Appointments

July 2007 News

Festo has announced the following appointments:

Bradley Robbertze to the position of finance and administration manager. Robbertze is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce honours degree in managerial accounting.

Chris Oliver to the position of training development engineer didactic. Oliver holds two national diplomas from Majuba FET College in KwaZulu-Natal.

Philip Smit to the position of software engineer. Smit holds a National Technical Certificate from Technikon Pretoria and has 20 years' experience within the electronics and instrumentation industry.

Bosch Projects has announced the following appointments:

Mike van Kan to the position of project engineer.

Mandla Ngema to the position of project manager.

Riaan Badenhorst to the position of discipline head: electrical.

Louise Houseman to the position of assistant business manager: energy.

Shorrock Automation has announced the following appointments:

Albert Krebs as sales engineer at the company’s head office in Centurion.

Philip Möller as control systems engineer at the company’s head office in Centurion.

Sthembiso Mkize as driver at its Durban branch.

Ritesh Rughoonandan has been appointed as sales engineer, CHI Control Components for Durban and Richards Bay.

The Hytec Group has announced the appointment of Allen van Gent to the position of group training officer.

Trinity Telecomms has announced the appointment of Chris Viveiros as product solutions manager.

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