Appointments

June 2010 News

Endress+Hauser has appointed Deon Le Roux as external sales engineer for temperature products and Geraldine Maclennan as a client liaison engineer at its Sandton office.

ACTOM Low Voltage Equipment has appointed Graham Beyleveld as general manager, Meissner and Portia Sefiti has been appointed as human resources manager, ALVE.

Mintek has appointed John Batty as business development manager, Nirdesh Singh as manager of the small scale mining and beneficiation division, Nosiphiwo Mzamo as manager of the mineralogy division and Mpho Mathose as head of internal audit.

The OMSA Group of companies has appointed Peter Blignaut as area sales manager.

Honeywell Building Solutions (HBS) has appointed Mark Owen as its business development manager for energy services based at the head office in Midrand.

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