Appointments

January 2007 Analytical Instrumentation & Environmental Monitoring

Vikash Rampathi has been appointed to the position of global process technical consultant at Rockwell Automation. Rampathi holds a National Higher Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Light Current), which is supported by an MDP, a certificate in Project Management and ECSA registration. He joins Rockwell Automation from Siemens, where he held the position of systems engineer for the past five years. Rampathi has a strong background in the mining industry.

Nela Uskokovic has been appointed to the position of industry account manager for mining at Rockwell Automation. Uskokovic, with a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering, joins Rockwell Automation from Schneider Electric, where she held the position of commercial manager.

Victor Mathenjwa has been appointed support engineer at Shorrock Automation’s head office in Centurion.

Olivia Msiza has been appointed human resources generalist at Shorrock Automation’s head office in Centurion.

Jacques Swart has been appointed as sales engineer in Richards Bay for SEW Eurodrive.

Comtest and its subsidiary Kikiza would like to welcome Ravi Lachman to its team. Ravi will assume the position of business development manager with specific responsibility for the power quality, scopemeter and process tools portfolios.

Further reading:

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Cooling tower bleed control
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Importance of gas analysis in the petrochemical industry
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Expanded test laboratory provides polymer users with more information
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Filters for zero-alcohol wine
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Remote monitoring solution for sewage plants
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Precision in every drop, powered by ICP technology
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A trusted oxygen analyser back in action
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Multi-channel pH and conductivity controller for the water sector
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DEKRA Industrial sets new standards for asset integrity in local petrochemical sector
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