SAIMC Branch Chairman - Personality Profile

November 2000 SAIMC

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 CEO: Recognising winners
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The Africa Automation and Technology Fair proved to be another successful event – and that is before any formal figures have been released.

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SAIMC: Durban branch
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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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SAIMC: Sunshine, swings and smiles: Durban Golf Day hits a high note
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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.

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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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SAIMC: From the office of the CEO: Understanding the Engineering Profession Act
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For a full and detailed explanation of whether you are doing engineering work, I recommend visiting the ECSA website and looking up the IoEW Gazette. Meanwhile, here’s a simplified breakdown to get you started and hopefully encourage you to explore further.

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SAIMC: Johannesburg branch
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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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SAIMC: Durban branch
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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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SAIMC User Advisory Council KS4I event
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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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Knowledge Sharing 4 Industry
SAIMC
In proud partnership with Innomotics, SAIMC will be hosting the first Knowledge Sharing 4 Industry event for 2025.

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Getting your OT data into the cloud – the why and the how
SAIMC
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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