The OPC Foundation has welcomed Stefan Hoppe as its next president and executive director. Hoppe is a long-standing member of the control automation industry and the OPC Foundation. As an electrical engineer, ...

Yokogawa and AlgaEnergy, a Spanish biotechnology company specialising in the production and commercial applications of microalgae, have announced the signing of a strategic partnership and equity participation ...

ABB has won an order from JG Summit Petrochemical Corporation to supply electrical and process power management systems for its petrochemical expansion project. The project will increase cracker production ...

One of the largest boiler inspections ever undertaken using drones in South Africa was recently completed by Skyriders on Unit 6 at Eskom’s Medupi Power Station. The project was distinguished by its sheer ...

The OPC Foundation has announced the launch of its new setup to identify OPC UA and related TSN-harmonisation needs and extends OPC Foundation standards and specifications. The goal of this initiative ...

Elonics, specialists in industrial automation and connectivity solutions, recently celebrated its 30th birthday. With delicious snacks, tasty ‘Durban curry’, and some ice-cold beverages, key customers ...

BMG, which acquired FPT Distribution SA (Fenner Power Transmission) over 20 years ago, celebrates Fenner’s 90th anniversary of business in South Africa this year. “BMG is proud to be the exclusive distributor ...

Following the move of Rob Mackenzie to Endress+Hauser’s Swiss-based head office, the company recently announced its choice of Bernhard Klöss as the new managing director of southern African operations. ...

The Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) recently celebrated the anniversary of its tenth annual conference at the Black Eagle Conference Centre in Ruimsig. This year’s theme was Smart ...

Over the past 14 years, since LS split from the LG umbrella, the company has made major strides towards becoming one of the world’s leading technology companies. Today, besides producing the well-known ...

Industry 4.0 is changing the face of manufacturing and industry around the world. Without a concerted effort to change industry processes and infrastructure, and upskill the workforce, South Africa risks ...

In line with its vision of embracing the technological revolution in the explosives and mining industry, AEL Mining Services, a member of the AECI Group in South Africa, has announced its official rebrand ...

Valve suppliers just joined the digital revolution in their quest to drive down total cost of ownership through performance-related monitoring solutions. What is surprising is that it took so long. After ...

Together with the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG), Technews Publishing recently organised a series of breakfast seminars at venues across the country, in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban and Johannesburg. ...

Emerson has announced that it has agreed to acquire Intelligent Platforms, a division of General Electric. Intelligent Platforms’ programmable logic controller (PLC) technology will enable Emerson to ...

On October 17, the ringing of the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange was highly unusual as the prestigious task was performed not by a human, but by a robot arm. The bell ringer, Universal Robots’ ...

Endress+Hauser has announced its plan to build a new Gulf Coast Regional Centre Campus outside Houston, Texas, located in close proximity to the company’s oil and gas customer base. Construction is currently ...

SMC Pneumatics South Africa now has a new name – SMC Corporation ZA. This name change reflects the growing range of non-pneumatic components being developed by SMC globally, thanks to the company’s continued ...

Some 60 graduates from 10 African nations attended the Engineering Institute of Technology’s (EIT) 2018 African Graduation Gala, held recently in South Africa. The online learning platform reaches EIT ...