South Africa's International Process Control & Automation Exhibition

December 2001 News

ELECTREX 2002 is exclusively focused on the automation and information technologies that empower the process control industry. Endorsed by The South African Institute of Measurement & Control ( www.saimc.org.za), it is intended for professionals in the following sectors: automotive; chemical and pharmaceutical; effluent and waste management; food and drink; iron, steel and nonferrous metal production; mining and minerals extraction; municipal and government bodies; paper and pulp processing; petroleum and petrochemical; power stations and power supply; water, oil and gas supply; and many others.

Co-location for the first time with three other synergistic exhibitions - Fluidtrans & Airtech; Logistics; and Frigair - makes this combined event the largest gathering of nonmining industrialists on show on the African continent.

Exhibitors will be showcasing their latest products in the 'What's New' pavilion in Hall 4.

Reed Exhibitions SA

(011) 886 3734

[email protected]

www.reedexpo.co.za

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