SAIMC Branch Chairman - Personality Profile
November 2000
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Full names: Allen Martin Dold Morgan
SAIMC Branch: Mossel Bay
SAIMC member since: 1992
Home city: Mossel Bay
Place and date of birth: Bloemfontein, 20 July 1951
Education: Bloemfontein Technical College Dip Tech 1986 Vaal Triangle Tech.
Current company: Mossgas since 1989
Current position held: Engineering Supt E/I Workshop Services
Company you would most like to work for: Mossgas
First job: Apprentice radio radar at Atlas Aircraft
First salary package: R70/month
Personal best achievement: Part of Free State rowing team
Professional best achievement: Mossgas Project - Analyser Division, R28 million
Person that had the biggest influence of your life: Nobody specific
Biggest opportunity ever offered: Mossgas project
Person you would most like to meet: Louis Luyt
Person you would least like to meet: Robert Mugabe
Favourite TV programme: Voorblad
Favourite reading material: Factual information
Favourite food and drink: Braai and whiskey
Favourite song/music: Music from the '60s and '70s
Favourite sport: Cricket and rugby
Favourite sporting hero: Hansie Cronje/Jonty Rhodes and James Small
Car: Opel Astra Classic
Car you would like to own: BMW 328
Married: Divorced
Children: Charmaine, 24 years young
Pets: None
Dislikes: Dishonest people
Social clubs/activities: Yacht club member
Further reading:
SAIMC: From the office of the COO
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Recognising practical engineering talent is a missing link in the South Africa’s skills pipeline.
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SAIMC: Durban Technology Evening
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The SAIMC Durban branch hosted a Technology Evening on mobile machine automation.
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SAIMC: Eastern Cape branch
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The SAIMC Eastern Cape Branch co-hosted a satellite viewing site for ICRA 2026 at Nelson Mandela University, giving postgraduate students, academics and local industry professionals access to premier international robotics and automation keynote sessions.
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SAIMC: Johannesburg Technology Evening
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The SAIMC Johannesburg Branch July Technology Evening, hosted by WIKA Instruments, covered key level measurement technologies and featured live product demonstrations from area sales manager Anthony Terblanche.
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International robotics conference streams live to Africa
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The SAIMC hosted five live-stream viewing events across South Africa for the IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation in Vienna, bringing global robotics research and technology directly to local industry and academia.
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From the office of the CEO: Introduction to GRIP
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Industry has long been concerned about graduates who have no understanding of the modern equipment they will face in industry. This has triggered an investigation into the possibility of creating a facility whereby graduates register with the SAIMC and rotate through all the vendors to obtain experience on modern equipment.
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SAIMC: Durban branch
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The SAIMC Durban Branch hosted a technology meeting featuring a presentation by Abacus Automation on the practical role of AI in industrial automation, drawing considerable interest from attendees.
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SAIMC: Johannesburg branch
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Instrotech recently hosted a technical presentation on load cell technology and applications at the SAIMC Johannesburg Technology Evening, presented by Trevor Salzwedel. The session covered load cell fundamentals, selection and installation, mechanical considerations and calibration methods.
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SAIMC: Johannesburg Golf Day
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The SAIMC Johannesburg Golf Day on 22 May 2026 brought together 16 four-balls for a day of golf, networking and fundraising, with generous support from sponsors across the instrumentation and control sector.
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SAIMC to exhibit at Electra Mining Africa 2026
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The SAIMC International INSPIRE Conference 2026 will be held on 14 and 15 October 2026
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