PLM grows as manufacturers cut spending November 2009 Industry analysts expect the drive for increased efficiency in the manufacturing sector to drive growth in the product lifecycle management (PLM) market by nearly 10% over the next five years, providing ...
Dedication and achievement rewarded November 2009, Omron Electronics Congratulations to Bjorn Pentikainen of Pinelands Campus, College of Cape Town. The 28-year-old student from Bothasig was awarded an Omron CP1L training kit for achieving top results and was pronounced ...
Appointments November 2009 Endress+Hauser South Africa welcomes Sean Richards back from England as he resumes his former position of branch manager, Port Elizabeth.
Profitek has appointed Johnny van Niekerk as sales manager ...
WIKA expands its portfolio November 2009, WIKA Instruments Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) is used as a switching and insulation medium in electrical power equipment because of its unique physical properties. It is also a strong greenhouse gas. Over the last decade, ...
The features of 2010 November 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) Every year around this time the Technews teams get together to review the way the features in the various magazines reflect what is actually happening in the markets they report on. SAI&C has for some years ...
The Jim Pinto Column: The future of capitalism November 2009 We have been discussing the ailments and aberrations of the current form of capitalism – the rise and fall of giants, grossly unfair CEO compensation, and changing global scenarios. Please do not mistake ...
KineticaRT starts TwinCAT group October 2009 KineticaRT has started a TwinCAT Developers Group on Linkedin to provide a forum for all levels of Beckhoff TwinCAT PLC developers to discuss issues, problems and solutions.
KineticaRT has been developing ...
SKF's new training facilities October 2009 SKF South Africa and Atlas Copco SA recently entered into a joint venture to establish a new ultra-modern training facility. The 700 m² state-of-the-art, purpose-built Reliability Maintenance Institute ...
GE and Fanuc to part October 2009 GE and FANUC have announced that the two companies have agreed to dissolve the GE Fanuc Automation Corporation joint venture. This agreement would allow each company to refocus its investments to grow ...
Honeywell acquires RMG Group October 2009 Honeywell has announced it has signed a definitive agreement valued at approximately $400 million to acquire the RMG Group (RMG Regel + Messtechnik) a German-based global leader in natural gas measuring ...
V&A supplies giant valves October 2009 Valve & Automation has delivered 40” Tri-Con tight shutoff rotary process control valves with V&A Procontrol spring return actuators to Sasol Synfuels. The triple eccentric valve design also achieves ‘zero ...
ARC news October 2009 Coriolis flowmeters have continued to gain greater acceptance in the process industries. The market for these meters has enjoyed strong growth in recent years and 2008 was no exception, as technological ...
RF monitoring on Apple's iPhone October 2009 SwissQual, the independent Swiss network quality measurement company supported locally by Concilium Technologies, has announced a new handheld RF monitoring application based on the Apple iPhone. The ...
Pneudrive challenge 2009 - and the winner is ... October 2009, SEW-Eurodrive The winner of this year’s PneuDrive Student Competition, jointly sponsored by SEW-Eurodrive and Festo, has been announced.
The Stellenbosch University team walked away with top honours after the judging ...
Process expo prize for Allpronix October 2009, Allpronix The popular bi-annual Process Expo organised by élancommunications was held at Nasrec earlier this year. In the spirit of healthy competition, a prize worth R30 000 – in the form of a promotional event ...
Artic Driers opens in Cape Town October 2009 Only a few years after moving into larger premises in Johannesburg, Artic Driers has expanded again – this time opening in Cape Town. Allen Cockfield, Artic’s CEO, is confident that the move could not ...
Winder orders for Schneider October 2009, Schneider Electric South Africa Global energy management specialist, Schneider Electric, has won orders to supply three 630 kW containerised variable speed drives (VSD) winders. Each drive and control system is containerised in a standard ...
Profitek offers 'click ME' support October 2009 Quotations and technical queries are now only a click away on the Profitek website. The company has launched its ‘Click ME’ online support service centre where clients can request quotations, lodge their ...
Bytes SI scoops award October 2009 Bytes Systems Integration (Bytes SI), a Bytes company and a member of the Altron group has received the 2009 South African Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Competitive Strategy award from Frost & ...
