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Cummins Ghana completes Goldfields pump repower project
August 2019
Mining site operations are extremely demanding, and dewatering pumps need to run continuously to remove groundwater to ensure non-stop mining. A recent pump repower project in Ghana demonstrated Cummins’ ...

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Countering the counterfeiters
August 2019, SKF South Africa
In 2017, working with law-enforcement authorities, SKF destroyed 15 tonnes of counterfeit bearings that were identified and seized several years ago. The batch, which comprised 17 000 individual items, ...

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Taking proximity detection to new heights
August 2019
Proximity detection systems (PDS) specialist, Booyco Electronics is once again raising the bar for safety, quality and local content in the mining sector, through a technology collaboration with fellow ...

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Engineering is shaping the future
August 2019, Siemens South Africa, TANDM Technologies
Engineering is shaping what the future will look like and is evolving as quickly as technology itself. This year’s highly successful Engineering Community Conference (ECC) hosted by ESTEQ at the CSIR ...

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Siemens to acquire ESTEQ
August 2019, Siemens South Africa
Siemens Digital Industries Software has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of ESTEQ, a distributor of product lifecycle management, product design and simulation, and manufacturing ...

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Digital factory market to grow at 33%
August 2019
The digital factory market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 33% to reach $673 billion in 2026. According to a new report published by ABI Research, these sales include the actual hardware ...

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Becker Mining upgrade for local coal operation
August 2019
Becker Mining South Africa’s energy division has been awarded a contract to upgrade the PLC infrastructure at a leading coal producer’s underground operations. “This project comprises the design, manufacture ...

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Process 4.0 Breakfast Seminar Series 2019
1 August 2019, Beckhoff Automation
Beckhoff Automation, in partnership with VEGA, are proud to present the second South African Process 4.0 Seminar for industry. The 2019 seminars are aimed at industry segments such as oil & gas production, ...

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From the editor’s desk: Wearable inspection tools not just fashionable accessories
August 2019, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
The quickening consumer demand for wearable technology looks like it’s about to spill over into the industrial sector. Driven by established hardware – Google Glass for example – wearable devices present ...

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Africa Automation Fair 2019 wraps up with strong growth
July 2019, RX Africa
Key event reflects SA’s growing interest in IIoT/4IR.

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4IR in South Africa: SAIMC involved from day one.
Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), also known as Industry 4.0, has necessitated that countries develop new policies, strategies and innovation plans to enable an inclusive whole-of-society approach ...

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Announcing MESA’s 2019 award winners
July 2019
MESA International has announced this year’s winners of the 12th Annual Outstanding Contribution Award. A new Innovative Service award was also announced in honour of long time community member, Tom Bruhn. ...

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Robin Briggs appointed managing director of BMG
July 2019, Bearing Man Group t/a BMG
Robin Briggs has a passion for strategy and a commitment to driving successful business growth in South Africa’s industrial sector. He brings to BMG a wealth of product knowledge, a thorough understanding ...

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Arca receives prestigious award
July 2019
Arca has been awarded the quality label ‘Innovative through Research’ for the year 2018/2019 by the German Association for the Promotion of Science and Education (Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft). ...

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PoolSense: set to change the face of pool maintenance forever
Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0
The automatic pool cleaner changed the face of pool cleaning forever, but maintaining the quality of the water has remained a difficult and expensive task. PoolSense is about to change this. An unobtrusive ...

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Sensear appoints Extech Safety Systems as authorised distributor in sub-Saharan Africa
July 2019, Extech Safety Systems
Extech has partnered with Sensear to distribute its products in sub-Saharan Africa. Sensear is a global leader in digital communication and active listening headsets and earplugs for use in high noise ...

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R&C Instrumentation receives accreditation from Fluke
July 2019, R&C Instrumentation
R&C Instrumentation is pleased to announce that the company has received accreditation from Fluke Process Instruments for its Infrared Temperature Calibration facility. This facility is housed in a climate-controlled ...

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Test Dynamics launched to represent National brands
July 2019
Test Dynamics has been appointed to provide continued representation of the National Instruments brand following a decision by National Instruments to pursue a distribution model in southern Africa. ...

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Phambili Interface at the Africa Automation Fair
July 2019
Phambili Interface, the exclusive distributor for Weidmüller’s connectivity and interface products in southern Africa, exhibited at the Africa Automation Fair (AAF), a tradeshow which took place in Johannesburg ...

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Hytec South Africa relocates to the Free State
July 2019
Hytec South Africa currently has a branch located in Vanderbijlpark, south of Johannesburg, which will be relocating to the Sasol Eco Industrial Park in Sasolburg. The branch focuses on the mining, chemical ...

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