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Gender award for SEW-Eurodrive
1st Quarter 2010, SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW-Eurodrive South Africa was announced as the winner of the Top Gender Empowered Company award in the Mining, Engineering and Construction sector during a recent ceremony held in Johannesburg to celebrate ...

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Festo Didactic training February-April
1st Quarter 2010, Festo
Each of the following MERSETA accredited courses combines theory with practice.       Pneumatics (1) Basic PN111    Cape Town: 17-19 March. Durban: 10-12 March. East London: 30 March-1 April. Johannesburg: ...

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IDC Technologies workshops February-April
1st Quarter 2010
The following is a partial list of IDC Technologies workshops for the February-April period.       Fundamentals and Practical Mitigation of Power System Harmonics    Johannesburg: 15-17 March.       High Voltage ...

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Hydraulic training courses February-May
1st Quarter 2010, Hydraulic Training & Consultants
Hydraulic Training Course This 3-day course covers: Introduction to hydraulics, Principles of power hydraulics, Component introduction, Principles of operation, Hydraulic fluids, Filtration and circuit ...

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Free drive seminar
1st Quarter 2010, Ana-Digi Systems
Ana-Digi Systems will be hosting a one-day seminar on the new Medium Voltage Drive from LS Industrial Systems on each of 2 and 3 March 2010. The seminar will be presented by engineers from the LS factory ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: Pinto's Picks for 2010
1st Quarter 2010
Top five automation technologies    Here are my picks for the top five automation technologies that will make an impact this year:       Industrial wireless Wireless is an enabling technology for new applications ...

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Appointments
1st Quarter 2010
SEW-Eurodrive has announced the following staff appointments: Lushen Narainsamy as systems administrator, Sabelo Shabalala as internal sales engineer (Pinetown branch), Gert van den Berg as sales engineer ...

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Interesting times
1st Quarter 2010, Technews Publishing
This time last year I wrote about the economy and with the start of a new decade, I thought we should see how things were progressing. So welcome to 2010. That font of all (questionable) knowledge, Wikipedia, ...

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International news digest
4th Quarter 2009
Danfoss has announced that its Solar Inverters supply chain organisation will be integrated into Danfoss Drives. As a result, part of the production will be moved from Sønderborg to Graasten, Denmark. ...

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Maties master mechatronics
4th Quarter 2009, Festo, SEW-EURODRIVE
The PneuDrive Student Competition for 2009, jointly sponsored by SEW-Eurodrive and Festo, has announced the winner of this year’s competition. Stellenbosch University walked away with top honours. Their ...

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Generous gift lightens load
4th Quarter 2009, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric South Africa has donated distribution switchgear to help alleviate power problems at The Loved Ones of God Family Care Centre, a non-profit organisation that looks after families in ...

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Artic heads south
4th Quarter 2009, Artic Driers International
In its second significant expansion in four years, Artic Driers has opened an office in Cape Town. Under the management of Kazen Stehouwer the branch offers sales and support to Cape-based distributors. The ...

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Walking the talk
4th Quarter 2009
In response to growing concerns about unethical practices in the fluid power industry, Genflex MD, David Michelle, requires all staff to conduct their work in accordance with the Code of Ethics laid down ...

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Schneider boxes smart
4th Quarter 2009, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric has recently won orders to supply three 630 kW containerised variable speed drive (VSD) winders. To facilitate re-deployment at various sites, each drive and control system is fitted ...

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Festo Didactic training November-December
4th Quarter 2009, Festo
Each of the following MERSETA accredited courses combines theory with practice.       Electro-Pneumatics EP211    Johannesburg: 9-11 December.       Hydraulics 1 Basic H511    Johannesburg: 4-6 November. Durban: ...

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Appointments
4th Quarter 2009
Hytec has appointed Michael van Vreden as its branch manager in Richards Bay, and Tertius Grundling as its Group Quality Assurance manager.       Hytec has announced the appointment of Juanita van der ...

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Hats off to Genflex
4th Quarter 2009
As part of its ongoing programme of introducing additional benefits for customers, Genflex has announced the adoption of a ‘caps on’ programme. The company has negotiated with its suppliers that all future ...

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BMG wins again
4th Quarter 2009, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG
For the second consecutive year BMG has won the best stand award at the SASTA (SA Sugar Technologists Association) Congress held at the ICC in Durban at the end of August. The stand highlighted the company’s ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: My prediction for GE - the next big automation player
4th Quarter 2009
Background After Jack Welch’s departure in 2001, CEO Jeff Immelt took GE stock from $40/share to $6; now it is back up to $16. The decline was largely the result of falling profit at GE Capital, which ...

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Name, shame, fortune and thanks
4th Quarter 2009, Technews Publishing
Names convey meaning If you plan to start a business, I suggest that it is a good idea to choose an appropriate name, with the emphasis on ‘appropriate’. For example, if you call your enterprise ‘Tasty ...

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