The Jim Pinto Column: Acquisitions, compensation and re-engineering Third Quarter 2007 ABB considering Rockwell acquisition
After almost 15 years of financial woes - over-extended with non-focused acquisitions, asbestos law-suits, big settlements, etc - ABB has successfully moved beyond ...
Linear guides resist corrosion Third Quarter 2007, SKF South Africa The THK HSR.M2 LM series guides, available from SKF South Africa, feature high corrosion resistance and are suitable for submerged or moisture prone applications where longevity is key.
Traditional linear ...
Rocking and rolling Third Quarter 2007, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) I had the opportunity to visit some businesses operating in the hydraulic and pneumatic spheres a few weeks back. There is vibrancy and a 'busy-ness' in the sector that comes through: investment in infrastructure, ...
Technews to host inaugural Technews Golf Challenge Second Quarter 2007, Technews Publishing The Ray Beaumont Trust will seek to contribute to the continued support and quality of South African engineering and technical talent
Sustain 2007 focuses on the environment Second Quarter 2007 Exhibitions for Africa will host the Sustain 2007 exhibition, incorporating Afriwater, at the Sandton Convention Centre from 15 to 17 August 2007
Appointments Second Quarter 2007 Meissner has appointed A.J. Spamers as corporate sales consultant.
Carl Kleynhans has been named as regional director: Africa (including the Indian Ocean Islands and French-speaking Caribbean) for ...
Obituary Second Quarter 2007 Sun Hydraulics chairman, Clyde Nixon, died 29 April in Sarasota. Nixon, who was 72, joined Sun in 1988 and served as president and chief executive from November 1988 until May 2000, when he was named ...
Do not miss the KZN Industrial Technology Exhibition Second Quarter 2007, Security Services & Risk Management Running from 5-8 June 2007 at the Durban Exhibition Centre, this show is a must for all users and aficionados of industrial technology.
The manufacturing industry never ceases to excite. With the total ...
Axiom celebrates 15 years in the Sun Second Quarter 2007, Axiom Hydraulics During January, Allen Carlson, president of Sun Hydraulics, visited its authorised South African distributor, Axiom Hydraulics to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their business relationship.
Carlson ...
IDC Technologies workshops June-August Second Quarter 2007 Power Cables: Operation, Maintenance, Location and Fault Detection: Johannesburg: 4-5 June. Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Systems and Batteries
Johannesburg: ...
Hydrocraft offers a new approach to hydraulic and pneumatic skills training Second Quarter 2007 A new fluid power training and consultancy company, Hydrocraft Technologies, has been formed to offer the guidance, analysis, assessment and training associated with the recently completed National Certificate ...
The Jim Pinto column: The robots are coming! Second Quarter 2007 When it comes to robots, reality still lags science fiction. But the confluence of several advanced technologies is bringing the age of robotics ever nearer. Today's robots are smaller, cheaper, more ...
Are automation and manual labour mutually exclusive? Second Quarter 2007, Festo South Africa Business regularly bemoans the high costs associated with labour (especially inefficient labour). One of the weapons in the corporate armoury of cost-cutting is often automation, which directly results ...
SKF turns 100 Second Quarter 2007, SKF South Africa Sven Wingquist, who founded SKF in 1907, invented the revolutionary self-aligning ball bearing through hard, round-the-clock research, to resolve problems that plagued the textile factory where he worked.
The ...
CMG sells largest motor Second Quarter 2007 CMG South Africa, part of Australian multinational CMG, a leading manufacturer and supplier of electric motors, drives and transmissions, recently delivered a 1000 kW, 690 V PPA motor to Exxaro (Ticor) ...
Hydromobile boosts technical department Second Quarter 2007, Hydromobile S.A. ‘Making it easier for the customer’ was Hydromobile’s founding philosophy and this attitude remains as the basis of all that the company does today.
In 1991 Hydromobile was formed as an alternative ...
Convergence of technologies Second Quarter 2007, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) Talking to some people in the business sectors addressed by Motion Control and to some engineers there seems to be a school of thought that believes that there is nothing new to read or write about. Well, ...
Appointments First Quarter 2007 Nina Oppel has joined SEW Eurodrive as a projects co-ordinator. Jacques Swart has been appointed as sales engineer in Richards Bay for SEW Eurodrive.
Imtiaz Fajandar has been appointed as projects ...
