Futuristix changes name to Wonderware Southern Africa January 2007 Futuristix, a member of the EOH group and a leading name in the world of SA industrial automation and MES solutions, is the sole SA distributor for the Wonderware range of production and performance management ...
Start of outcomes-based education for automation and control industry January 2007, Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automaton has opted to change the sector-specific body or SETA under which it provides training. Having been set up to encourage skills development through the establishment of a system of levies ...
OEN Enterprises partners with BBBEE consortium January 2007 OEN Enterprises, a local supplier of highly technical and specialised process and environmental equipment, has announced that Rasai Holdings, part of a broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) consortium, ...
Rockwell sells Reliance, focus on computers/software January 2007 My predictions that Rockwell Automation was ailing and would be acquired have long since proved wrong. Under chairman and CEO Keith Nosbusch, the company is moving ahead strongly. Revenues for fiscal ...
CitectSCADA now supports complete Allen Bradley PLC offering January 2007 Citect has announced the release of its latest native drivers for Allen Bradley MicroLogix 1000, 1100, 1200 and 1500 programmable logic controllers (PLCs). This announcement means that CitectSCADA now ...
Rio Tinto with Matrikon win 'Minerals Processing Plant of the Year' award January 2007 Rio Tinto Coal Australia Hunter Valley Operations together with Matrikon won the 'Minerals Processing Plant of the Year' Award at the Australian Mining Prospect Awards for Innovation in Coal Prep Plant ...
VIZNET technology contributes to making CIMNET MES a top 40 emerging vendor January 2007, Adroit Technologies .Net visualisation framework, VIZNET, propels CIMNET, an international leader in the development of manufacturing execution systems (MES) and manufacturing intelligence software, to new heights. It was ...
E-procurement ensures right product purchased every time January 2007, Endress+Hauser South Africa An increasing number of large businesses are starting to rely on E-procurement from Endress+Hauser, due to the convenience, speed and lower transaction costs involved.
Whenever goods have to be procured ...
Safety in mines critical January 2007, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) One death or injury that is attributed to mining activities is one too many. The number of miners dying or being injured in South African mines is unacceptable. This year has seen a disturbing regression ...
Excellence and innovation reign ... December 2006, Siemens South Africa Festo's investment of R280 000 worth of equipment (retained by the competing institutions) and R60 000 worth of prizes at the ceremony went a long way to raising the stakes this year
Appointment December 2006 Colwyn Savings has been appointed national sales manager at OEN Enterprises.
Marius Du Plessis has been appointed to the position of export sales manager at Rockwell Automation. He will be responsible ...
Siemens to modernise Komati power plant I&C December 2006, Siemens South Africa In a deal worth approximately 45-million Euro, Siemens Power Generation (PG) is to modernise Eskom's Komati coal-fired power plant with SPPA-T3000, one of the world's most advanced I&C systems. This will ...
ASSTech acquires three new agencies December 2006 ASSTech Instrumentation has acquired three new exclusive agencies to complement its existing range of process control sensors.
From Italy come HTP sensor cable assemblies such as M8 and M12 circular ...
CPD Credits earned for attendance of the Siemens A&D TIA User Forum December 2006, Siemens South Africa Delegates to the annual Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) TIA User Forum Conference at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Johannesburg from 23-25 October 2006 will now earn Continuing Professional Development ...
International Aquatech Innovation Award 2006 December 2006, KROHNE The International Aquatech Innovation Award is granted to the most innovative product or service concept presented at Aquatech Amsterdam 2006. Designed as part of this leading trade exhibition for water ...
Big merger in SA heating and control market December 2006 After many months of behind the scenes negotiations, Thermacon Manufacturing and Swift Heat & Control have decided to merge into one larger company. This joint venture will see that all of Thermacon's ...
Phoenix Contact and Progea announce joint visualisation solution December 2006, Phoenix Contact The Blomberg automation specialist, Phoenix Contact, adds visualisation solution Visu+ from Progea, Modena (Italy) to its Automationworx software suite. The joint venture with the industrial automation ...
New distributor for Flowmetrix SA December 2006 Flowmetrix SA is pleased to announce the appointment of C-Pac Pumps & Valves in the Northern Cape as a distributor of Flowmetrix products. Flowmetrix manufactures electromagnetic and Doppler flowmeters, ...
