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Supporting industrial development, promoting entrepreneurship
2nd Quarter 2010
The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC). The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) is a state-owned, self-financing, Development Finance Institution (DFI). It ...

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100% testing - fact or fallacy?
1st Quarter 2010
The Editor    Motion Control    26 October 2009       Dear Sir,    May I draw your attention to the article 'BMG Hydraulics - the inside track' in your volume 11 No 3, 3rd quarter 2009 Motion Control Journal. You ...

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International news digest
1st Quarter 2010
Matrikon has announced that it purchased the remaining 51% of Matrikon-SoftDEL India from joint venture partner SoftDEL Systems on 11 November, 2009 for CAN$575,000. The company, with approximately 30 ...

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Firefighting robots demonstrated
1st Quarter 2010
Robotics experts from Sheffield Hallam University have been working with firefighters from South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue to showcase a unique group of firefighting robots. Researchers say the robots, ...

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Pneudrive challenge 2010
1st Quarter 2010, SEW-EURODRIVE
PneuDrive Challenge, a student competition to showcase mechatronic innovation using SEW-Eurodrive and Festo products, has posted information about the PneuDrive Challenge 2010 competition on its new website ...

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BMG brings many gifts
1st Quarter 2010, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG
BMG’s Durban head office organised Christmas functions at the end of last year for two local children’s homes – the St Thomas Home for Children in Sydenham and the Albert Park Day Care Centre. “These ...

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Gender award for SEW-Eurodrive
1st Quarter 2010, SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW-Eurodrive South Africa was announced as the winner of the Top Gender Empowered Company award in the Mining, Engineering and Construction sector during a recent ceremony held in Johannesburg to celebrate ...

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Festo Didactic training February-April
1st Quarter 2010, Festo
Each of the following MERSETA accredited courses combines theory with practice.       Pneumatics (1) Basic PN111    Cape Town: 17-19 March. Durban: 10-12 March. East London: 30 March-1 April. Johannesburg: ...

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IDC Technologies workshops February-April
1st Quarter 2010
The following is a partial list of IDC Technologies workshops for the February-April period.       Fundamentals and Practical Mitigation of Power System Harmonics    Johannesburg: 15-17 March.       High Voltage ...

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Hydraulic training courses February-May
1st Quarter 2010, Hydraulic Training & Consultants
Hydraulic Training Course This 3-day course covers: Introduction to hydraulics, Principles of power hydraulics, Component introduction, Principles of operation, Hydraulic fluids, Filtration and circuit ...

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Free drive seminar
1st Quarter 2010, Ana-Digi Systems
Ana-Digi Systems will be hosting a one-day seminar on the new Medium Voltage Drive from LS Industrial Systems on each of 2 and 3 March 2010. The seminar will be presented by engineers from the LS factory ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: Pinto's Picks for 2010
1st Quarter 2010
Top five automation technologies    Here are my picks for the top five automation technologies that will make an impact this year:       Industrial wireless Wireless is an enabling technology for new applications ...

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Appointments
1st Quarter 2010
SEW-Eurodrive has announced the following staff appointments: Lushen Narainsamy as systems administrator, Sabelo Shabalala as internal sales engineer (Pinetown branch), Gert van den Berg as sales engineer ...

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Interesting times
1st Quarter 2010, Technews Publishing
This time last year I wrote about the economy and with the start of a new decade, I thought we should see how things were progressing. So welcome to 2010. That font of all (questionable) knowledge, Wikipedia, ...

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International news digest
4th Quarter 2009
Danfoss has announced that its Solar Inverters supply chain organisation will be integrated into Danfoss Drives. As a result, part of the production will be moved from Sønderborg to Graasten, Denmark. ...

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Maties master mechatronics
4th Quarter 2009, Festo, SEW-EURODRIVE
The PneuDrive Student Competition for 2009, jointly sponsored by SEW-Eurodrive and Festo, has announced the winner of this year’s competition. Stellenbosch University walked away with top honours. Their ...

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Generous gift lightens load
4th Quarter 2009, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric South Africa has donated distribution switchgear to help alleviate power problems at The Loved Ones of God Family Care Centre, a non-profit organisation that looks after families in ...

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Artic heads south
4th Quarter 2009, Artic Driers International
In its second significant expansion in four years, Artic Driers has opened an office in Cape Town. Under the management of Kazen Stehouwer the branch offers sales and support to Cape-based distributors. The ...

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Walking the talk
4th Quarter 2009
In response to growing concerns about unethical practices in the fluid power industry, Genflex MD, David Michelle, requires all staff to conduct their work in accordance with the Code of Ethics laid down ...

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Schneider boxes smart
4th Quarter 2009, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric has recently won orders to supply three 630 kW containerised variable speed drive (VSD) winders. To facilitate re-deployment at various sites, each drive and control system is fitted ...

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