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SAIMC rebrands for innovation
4th Quarter 2013, SAIMC, SAIMC
The Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Measurement and Control (SAIMC) has been the voice for the southern African control and instrumentation (C&I) industry for over 50 years. As a result of ...

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Festo turns 40
4th Quarter 2013, Festo
This year Festo South Africa turns 40. To commemorate the occasion, Festo invited key figures from industry, government, institutions and the media to its official anniversary VIP day on 5 September, ...

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South African valve is world leader
4th Quarter 2013
Third-party tests conducted by the University of Michigan have proved that Dynamic Fluid Control’s Vent-O-Mat air release valve is indisputably the most effective in the world today for the protection ...

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Electric Jeep performs in the Kalahari
4th Quarter 2013
At the 2013 Kalahari Desert SpeedWeek held recently in Hakskeenpan, the Copper Development Association Africa (CDAA) sponsored a prototype electric car, Freedom1, to promote electric motor technology ...

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SEW-Eurodrive’s Drive Academy
4th Quarter 2013, SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW-Eurodrive’s DriveAcademy offers drive technology training to assist its clients in optimising their applications by providing them with a comprehensive set of skills. It offers product specific and ...

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Festo Didactic training: November and December 2013
4th Quarter 2013, Festo
The following courses are available from Festo Didactic:    Pneumatics (1) Basic PN111:    Johannesburg: 13-15 November, 11-13 December    Cape Town: 20-22 November    Durban: 4-6 December Port Elizabeth: <i?6-8 ...

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Hydromobile training
4th Quarter 2013, Hydromobile S.A.
Hydromobile offers comprehensive hydraulics training courses. These provide an excellent understanding of hydraulic systems, also covering the design of an hydraulic circuit and the functionality of valves, ...

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CS-iTEC partners with Artic Driers
1 November 2013, 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 ...

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World firsts and precision ­engineering
4th Quarter 2013, Technews Publishing
Our last issue had some examples of outstanding South African achievement, and there are many more. I recently came across an entertaining book called Fifty Flippen Brilliant South Africans and one who ...

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End of the traditional university and mobile devices will hit the factory floor
4th Quarter 2013
Jim Pinto is an industry analyst and commentator, writer, technology futurist and angel investor. His popular e-mail newsletter, JimPinto.com eNews, is widely read (with direct circulation of about 7000 and web-readership of two to three times that number). His areas of interest are technology futures, marketing and business strategies for a fast-changing environment, and industrial automation with a slant towards technology trends.

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New management team for Ernest Lowe
3rd Quarter 2013
Over the past two years hydraulic and pneumatic engineering company, Ernest Lowe has undergone a complete transformation. A new management team headed by managing director, Burtie Roberts, sales director ...

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Hydrocylinder’s dynamic new direction
3rd Quarter 2013
Hydrocylinder has reinvented itself and come up with a completely new look and feel. With the motto Professional Solutions, the company has restructured into four departments, which are poised for growth. ...

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HSS sole distributor for Schroeder Industries
3rd Quarter 2013
Hydrastatic Sales & Service (HSS) is proud to announce its recent appointment as sole distributor for sub-Saharan Africa for Schroeder Industries, the well-known brand of fluid filtration solutions. Paul ...

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Genflex supports local industry demand
3rd Quarter 2013
Over the years, suppliers of hydraulic hose and fittings have attracted orders from other players in the hydraulic hose industry, especially in the mining, construction and transport industries, as well ...

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An industrial control specialist
3rd Quarter 2013
Industrial Control Specialists is a specialist consultancy providing end users of process control equipment in the manufacturing and process industries with professional advice and assistance in the selection, ...

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Vibrations and sounds of electric microdrives
3rd Quarter 2013, Horne Technologies
There are specifications for large electric machines and drives that dictate how the noises and vibrations they produce should be measured and assessed. On its own, a microdrive is considered to be ultra-silent ...

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Our supercomputing champs
3rd Quarter 2013
First-time entrant South Africa has stunned heavyweights China and the USA at an international student supercomputing competition in Germany, scooping overall top honours with the highest scores across ...

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Top world ranking for Mercedes-Benz SA
3rd Quarter 2013
The result of the annual JD Power Initial Quality Study (IQS) is eagerly anticipated by motor manufacturers the world over as a definitive indication of supremacy in the automotive industry. In the 2013 ...

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Pneumax valves for dust control
3rd Quarter 2013
Pneumax, a specialist in pneumatic products, is well-positioned to meet pending legislative changes related to dust control regulations for mining operations. Technical manager, Heathcliff Barnard says, ...

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