Pushing the limits
In honour of the upcoming London Olympic Games, this issue is dedicated to motion control in the world of sport.

Genflex Hydraulics has just taken delivery of the largest and most powerful hydraulic hose swage machine that has ever been manufactured in South Africa.

The French-South African Schneider Electric Education Centre offers a well equipped, state of the art facility fitted with Schneider Electric educational systems.

Yaskawa has acquired a majority shareholding in Robotic Systems in Johannesburg.

SKF has announced the launch of the 2012 SKF Meet the World youth football tournament.

Electric motor distributor Zest has set its sights on winning a greater share of the African market following its acquisition by Brazil based group WEG last year.

Akhanani Cranes is an accredited distributer for the world’s premier supplier of hoists and lifting equipment, Verlinde France.

Voith Turbo, specialist suppliers of hydrodynamic drive, coupling and braking systems, recently donated 10 Smart Boards to the Ithembelihle LSen School for physically disabled children in Johannesburg.

Festo is a founding partner of WorldSkills, the world’s largest international skills competition. This vocational initiative assists in the education of up and coming engineering talent in many countries ...

Two University of Cape Town engineers and a surgeon have adapted simple mechanical engineering principles to develop groundbreaking maxillo-facial surgery.

Hytec has broadened its range of mobile hydraulic components for application in the mid-tier mobile and industrial market segments. The new range includes hand pumps, cartridge valves, hand control valves, ...

As a result of the increase in sales that Genflex has achieved over the last 12 months, the company has been re-rated at a higher BEE level. After being independently assessed and rated in terms of the ...

New appointments in 2012.

BMG hosted a party in Durban at the end of last year for elderly people from The Association for the Aged (TAFTA).    “These annual celebrations are a BMG staff initiative, where funds are raised by the ...

Pneumatic Training & Consultants offers a range of Merseta accredited pneumatic and PLC training courses.

SKF has supplied advanced sensor technology and bearings to the Bolloré Group for use in their innovative electric cars. These cars will be used in the car sharing programme, Autolib, to be launched in ...

All the best for the new year, may it be a good one for all our readers.       A crystal ball It is always fun at the start of a new year to see what predictions have been made for the future but I often ...

Events management company élancommunications recently launched the myTomorrow Careers Exhibition.The intention is to make young people aware of the exciting technical careers open to them as an artisan ...

Sponsored by SEW-Eurodrive and Festo, the PneuDrive Challenge aims to give the best mechanical, electronic and mechatronic engineering students a chance to use their talent to bring together engineering ...

BMG has been appointed exclusive distributor in South Africa for Garlock Sealing Technologies. “BMG has been an official distributor of the Garlock range of seals and sealing systems since 2006 and we ...