Voith expands in Africa March 2009 Voith Turbo has a well-established presence on the African continent with Ghana serving as the springboard for the opening of the first Voith branch in Accra.
“We have successfully served the Ghanaian ...
Big SA order for ABB March 2009, ABB South Africa ABB has won an order worth $53 million from the South African power utility Eskom, to strengthen the transmission network in the Western Cape region.
The company will design, manufacture, install and ...
Control loop CD available March 2009, Michael Brown Control Engineering Michael Brown, author of our monthly Control Loop feature, has just produced a CD of over 100 of the Case Histories series of articles dealing with his experiences of control problems in hundreds of plants ...
Local calibration facility for Testo March 2009 Unitemp, the suppliers of the Testo range of emission testing equipment has announced a co-operative agreement with Ecoserv to provide local calibration services for the Testo range of portable flue-gas ...
Adroit supports University of Botswana March 2009, Adroit Technologies In October 2008, the University of Botswana was sponsored an Adroit Technologies Scada System in response to lecturer Dr John T. Agee’s desire to implement laboratory training for students. The scada ...
Surgetek on national television March 2009, Surge Technology Surgetek’s Paul van As will be on SABC 2 on Saturday 28 February 2009 at 08h30 on Episode 3 Season 4 of the DIY met Riaan programme. Paul will be educating viewers on how to install a DEHNguard M TT surge ...
Process Expo 2009 March 2009 Process Automation and Information Technology 2009 is once again set to be the industry product and services platform of the year. The Exhibition will be held on 19, 20 and 21 May for those employed in ...
Petro.t.ex Africa 2009 March 2009 With 95% of the world’s transport petroleum-based, there are few industries not heavily dependent on oil. “Until more sustainable, ‘greener’ technologies are developed, petrochemicals will remain the ...
Appointments March 2009 ifm electronic SA has appointed Kenneth Madeley as storeman and Rika Wiesner as debtors clerk at its head office in Centurion.
Comtest has announced the appointments of Vaughan Sanders as product ...
The Jim Pinto Column: Market contractions and the year ahead March 2009 I have just returned to my home in San Diego, California after a very enjoyable 3-month trip that took me to a series of speaking engagements in England, South Africa and India.
I left San Diego when ...
Letter to the editor March 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) SA Instrumentation and Control received some interesting feedback from a reader last month, which we have decided to publish:
“Thank you for Michael Brown’s control loop series. I find his writing both ...
C&I engineering tools: Part 1 - Relationships and standards February 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) Adopting technical standards and recommended practices in engineering disciplines is critical to keeping an organisation agile and minimising product costs.
Fieldbus Foundation General Assembly February 2009 The Fieldbus Foundation 2009 General Assembly will be held in Yokohama, Japan, on 4-5 March. The annual event is open to Fieldbus Foundation members and non-members, and will be attended by leading suppliers, ...
E+H launches CoCs February 2009 In order to serve its worldwide customer base in the oil and gas and chemical industries more effectively, Endress+Hauser has established centres of competence (CoCs) located in the USA, Germany, Switzerland ...
EIS supports African development February 2009 The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EURO 40 million to Thin Film Solar Technologies SA to support the construction of a production facility for thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules in Paarl, ...
EtherCAT safety drive profile February 2009 Because current drive profiles do not cover functional safety, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) is developing a new safety drive profile to close this gap. With this new drive profile, the safety functionality ...
ABB taps the Sun's energy February 2009 ABB is supplying a comprehensive power and automation solution for one of the world’s largest solar thermal power plants – a solution that includes uniquely accurate control equipment to enable the 1248 ...
Honeywell avionics suits NASA February 2009 Honeywell has been appointed by Oceaneering International to provide the avionics subsystem for the new Constellation space suit due to be developed by the company.
The suit incorporates the latest in ...
SAPICS 31st Annual Conference February 2009 In the run-up to its 31st annual conference and exhibition, SAPICS – The Association for Operations Management of Southern Africa – has started to assemble a line up of presenters with inspiring success ...
