A friend and past president of the SAIMC contacted me today to let me know that he is back in the IM&C field, welcome back Johan Steyn! I hope that you will, as in the past, add value to the SAIMC and our trade in general. Please complete your SAIMC application form @ www.saimc.org.za
I have been making a lot of noise about the branches adding more value to the members. I am proud to firstly announce the establishment of the new SAIMC Cape Town branch. A meeting was held on 8 May 2008 at the Milnerton Caltex Refinery and a committee was elected to handle the SAIMC affairs for that region. I wish the Cape Town branch all the success and longevity due to it, go get them gents. Remember that you can enter the Branch of the Year award!
Secondly, we had a big brain storming session with the Durban committee. This was a very productive meeting and the Durban SAIMC is on track for a full revival. So Durban members, keep your eyes on your mails to ensure that you do not miss the exciting evenings coming your way.
At our first council meeting, the council also approved funding for the branches for 2008. I have already witnessed the benefits of this funding. The Secunda branch had a presenter from Sasol present on SIL reviews. The Vaal branch also had a presenter from Sasol present on 'Asset management for preventative maintenance in modern plants'. This funding is being used for the purpose of finding relevant, hands-on content matters. The branches now have more choices for who the presenter will be. Make contact with your branch if you want to hear about something in particular, if there is enough interest they will see what they can put together. Current hot topics are wireless networks, asset management, what about my favourite ARP0108?
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The Durban branch of the SAIMC was pleased to welcome Vusi Sithole, managing member of Hybrid Control Corporation in Richards Bay, who presented\on the very pertinent topic of ‘Infrastructure monitoring and control for water loss management’.
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We say it every year, and we’ll say it again: May in Durban is hard to beat; but 9 May, when the Durban Golf Day teed off at Kloof Country Club, was something else. With sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 20s, it was a fantastic day, full of fun and great energy.
Read more...SAIMC User Advisory Council KS4I event: Bridging the industry/education divide
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Horst Weinert, head of Didactic at Festo Southern/Eastern Africa, will be sharing some of Festo’s Didactic experiences of working across industry and education. He will cover training for productivity and employability in the public and private sectors, discussing especially the potential for inter-company training centres.
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The local Johannesburg Branch of the SAIMC recently hosted a Technology Evening at Bryanston Sports Club on 9 April 2025.
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The April technology meeting for the Durban branch of the SAIMC was kindly sponsored by ProRisk, a subsidiary company of the Proconics Group of Companies. Process safety engineer, Guillaume de Swardt gave a fascinating presentation on the power of operational risk control by utilising CFD software.
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The SAIMC User Advisory Council started 2025 with its first event in the ‘Knowlege Sharing 4 Industry’ event series on the 19th of March.
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In proud partnership with Innomotics, SAIMC will be hosting the first Knowledge Sharing 4 Industry event for 2025.
Read more...Getting your OT data into the cloud – the why and the how
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As users recognise the benefits of a digital transformation strategy for their industrial plants and systems and start to adopt it, they soon face the challenge of getting operational technology data securely and reliably to a cloud service provider of their choice.
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