Schneider steps into the future 2nd Quarter 2014, Schneider Electric South Africa 21st century megatrends are driving the world’s energy consumption and growth and Schneider Electric is at the wheel.
A sea change 2nd Quarter 2014, Technews Publishing Machines are talking
I am starting to hear more and more about the fourth industrial revolution and it looks like a sea change is underway. In Europe it is known as Industry 4.0, while GE coined the ...
DCD Rolling Stock’s massive recapitalisation 1st Quarter 2014 DCD Rolling Stock recently launched phase 1 of its R240 million recapitalisation programme. Public Enterprises Minister, Malusi Gigaba delivered the keynote address. The programme will consolidate its ...
Siemens opens Mandela School of Science & Technology 1st Quarter 2014 The Mandela School of Science & Technology, which was financed and built by Siemens, has now opened in Nelson Mandela’s birthplace of Mvezo. As the region’s first high school, the facility will provide ...
CS-iTEC partners with Artic Driers 1st Quarter 2014, Artic Driers International The CS-iTEC company, part of CS Instruments Asia, has appointed Artic Driers International as the sole southern African agent for its broad range of products covering compressed air measurement and mobile ...
Festo at Jet World Masters 1st Quarter 2014, Festo The Jet World Masters 2013 competition was recently held in Switzerland and Festo provided assistance to the South African team. The competition brings together the world’s best scale jet aircraft model ...
CPUT wins greener mining design challenge 1st Quarter 2014, SEW-EURODRIVE An elegant design from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) was the best entry in the 2013 PneuDrive Challenge. This year, students were asked to explore a Greener Mining theme, and CPUT’s ...
A robotics programme to inspire young people 1st Quarter 2014 FIRST (for inspiration and recognition of science and technology) is an international organisation that aims to instill an appreciation of science and technology in young people; and the FIRST Lego League ...
Genflex distributes from Pinetown 1st Quarter 2014 Singlehurst Hydraulics, part of the Genflex group of companies, is now the Pinetown distribution centre for Genflex products. All internal and sales staff are undergoing advanced training on the Genflex ...
Hydromobile training 1st 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 ...
Hydromobile’s new workshop 1st Quarter 2014, Hydromobile S.A. Hydromobile has recently invested in a major overhaul of its workshop at its premises in Spartan, Johannesburg. This will allow the company to build on its ability to design, manufacture and install a ...
ECSA has big plans 1st Quarter 2014 The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) has big plans and recently spoke to Technews about some of its initiatives. ECSA is the only body in South Africa that is authorised to register engineering ...
The Jim Pinto Column: Futurist predictions and top technology devices 1st Quarter 2014 Predictions for five to 10 years
Driven by the new paradigm that machines learn, reason and engage in more naturalised and personalised ways, several innovations are starting to emerge. These are enabled ...
Enhanced range for Hypress 1st Quarter 2014 Italian hydraulics company, Interpump Group, recently acquired 60% of the hydraulic hose and fitting manufacturer, the IMM Group. With a manufacturing base in Atessa Italy, an additional manufacturing ...
Fluid Flow Contracting diversifies again 1st Quarter 2014 Fluid Flow Contracting is a well known and well established company on the West Coast in the Vredenburg area. The company has been in operation since 1979. Since the economic downturn in 2008 the company ...
Moving on 1st Quarter 2014, Technews Publishing Farewell Norman
It is with regret that we at Technews say goodbye to Norman Hall. We have enjoyed working with him over the years and his presence will be missed. He made a huge contribution to SAFPA ...
Sun Hydraulics makes prestigious list 4th Quarter 2013, Axiom Hydraulics The September 23 issue of Fortune magazine featured its prestigious list of the 100 fastest growing companies in the world. Included among some very notable companies on this list was hydraulic valve ...
Junior Cyber Junkyard back for third year 4th Quarter 2013, Siemens South Africa The Siemens Junior Cyber Junkyard competition is aimed at technical high schools and FET Colleges across the country. Through a pre-defined project and donation of Siemens automation equipment, it helps ...
BMG agreement with Parker Hannifin 4th Quarter 2013, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG, Parker Hannifin - Sales Company South Africa BMG has announced a strategic partnership agreement with global motion and control specialists, Parker Hannifin Corporation. “This development extends the BMG range of pneumatic and hydraulic filtration ...
