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Pirtek sponsors fluid power skills training
3rd Quarter 2014
Sparrow FET College based in Sophiatown has launched a new MERSETA accredited qualification. The college has made a name for itself by offering skills training in partnership with industry, and has now ...

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A new global player in pneumatics
3rd Quarter 2014, Tectra Automation
A new standalone company has been created from the former pneumatics unit of Bosch Rexroth. Effective from 2014, the former subsidiary is named Aventics, and, with revised values and a new company structure, ...

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Baldwin Filters on the move
3rd Quarter 2014
Baldwin Filters has recently relocated and upgraded its manufacturing and distribution facilities in Cape Town. As part of the relocation, the company has also taken the opportunity to upgrade both the ...

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CPD credits for SEW-Eurodrive’s Drive Academy
3rd Quarter 2014, SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW-Eurodrive is able to provide greater value-added services to its client base, after the company’s Drive Academy officially achieved ECSA recognised CPD credits for two training courses in April 2014. ...

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Hydraulic training for Inergy automotive plants
3rd Quarter 2014, Festo
Festo Germany recently created an international training partnership with Inergy Automotive. A number of English-speaking countries were selected as pilot countries to start hydraulics training sessions, ...

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Festo Didactic training: September to November
3rd Quarter 2014, Festo
The following courses are available from Festo Didactic:    Pneumatics (1) Basic PN111:    Johannesburg: 17-19 September 2014, 15-17 October 2014, 12-14 November 2014    Cape Town: 19-21 November 2014 Port ...

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Hydromobile training
3rd Quarter 2014, Hydromobile S.A.
Hydromobile’s popular hydraulics training course gives students a good general understanding of hydraulic system design and valve applications. The following topics are covered:    Day One: Explanation ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: Big data and the demise of the traditional IT department
3rd Quarter 2014
Demise of the traditional IT department Information technology (IT) has been a dominating influence in many large manufacturing and process automation companies dating back to the 1970s, the age of mainframes ...

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Lubrication systems for India
3rd Quarter 2014
FLSmidth India has again commissioned OMSA South Africa to supply Jindal Saw steel plant with 5 x 8 m ball mill lubrication systems for four 125 tph low grade iron ore beneficiation plants. These comprise ...

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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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