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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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