Happy Spring! Last month I bemoaned the current state of SA Inc and shortly after we had a raft of bad news from the mining sector in particular. Let’s hope business follows the seasons and we have new ...
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Application of Agile Project Management Methodology in DCS upgrade presented by Paul Sikhakhane and Luckmore Penduka: Tongaat Hulett.    The August Technology Evening was twice as good as normal with ...
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For the July Technology Evening, we had a better than expected turn out from our Vaal members. The event was sponsored by ASCO Numatics and presented by Riaan van der Walt.       Riaan (riaan.vanderwalt@Emerson.com...
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Technology Evening: Passive vs participatory training methods    This presentation, held at the Endress+Hauser head office, was presented by Chris Gimson, now the training manager at E+H. As Chris pointed ...
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At the time of writing this letter, I had just returned from a trip to Japan and Hong Kong for both business and a bit of a holiday. The experience can only be described as mind­boggling. Within Japan, ...
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The last Technology Evening was held on 4 June at the Umhambi Lodge and was sponsored by Yokogawa where KZN regional sales manager, Andre Verreyne, gave a presentation on the topic 'How C&I diagnostics ...
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The Durban branch held its annual golf day on Friday, 3 July. As often happens with mid-winter days in Durban, the weather was warm and breezeless with not a scarf or jacket in sight, and the 100 golfers ...
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At the last technology evening, Gary Friend, sales director from Extech Safety Systems, walked us though the topic 'Making Safe Waves in Hazardous Areas'. Or in other words, can wireless be used in hazardous ...
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More exciting developments within the SAIMC    We are firmly in the grasp of winter and my wardrobe has had a few timely additions over the past few weeks. Fortunately we still have plenty of sunshine ...
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The June technology evening was kindly sponsored by Adroit Technologies and the promise of an in-depth presentation on 'Situational Awareness through high performance HMI design', drew record attendance. ...
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Technology evening    The last technology evening titled: 'Improving measurement uncertainty of differential pressures at high line pressures and the potential impact on the global economy and environment' ...
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AAF 2015 – A grand success    Wow, it is already June and the cold winds of winter have arrived. However, we at the SAIMC are still enjoying the warmth and excitement generated at the inaugural Africa ...
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