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Brian McCabe receives MD's Award
2nd Quarter 2009
Brian McCabe of the Topflight Hydraulics & Pneumatics Division was honoured with the TMS Group MD’s Award at the group’s recent 'A Night at The Oscars' annual awards evening.    TMS Group managing director, ...

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Tectra supplies Assmang cylinders
2nd Quarter 2009, Tectra Automation
Tectra Automation recently supplied equipment, valued at R352 000, to Assmang Cato Ridge North plant for use on its furnaces. The complete solution comprised 20 cylinders, one pneumatic panel and 20 ISO ...

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Appointments
2nd Quarter 2009
SEW Eurodrive has announced the following appointments:    Malcolm McKee as exports sales engineer looking after sales in Africa.       Ishmael Mtombela as internal sales consultant.    Bernita Kaye as credit ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: New sources of energy and entertainment
2nd Quarter 2009
The future of energy For two centuries of industrial history, energy technologies have improved much faster than the estimates of supply have receded. New energy sources have always been developed to ...

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Investment and innovation
2nd Quarter 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
As I have noted in a previous editorial comment, the duration of the current economic downturn will exceed many previous ones. Organisations that do not continue to invest in skills development, R&D and ...

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Lab Africa 2009 Conference
1st Quarter 2009
Lab Africa 2009 Conference will be in conjunction with the Lab Africa Exhibition being held at the Coca Cola Dome from 2 June to 4 June.

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International news digest
1st Quarter 2009
Bonfiglioli, Europe’s third largest manufacturer of gear motors, and the University of Modena and Reggio, have signed a 3-year cooperative agreement. The two parties will create and develop joint study ...

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Tectra Automation smokes competition
1st Quarter 2009, Tectra Automation
Tectra Automation recently supplied four conveyors, valued at R180 000, to system integrator Arsu Technical Services for use on an international tobacco company’s production line. The project took some ...

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PLCopen certifies PACMotion
1st Quarter 2009
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms has received certificates of compliance from PLCopen, the independent organisation that focuses on the harmonisation of control programming around IEC 61131-2. GE Fanuc ...

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IDC Technologies workshops February-April
1st Quarter 2009
* Practical Safe Lifting Practice and Maintenance    Johannesburg: 5–6 February.       * Practical Fibre Optics for Engineers and Technicians    Johannesburg: 9–10 February.       * Pipeline Systems – Design, Construction, ...

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Hydraulic training courses February-April
1st Quarter 2009, 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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Festo Didactic training March-April
1st Quarter 2009, Festo
Electro-Pneumatics EP211    Johannesburg: April 15–17.    Durban: April 22–24.       Hydraulics (1) Basic H511    Johannesburg: March 25–27.    Cape Town: April 15–17.    Johannesburg: April 28–30.       Hydraulics ...

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Appointments
1st Quarter 2009
Genflex has appointed four new directors to the board. The new appointments are: Tian du Preez – non-executive director, Haroon Tobias – executive director, Allan Cosgrave – sales director, Frans Moolman ...

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The Jim Pinto Column: The Big Five and California Dreamin'
1st Quarter 2009
South Africa and The Big Five I arrived safe and happy in Johannesburg, South Africa. A good flight (10,5 hours from London) and on time. Good people, good stimulation of good thinking. After a stimulating ...

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Experts debate encoder safety: Will Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC affect encoder design?
1st Quarter 2009, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Safety and Innovation were the themes at Kübler’s year-end Customer Days. Safety is especially topical this year because on 29 December 2009 the European Parliament’s Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC will ...

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Holding your breath is not an option
1st Quarter 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
Corrections and recessions impact us in our personal and business lives and we respond to these outside events with what we perceive to be rational reactions. Corrections are by definition short-lived ...

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International news digest
Fourth Quarter 2008
Bosch Rexroth has joined the IO-Link consortium of the PROFIBUS user organisation. IO-Link enables the integration of intelligent sensors and actuators in automation networks. The IO-Link consortium ...

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BMG successfully concludes Goldquest acquisition
Fourth Quarter 2008, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG
Bearing Man Group (BMG), part of Invicta Holdings, has expanded its business into the fluid power industry with the recent announcement that it has successfully concluded the acquisition of 100% of Goldquest ...

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Lloyds Register ISO certifies Arthur Rushmer Engineering
Fourth Quarter 2008
Arthur Rushmer Engineering’s (ARE) quality management system has been approved by Lloyds Register Quality Assurance as meeting the requirements of ISO 9000:2000. The approval covers the sale, service ...

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Genflex pilots franchise operation
Fourth Quarter 2008
Genflex recently launched a pilot franchise operation in Delmas to gain insight into this business model. According to Bruce Garner, managing director of Genflex, “Genflex has no experience in franchising ...

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