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Festo’s bold strategic decisions
1st Quarter 2015, Festo
Festo South Africa had an exciting year in 2014, engaging in some bold strategic moves. The company has a long-term perspective that recognises the importance of developing, maintaining and expanding ...

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Festo hosts WorldSkills mechatronic finals
1st Quarter 2015, Festo
The WorldSkills competition is an international platform that promotes the importance of skilled workers and the need for them in industry. Festo supported the WorldSkills 2014 competition by hosting ...

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Cyber Junkyard contest 2014
1st Quarter 2015, Siemens South Africa
The 2014 Siemens Cyber Junkyard Challenge was won by the team from the College of Cape Town. Participants built an automated coffee bean roaster which has already secured commercial attention. The RGB52 ...

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Hytec on the doorstep of gold mining
1st Quarter 2015, Hytec South Africa
Hytec’s partnership with Tramtrade has positioned the group in the centre of Carletonville-Westonaria’s gold mining hub. As the official distributor of Hytec’s hydraulic, pneumatic and drive control products, ...

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Garnett Cross training: March to May 2015
1st Quarter 2015
The following courses are available from Garnett Cross:       Hydraulic Maintenance:    Johannesburg: March 9-12, April 13-16, May 4-7.    Cape Town: March 2-5    Durban: May 18-21       Advanced Hydraulics: Johannesburg: ...

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Siemens training: March to May 2015
1st Quarter 2015, Siemens South Africa
The following courses are among those available from Siemens:       Fundamentals of AC Drives (ST-DRV-FUN):    Midrand: March 23-27, April 20-24    Cape Town: April 13-17    Pinetown: May 25-29       Master Drive ...

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Hydromobile training: 2015
1st Quarter 2015, Hydromobile S.A.
Hydromobile’s popular hydraulics training course will be run on the following dates in 2015: 25-27 March, 24-26 June, 11-13 November. It gives students a good general understanding of hydraulic system ...

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Hose safety courses
1st Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
SAFPA’s one-day hose safety course provides an introduction to hydraulic hose connectors and the safe assembly of these components for industry use. It is aimed at OEM artisans, foremen, supervisors, ...

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New major player in pneumatics industry
1st Quarter 2015
SMC Corporation Japan, a world leader in pneumatics and industrial automation component technology, announced a significant expansion of its global operations with the opening of a new subsidiary in South ...

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The machines are talking: tomorrow’s manufacturing
1st Quarter 2015, Technews Publishing
Best wishes for a prosperous and happy year to all our readers. It’s always interesting at the start of a new year to see what the forecasts are. According to Forbes magazine, one of the most important ...

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Watt an experience
4th Quarter 2014, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric held its epic Xperience Efficiency event for the first time in South Africa at the end of August.

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BMG celebrates 40 years
4th Quarter 2014, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG
BMG’s industrial productivity exhibition, which was recently held at BMG Park, attracted more than 2000 visitors over the two day event. Over 50 of BMG’s global suppliers – including NTN, NSK, Tsubaki, ...

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A new hub for hydraulics and pneumatics
4th Quarter 2014, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG
Hydraulic & Pneumatic Hub (HPH) commenced operations in March 2014. Centrally located in City Deep, Johannesburg, HPH offers complete system design, engineering services and technical advice in both the ...

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UJ’s Sasol Solar Challenge success
4th Quarter 2014, RS South Africa
Sponsored by RS Components, the University of Johannesburg’s solar team recently came in the top five in the Sasol Solar Car Challenge. This is a single stage solar car racing event from Pretoria to Cape ...

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Training in fluid transfer
4th Quarter 2014
Throughout the mining industry, the lack of formal training in hose assembly for high pressure fluid transfer has led to skilled workers being unable to gain recognition for this specialised skill. The ...

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Charting the future of automatic control
4th Quarter 2014
Two thousand of the world’s foremost engineers, roboticists and mathematicians recently met in Cape Town to share research and take a look into the future of their exciting field – automatic control – ...

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Genflex compounds its market share
4th Quarter 2014
Genflex manufactured its first hydraulic hose assembly in October 1991. The company held no agencies and relied on its competitors for stock. The racks and bins came from scrapyards and the first month’s ...

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IE3 compliant electric motors as standard
4th Quarter 2014, WEG Africa
The Zest WEG Group has announced that it will introduce IE3 compliant electric motors as standard across its entire product range from January 2015. The group currently offers IE2 electric motors as standard. ...

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HSS achieves Master distributorship for Schroeder
4th Quarter 2014
Hydrastatic Sales & Service (HSS) has been awarded Master Distributor status by Schroeder Industries, and is responsible for Schroeder product distribution across sub-Saharan Africa. Michael Lamers, vice ...

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