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From the editor’s desk: The changing shape of optical systems
August 2018, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
A ground-breaking development in smartphone optics looks set to spill over into machine vision and other image-related applications. Unlike the eye, conventional optical systems depend on the movement ...

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ABB powers e-mobility with launch of 350 kW car charger
July 2018, ABB South Africa
With the number of electric vehicles on the road rising, the global demand for powerful and energy-efficient vehicle charging stations is ever increasing. At Hannover Messe 2018, ABB launched its newest ...

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Rockwell Automation to supply integrated power systems to Irving Consumer Products
July 2018, Rockwell Automation
Irving Consumer Products, a Canadian-based manufacturer of household and store-brand paper and personal care products, recently broke ground on a new, state-of-the art plant at a site in Georgia. Multiple ...

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Emerson agrees to buy Aventics
July 2018, Emerson Automation Solutions
Emerson has agreed on terms to acquire Aventics from Triton for a cash purchase price of €527 million. Aventics is among the global leaders in smart pneumatics technologies that power machine and factory ...

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ParkerStore opens in Limpopo
July 2018
Parker Hannifin has opened a new state-of-the-art distributor facility in Limpopo. This is the fifteenth ParkerStore in South Africa and one of over 2300 Parker Hannifin distributors worldwide. The executive ...

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Beckhoff Automation substantially increases turnover
July 2018, Beckhoff Automation
Beckhoff Automation generated global turnover of €810 million in 2017, an increase of 19% year over year. New products, a larger distribution network, enhanced production capacities and solid growth among ...

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Successful year for Endress+Hauser
July 2018, Endress+Hauser South Africa
Endress+Hauser increased sales and profit in 2017. The Group benefited from stronger industry conditions and introduced a wide range of product innovations, including the first digital services offering. ...

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Fifty years of powering the world
July 2018, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric is celebrating 50 years of automation transformation, with its invention in 1968 of the first PLC. Prior to the introduction of the PLC, the level of real-time measurement and control ...

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MESA Africa call for papers 2018
July 2018
Smart manufacturing and the digital enterprise It’s happening fast. Everywhere we turn, processes, machines and devices are becoming more connected and intelligent. Production machines, turbines, and ...

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BMG’s Port Elizabeth RSC
July 2018, Bearing Man Group t/a BMG
BMG’s Regional Service Centre (RSC) in Port Elizabeth, offers critical solution services to diverse sectors, including the automotive industry, power and petrochemical plants, manufacturing, marine, agriculture ...

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SEW-Eurodrive supplies Zambian copper mine in record time
July 2018, SEW-EURODRIVE
When a major copper mine in Zambia required a 110 kW VSD urgently for a slurry application, it turned to SEW-Eurodrive, which was not only able to supply the unit on a fast track basis over the Christmas ...

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Electra Mining Africa: more than just a show
July 2018
For 46 years, Electra Mining Africa has been winning the minds and hearts of mining and related industries. Delivering an effective platform to showcase the latest innovations, technologies and trends, ...

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Turck and Banner Engineering acquire RET Automation Controls in South Africa
1 July 2018, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Turck and Banner Engineering established a new joint venture in South Africa through the purchase of RET Automation Controls, their long-standing sales partner. The name of the new company will be changed ...

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Tshwane University of Technology career exhibition
July 2018
Through sponsorship obtained, TUT is pleased to announce that its 2018 career exhibition will be hosted free of charge to all interested industry partners. The purpose of the event is to give students ...

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ABB automates Africa
July 2018, ABB South Africa
With the commercial launch of more than 210 solutions and services, ABB South Africa is unlocking value for the African continent. In particular, ABB Ability creates powerful solutions and services that ...

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Innovation spirit remains high in the Endress+Hauser Group
July 2018, Endress+Hauser South Africa
In 2017, the Endress+Hauser Group once again invested more than seven percent of sales in research and development. “With 261 patent filings, as well as 467 approved patents, we are innovating at a high ...

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SAIMC at the forefront of the Digital Industrial Revolution in South Africa
Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, SAIMC
   The Digital Industrial Revolution (DIR) – aka 4-IR or Industry 4.0 – will profoundly shape our efforts to promote industrial development. The scale, scope and complexity of this new technological ...

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Nick Denbow’s European report: Fieldbus, government interference and news from the UK
July 2018, Editor's Choice
The German organisation Profibus & Profinet International (PI) publishes annual statistics on the numbers of devices installed with interfaces equipped with their communication technologies, which also ...

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Preparing for digitalisation and an era of collaborative robotics
Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, Omron Electronics
Digital transformation and its associated technologies – collaborative robots in particular – are generating enormous interest in manufacturing. Industry 4.0 will have a strong impact in the coming years ...

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Yokogawa launches amnimo
Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, Yokogawa South Africa
Development of new services that will leverage IIoT architecture.

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