Strategic alignment On 9 March, the SAIMC held an executive strategy session where all stakeholders within the organisation were represented. The focus was to ensure that the correct strategic initiatives ...
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SAIMC Secunda’s second technology evening for 2018 was hosted by Aveng ACS on the 6th of February. Christo Basson presented on ‘How to optimise your intelligent smart devices in your plant’.    Christo ...
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The branch kicked off the year with a braai and Technical Evening presented by EOH Process Automation Solutions. We were delighted to have outgoing SAIMC president Oratile Sematle at the meeting, inspiring ...
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At the last technology evening, Frederik Langenhoven, solutions manager at Pepperl+Fuchs presented on ‘Keeping up with the demand for high-speed communication in modern process plants’.    Globally, the ...
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The March Technology Evening, held at the Durban Country Club, had the benefit of receiving a polished and informative presentation on the topic ‘Electrical explosion protection with focus on flameproof ...
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Feedback from AGM The Tshwane branch AGM was held on 7th February when a new committee was voted in for the year. The members are as follows: chairman and technology: Petrus Klopper (Ai2SA); vice chairman ...
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   Northern Technical College in Ndola relaunched its SAIMC branch at the college during February by electing a new committee to steer the branch into the new year. The new committee replaces students ...
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Executive Planning Session    At the upcoming Executive Planning Session, the SAIMC will discuss various issues that need to be addressed. Some of these include:    • Driving education standards to address ...
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The plan for the year is to focus on technical evenings, site visits (Aerosud is a possibility but still to be confirmed), publishing technical papers, hosting training and speaking at events. Of course ...
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AGM    The branch AGM was held on 18 January at Honeywell HUB in Secunda. All the successes of 2017 were discussed and the new committee for 2018 was elected as follows:    • Johan Maritz (chairman, golf ...
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The branch AGM was held on 7 February at the usual Durban Country Club venue. Whilst AGMs never seem to attract the same attendance as technology evenings, we were happy with the turnout and, as usual, ...
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A quest for smooth transition Someone once said: “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the leader is a servant.” My ‘thank you’ moment has ...
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