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Appointments
May 2007
Endress+Hauser has announced the appointment of Hennie Blignaut to the position of marketing manager.    Endress+Hauser has announced the permanent appointment of Syd Thoresson to the position of projects ...

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Controlling the bushveld?
May 2007
On the border of the internationally renowned Kruger National Park, in the heart of the African bush was the destination of the latest Control Roadshow. A wonderful setting for the gathering of like-minded ...

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Cellulose plant capacity increase for Sappi Saiccor
May 2007, ABB South Africa
ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded a $32-million order from Sappi Saiccor for upgrading what is claimed to be the world's largest chemical cellulose plant, located ...

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Lead is dead at E+H
May 2007, Endress+Hauser South Africa
Endress+Hauser is leaving the 'Lead Age' behind. The company has been working hard at eliminating the toxic heavy metal from all of its electronic components - voluntarily implementing a new European ...

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Westplex gets new vision
May 2007
Westplex has been appointed authorised South African distributors for Cognex vision sensors and vision software. Cognex, a leading manufacturer of machine vision systems, boasts of having shipped over ...

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Winning with Wonderware
May 2007
If there is a single word that can characterise the 20th century, it would have to be technology. Flying went from Kitty Hawk to the International Space Station, telecommunications abandoned fabric-covered ...

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Let us get the communications going
May 2007, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
Well, what a whirlwind introduction to the world of publishing and editing. At the beginning of March I would not have known a sidebar if I had fallen over one and now I even know how to pull quotes! Jokes ...

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News digest
May 2007
International news    USA: Honeywell recently announced an agreement with Invista, one of the world's largest integrated fibres and polymers manufacturers. The new agreement will enable Invista to take ...

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Profiling Motion Tronic
May 2007
Motion Tronic was established by Bradley Douglas in June 2003 under the name of Getback Electronics. With Bradley's extensive experience in the management of industrial electronic repair services it is ...

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The Jim Pinto column: automation knowledge and innovation
May 2007
Automation education Everything starts with education. Consider training in the US: there are excellent engineering classes, supported by local and state schools, colleges and universities. However, ...

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South African invents third-generation shape display
April 2007
A South-African inventor has invented and applied to patent (what he refers to as) a third-generation shape-based display technology where such information as a process variable or a set of process variables ...

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Sustainex 2007 targets environmental protection and sustainable development
April 2007
According to Jo Melville, managing director of Exhibitions for Africa, the problems surrounding South Africa's wastewater facilities are severe, with the majority of small and medium size sewerage treatment ...

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Appointments
April 2007
SEW Eurodrive has appointed Clint Brooke as internal sales engineer.       SEW Eurodrive has appointed Clinton Foster as sales engineer.    Franscois Liebenberg has been appointed as responsible person, ...

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Siemens rewards reporting excellence
April 2007, Siemens South Africa
At a function held to mark the sixth annual Siemens Profile Awards at the Blue Valley Golf and Country Estate in Midrand on 27 February 2007, Jennifer Stastny of Popular Mechanics was named as the Overall ...

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Siemens Networks awards Rittal 'Supplier of the Year'
April 2007, Rittal
Rittal, the successful system provider of housing and enclosure technology, was chosen by Siemens Networks in Beijing as the '2006 Supplier of the Year.' Siemens Networks' 100 most important suppliers ...

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Endress+Hauser continues support of MC Weiler School
April 2007, Endress+Hauser South Africa
Instrumentation specialist company Endress+Hauser recently donated a printer for use in the teachers' computer centre at the MC Weiler School in Alexandra. Endress+Hauser has been supporting the school ...

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Osiris Technical Systems on the move
April 2007
To accommodate its growing business Osiris Technical Systems has moved to new premises located at 274 Venter Street, Capital Park. The new telephone number is an easy-to-remember 0861 OSIRIS (0861 674 ...

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Middleware introduced to link factory floor with back office
April 2007, Rockwell Automation, SCADA/HMI
A lot happens on the factory floor that enterprise-level information technology (IT) applications do not learn about easily:    * The serial number of a part going into an individual medical device. * ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: 2007 technology - Pinto's picks
April 2007
After several years of stagnation, the industrial automation market is growing again. During the coming year, several new products and technologies will begin to emerge. Here are some of my technology ...

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Wika SA implements kaizen
April 2007, WIKA Instruments
Japanese manufacturers are well known for their efficient manufacturing techniques. One of the cornerstones of this efficiency is their adoption of the kaizen manufacturing philosophy. The kai (change) ...

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