Growth, conferences and education Third Quarter 2008, Technews Publishing Continuing growth
While South African consumer confidence is down, the same thing cannot be said about the confidence of the SA fluid power industry, or that of its international counterparts. In my ...
Rand Building Hydraulics: full steam ahead Third Quarter 2008, Rand Building Hydraulics Motion Control's editors had the opportunity to spend a morning recently at Rand Building Hydraulics with MD Robin Fowkes, and sales and marketing director Vernie Pillay.
Founded by Horst Guschker ...
A tribute to Dr Maurice McDowell Second Quarter 2008 It was with great sadness, that the team at Technews came to hear of the recent passing of Dr. Maurice McDowell, who passed away on Friday 23 May, 2008.
Maurice was involved in writing for Technews titles ...
International news digest Second Quarter 2008 ABB is to supply three gearless mill drive (GMD) systems for the Rosemont Copper Mine near Tucson, Arizona, USA. The multimillion dollar order will see one GMD system installed on a 36' SAG mill and two ...
Hägglunds opens doors in SA Second Quarter 2008 Hägglunds Drives has opened its doors to the South African market by launching a sales office in Meadowdale, Johannesburg. With interest for its drives on the increase in the country since the 1980s, ...
Manuli Rubber Group enters South Africa Second Quarter 2008, Fluiconnecto by Manuli Manuli Rubber Industries (Manuli) has acquired Powerforce Hydraulics Witbank.The acquisition coincides with the establishment of a new Manuli subsidiary in Johannesburg, named Manuli Fluiconnecto, which ...
SKF launches local remanufacturing centre Second Quarter 2008, SKF South Africa SKF South Africa recently announced the launch of their remanufacturing facility in Jet Park, east of Johannesburg. One of the drivers of this initiative is the increasing lead time for large size bearings ...
Moeller contributes to mine safety Second Quarter 2008, CBI-electric: low voltage Low voltage panels built and donated by Moeller Electric to consulting engineers Dario Campetti & Associates are enhancing safety training at local mines. The four panels, three low voltage starter panels ...
Festo Didactic extends course offering Second Quarter 2008, Festo Festo Didactic has added another course - Principles of Industrial Measurement, Control and Instrumentation Part 1 - to its South African curriculum. The new course is aimed at artisans, learner artisans, ...
Students mechatronically challenged Second Quarter 2008, SEW-EURODRIVE, Festo PneuDrive Challenge, a student competition to showcase mechatronic innovation using SEW Eurodrive and Festo products, was launched earlier this year to eight selected South African universities.
The ...
Introducing Kiloton Second Quarter 2008 Kiloton is distributor and service centre of Enerpac hydraulic tools and an accredited BEE supplier to all sectors of industry through a countrywide network of strategic partners. Kiloton has twice been ...
The Jim Pinto Column: Skills and forecasts Second Quarter 2008 Whither automation skills?
Many people think that the automation industry is quickly developing a 'skills shortage' which will occur after the current generation of engineers retires. Where will the ...
Good news, bad news and robots Second Quarter 2008, Technews Publishing The economic environment
We really seem to be getting mixed messages on the economic front. It is quite depressing if one only reads the newspapers, and yet there is good news to be found as well. Amongst ...
Bonfiglioli continues global expansion Second Quarter 2008, Bonfiglioli Founded in Italy in the 1950s, Bonfiglioli was a maker of gear components for the agricultural and motor industries. The market soon presented the company with the opportunity to expand beyond component ...
RoboCup soccer for 2010? First Quarter 2008 The objectives of RoboCup are to promote education and research in Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, and related fields by providing a standard problem where a wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined
Local news digest First Quarter 2008 ABB Powertech Transformers' shareholders, ABB South Africa and Powertech, have announced the restructuring of their shareholding in the transformer company.
To facilitate the inclusion of an empowerment ...
International news digest First Quarter 2008 Bosch Rexroth AG. Dr. Steffen Haack has taken over the management of the Sales and Service business unit of Electric Drives and Controls of Bosch Rexroth AG. In his new function, Haack assumes responsibility ...
Mechatronic competition launched for young engineers First Quarter 2008, SEW-EURODRIVE, Festo SEW Eurodrive and Festo have announced the launch of their new design competition, Pneudrive Challenge, a design competition aimed at highlighting mechatronic innovation. The competition was announced ...
