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Eight years of excellence
3rd Quarter 2014, SEW-EURODRIVE
Now in its eighth year, the PneuDrive Challenge is going from strength to strength, with UJ, Stellenbosch, NWU, NMMU, TUT and Wits universities participating. Motion Control spoke to some members of the ...

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Hoses for utility maintenance and yellow metal vehicles
3rd Quarter 2014, Hydraulic systems & components
Genflex Hydraulics is able to supply hoses and cylinders for utility maintenance vehicles (UMVs) used for railway maintenance, as well as hydraulic fittings for yellow metal machinery across various sectors ...

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Festo flies at IFAC
3rd Quarter 2014, Festo
From da Vinci to the Wright brothers, man has always been fascinated with flight. Whilst we may have achieved this goal, we are still intrigued by the way birds fly and the energy efficiency and natural ...

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Renewable energy challenges
3rd Quarter 2014, Technews Publishing
Welcome to our bumper issue of Motion Control. Technews would also like to welcome SAFPA’s new president, Eugene Tondolo. Motion Control was recently able to catch up with him to find out what his plans ...

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Bosch Rexroth to acquire 50% of Hytec Group
2nd Quarter 2014, Hytec South Africa
Bosch Rexroth plans to acquire a 50% share in its sales partner Hytec Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Tesuco Group, subject to regulatory approval. Hytec Holdings generated sales of almost ...

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Vital equipment for the NSRI
2nd Quarter 2014, SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW-Eurodrive has been sponsoring drive equipment for the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) for many years and has supplied several of the stations with SEW inverters and geared motors. The NSRI, the ...

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Schneider’s new growth strategy
2nd Quarter 2014, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric recently held a media forum and networking session where country president, Eric Léger presented the company’s strategy for southern Africa and introduced the new management team. Léger ...

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The factory of the future
2nd Quarter 2014, Festo
Festo recently hosted its first online press conference in South Africa at its Isando offices, giving an exclusive preview of the company’s latest innovations in automation showcased at the 2014 Hanover ...

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New agency for Pneumax
2nd Quarter 2014
Pneumatics and automation company, Pneumax, has acquired the agency for Lanbao Sensors in South Africa. These sensors range from inductive proximity through to opto electronic. Lanbao is a prominent industrial ...

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Engen brings new lube oil to Zambia
2nd Quarter 2014
Engen, the downstream petroleum products company with operations in 15 African and Indian Ocean Island countries, is taking its Dieselube 500 Super 15W-40 lubricating oil into Zambia. Andre de Wet, managing ...

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New mechatronic division for Bonfiglioli
2nd Quarter 2014
Bonfiglioli has further consolidated its unique market position in the industrial power transmission market with the creation of the Industrial Drives & Solutions Division (MDS). The MDS mission is to ...

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Donaldson Endurance becomes Donaldson Blue
2nd Quarter 2014
The rebranding of Donaldson Endurance to become Donaldson Blue and a product line expansion unite all premium Donaldson filter technologies under a single Donaldson Blue brand. The Donaldson Blue line ...

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Pneumax is moving
2nd Quarter 2014
Pneumax is relocating to new upgraded and modern offices on 01 July 2014. Located less than 9 km away from the company’s current location, the new offices are conveniently situated close to the highway ...

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Faster visits Hydrasales
2nd Quarter 2014, Hydrasales
Faster SRL’s Africa export manager, Nicola Salvagio recently visited Hydrasales. He conducted training on the latest range of Faster Multifaster blocks and the range of couplers in the FFH and FHV series. ...

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Green warehousing logistics
2nd Quarter 2014, SEW-EURODRIVE
The theme for this year’s PneuDrive Challenge is green warehousing logistics. SEW-Eurodrive marketing and communications manager, Rene Rose explains: “Students have to identify and analyse specific ...

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Decades of Engineering Excellence
2nd Quarter 2014
Published by Chris van Rensburg Publications, Decades of Engineering Excellence is a new coffee-table book issued by The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) to commemorate the country’s engineering ...

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Appointments
2nd Quarter 2014, Schneider Electric South Africa
   Schneider Electric SA has appointed Bernhard Klöss as industry business director in southern Africa.    Schneider Electric has appointed Ntombi Mhangwani as marketing and communications director. ...

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Festo Didactic training: May to July 2014
2nd Quarter 2014, Festo
Pneumatics (1) Basic PN111:    Johannesburg: 4-16 May, 4-6 June, 2-4 July    Cape Town: 11-13 June    Durban: 18-20 June    Port Elizabeth: 28-30 May       Pneumatics (2) Maintenance PN121:    Johannesburg: 28-30 ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: Mobile devices overtake PCs and the industrial Internet
2nd Quarter 2014
Jim Pinto is a ­technology futurist, international speaker and automation industry commentator. You can e-mail him at [email protected]. Or review his ­prognostications and predictions on his website www.jimpinto.com

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Motion control revenues fall short in 2013
2nd Quarter 2014
Global sales of motion control products recovered in 2013 to reach $12,2 billion, but growth was far too weak to overcome the 2012 market declines, leaving market revenues well below the peak level reached ...

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