Appointments August 2007 Mintek has announced the following appointments:
Abe Mngomezulu, currently a deputy director-general at the Department of Minerals and Energy has been appointed as CEO. Dr Dave Hulbert has been appointed ...
Hygienic instruments are manufactured to international standards August 2007 Today, pressure and temperature sensors and even datalogging units can be miniaturised to the degree that they can be implanted in fruits and then run through complete processing facilities to measure ...
Poaching, prediction and Pac-Man August 2007, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) In this edition of SA Instrumentation and Control we report on the loss to our I&C community of two well-known personalities: the one retiring and the other through promotion to his company's global operation ...
The Jim Pinto Column: Wireless and wake-up call August 2007 Honeywell announces 'OneWireless'
OneWireless is a clever idea: a 3-in-1 box multiradio, multiport wireless access point that supports multiple industrial protocols and applications simultaneously. OneWireless ...
News briefs August 2007 International News
Advantech and Microsoft Corporation have signed an agreement for Microsoft Embedded systems. The deal gives Advantech the go-ahead to distribute Windows Embedded software across ...
Technews to host inaugural Technews Golf Challenge July 2007, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) The Ray Beaumont Trust will seek to contribute to the continued support and quality of South African engineering and technical talent
News briefs July 2007 International news
Beckhoff Automation has reported strong growth of 26% over the past financial year. During 2006, worldwide turnover of the German company, based in Verl, was 190 million euros. Beckhoff ...
Tata Steel orders new blast furnace top-charging system July 2007, Siemens South Africa Gimbal Top, the new top-charging system from Siemens, will be installed in a blast furnace for the first time. An order was placed with Metals Technologies (MT), a division of the Siemens Group Industrial ...
Tyco Valves and Controls secures Sapag JMC distribution July 2007 Sapag Industrial Valves is a leading European valve manufacturer. For over 70 years, Sapag has been manufacturing a wide range of high quality and high performance industrial valves including the JMC ...
Wonderware and Mitsubishi sign cooperation agreement July 2007 Mitsubishi Electric of Japan and Wonderware, a business unit of Invensys, have announced the signing of a new software alliance agreement. Mitsubishi, which claims to be the world's leading volume supplier ...
Mining hoist specialist wins gold prize July 2007 Klaus Kacy, a senior technical consultant with ABB Automation in Canada and specialist in hoist technology has been awarded the prestigious Donald J. McParland Memorial Medal from the Canadian Institute ...
H3iSquared partners with Industrial Video and Control July 2007 Industrial Ethernet and video company H3iSquared specialises in working in the harshest industrial environments. It has recently reached a partnership agreement with Industrial Video and Control (IVC). ...
Tri-Con signs up Valve & Automation July 2007, Valve & Automation Valve & Automation has recently successfully negotiated the appointment as distributor for Tri-Con, enabling the company to expand its product offering to customers.
The Tri-Con Triple Eccentric series ...
ABB wins $27-million order for gearless mill drives July 2007 Power and automation technology group ABB has won an order worth approximately US$27 million from Swedish mining company Boliden. The company will supply gearless drive systems for two new grinding mills ...
Schneider Electric unveils new head office July 2007 On 24 May Schneider Electric SA held a function to officially unveil its new home in Midrand. Harvey Dunham, country manager Schneider Electric South Africa was on hand to officiate and cut the substantial ...
UniTemp launches new catalogue July 2007 Following the popularity of its first catalogue, aimed at the plastics and packaging industry, UniTemp has launched a second.
The new catalogue for general industry assists buyers, technicians and ...
MTL acquires Elpro International July 2007, Extech Safety Systems The MTL Instruments group has announced the acquisition of all the shares in Elpro International.
Elpro is a leading global provider of secure and reliable wireless solutions for applications in the ...
Instrotech steams ahead July 2007 With orders of R8m in hand for locally designed and manufactured tube leak detection systems for power station boilers, Instrotech has received additional orders for supply over the next two years totalling ...
