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Electron tube rebuilding service
August 2003
OEN Enterprises is able to offer an electron tube rebuilding service for military and industrial applications. The company recently entered into an agreement with LXO Industries for the supply of its ...

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A backup is not a backup until it is restored
August 2003
We all know and understand the merits of a backup system... well that is, intellectually at least. We certainly claim to understand triple-redundancy of PLC, DCS and emergency shutdown hardware. But how ...

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A disturbing review of SANS 10142-1: Code of Practice for the Wiring of Premises
July 2003
SANS 10142-1: 2003 is the new South African National Standard that replaced SABS 0142-1: 2001 after a number of changes were required as a result of the outcome of the above appeal, other feedback from ...

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The intelligent automation users group
July 2003, Protea Automation Solutions
Since its introduction in 1987, Foxboro's I/A Series (intelligent automation) system has continued to undergo a process of evolution. The I/A Series was founded on the principle that a system can remain ...

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SAP Enterprise upgrade a first for Africa
July 2003, Siemens South Africa
Following a lengthy period of project preparation, Siemens Southern Africa has just completed an upgrade and implementation of SAP Enterprise, the first such site to go live in Africa. By upgrading from ...

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Spescom benefits from JTAG/LogicVision partnership
July 2003
Spescom MeasureGraph is pleased with the recently established partnership between JTAG Technologies, a leading provider of boundary-scan testing, and LogicVision, a leading provider of embedded test for ...

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SSE awarded telemetry systems contract for giant sewage network
July 2003
SSE's Cape Town branch has made significant inroads into the telemetry market in the Western Cape since the branch was established in September 2001. The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality contract ...

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Carl Zeiss appointed distributor for GWT SA
July 2003
The Sartorius Group is an internationally known manufacturer of high quality weighing equipment. What is not so well known in the South African marketplace is that the products that were once sold under ...

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Celebrating a century of quality
July 2003, Rockwell Automation
Brands are marketing identities that take on lives of their own. They are combinations of words and design that invoke feelings, hold identities and develop reputations. People buy products, but they ...

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Saab Rosemount for major tank gauging contract in the Bahamas
July 2003, Automation Control Solutions
The BORCO terminal in Freeport, Bahamas has ordered radar-based tank gauging for its 43 storage tanks. The $400 000 project includes a Saab Rosemount radar gauging system with multispot temperature measurement. ...

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Test solutions website is launched
July 2003
Spescom MeasureGraph has launched its new Test Solutions Website www.testsolutions.co.za, where, for the first time, a showcase featuring the company's entire range of test and measurement solutions ...

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R28 million switchgear upgrade for Arnot power station
July 2003, Siemens South Africa
In a significant deal worth approximately R28 million, Siemens Southern Africa has been awarded a contract for the upgrade of medium voltage switchgear at Arnot Power Station, Eskom's first modern coal-fired ...

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Rhomberg appointed SA agent for Stegmann
July 2003, Rhomberg Instruments 2006
Cape-based instrumentation and electronics company Rhomberg has been appointed the South African agent for Stegmann, leaders in encoder technology. Rhomberg has successfully represented Sick AG for many ...

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Supply-Chain world - southern African conference and exposition
July 2003
The Supply-Chain world - southern Africa 2003 conference and exposition will feature a program full of information useful to today's supply chain professionals. Case studies and Supply-Chain operations ...

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New appointments at Adroit Technologies
July 2003
Megan Davidson has taken over the role of marketing.       Karin Fouche and John Crain have both been promoted to the positions of business development managers.       Software development engineers, Mark ...

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NewElec appointment
July 2003
NewElec has appointed Gavin Mitchell as sales engineer.      

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Appointments
July 2003
Adroit Technologies has appointed Vanessa Blake as a sales engineer and Danie Beckett as a software development engineer on its VIZNET initiative.       Steve Herbst has been appointed a director of PREI ...

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WorldSkills competition fosters learning at its best
July 2003, Festo South Africa, Products & Solutions
Apprentices from around the world will have the opportunity of measuring themselves against each other at the 37th WorldSkills competition for mechatronics in Switzerland, from 19 to 22 June. Festo Didactic ...

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Polypropylene capacitors for high currents
July 2003
The superior current-handling capability of polypropylene capacitors makes them suitable for low cost switched mode and other thyristor circuit and non-polar dielectric applications. Eurofarad's type ...

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When will corporations start learning the value of education?
July 2003
During 2002 some large South African corporations individually approached the SA Institute of Measurement & Control and voiced their concerns over the poor competency levels of engineering staff. But ...

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