa and unveiled ...

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Baldor Electric Company to acquire power systems business of Rockwell Automation
January 2007
Baldor Electric Company announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Reliance Electric Company and certain of its affiliated companies (the 'power systems business') of Rockwell ...

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Honeywell secures $4,7 million automation project at cement plant in West Virginia
January 2007
Honeywell announced a $4,7 million contract to design and implement the process control system for Italcementi Group's new production facility in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The new system is part of ...

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Futuristix changes name to Wonderware Southern Africa
January 2007
Futuristix, a member of the EOH group and a leading name in the world of SA industrial automation and MES solutions, is the sole SA distributor for the Wonderware range of production and performance management ...

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Start of outcomes-based education for automation and control industry
January 2007, Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automaton has opted to change the sector-specific body or SETA under which it provides training. Having been set up to encourage skills development through the establishment of a system of levies ...

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OEN Enterprises partners with BBBEE consortium
January 2007
OEN Enterprises, a local supplier of highly technical and specialised process and environmental equipment, has announced that Rasai Holdings, part of a broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) consortium, ...

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Rockwell sells Reliance, focus on computers/software
January 2007
My predictions that Rockwell Automation was ailing and would be acquired have long since proved wrong. Under chairman and CEO Keith Nosbusch, the company is moving ahead strongly. Revenues for fiscal ...

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CitectSCADA now supports complete Allen Bradley PLC offering
January 2007
Citect has announced the release of its latest native drivers for Allen Bradley MicroLogix 1000, 1100, 1200 and 1500 programmable logic controllers (PLCs). This announcement means that CitectSCADA now ...

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Rio Tinto with Matrikon win 'Minerals Processing Plant of the Year' award
January 2007
Rio Tinto Coal Australia Hunter Valley Operations together with Matrikon won the 'Minerals Processing Plant of the Year' Award at the Australian Mining Prospect Awards for Innovation in Coal Prep Plant ...

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VIZNET technology contributes to making CIMNET MES a top 40 emerging vendor
January 2007, Adroit Technologies
.Net visualisation framework, VIZNET, propels CIMNET, an international leader in the development of manufacturing execution systems (MES) and manufacturing intelligence software, to new heights. It was ...

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E-procurement ensures right product purchased every time
January 2007, Endress+Hauser South Africa
An increasing number of large businesses are starting to rely on E-procurement from Endress+Hauser, due to the convenience, speed and lower transaction costs involved. Whenever goods have to be procured ...

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Safety in mines critical
January 2007, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
One death or injury that is attributed to mining activities is one too many. The number of miners dying or being injured in South African mines is unacceptable. This year has seen a disturbing regression ...

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Excellence and innovation reign ...
December 2006, Siemens South Africa
Festo's investment of R280 000 worth of equipment (retained by the competing institutions) and R60 000 worth of prizes at the ceremony went a long way to raising the stakes this year

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Appointment
December 2006
Colwyn Savings has been appointed national sales manager at OEN Enterprises.    Marius Du Plessis has been appointed to the position of export sales manager at Rockwell Automation. He will be responsible ...

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Siemens to modernise Komati power plant I&C
December 2006, Siemens South Africa
In a deal worth approximately 45-million Euro, Siemens Power Generation (PG) is to modernise Eskom's Komati coal-fired power plant with SPPA-T3000, one of the world's most advanced I&C systems. This will ...

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