History was made on 15 July when Port Elizabeth’s very first South African Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) meeting took place. The inaugural seminar was attended by 25 delegates, amounting to 95% of ...
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Hot stuff    At the time of this issue going to press we were one month away from the 2010 FIFA World Cup and things were starting to hot up. Mount Eyjafjallajokull (translated: Island-mountain Glacier) ...
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The economy It hardly seems like we have had a break and it is New Year already. 2009 will remain imprinted on our memories for the multitude of challenges that it threw at us. I believe 2010 is going ...
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The South African Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) has announced that it will be unveiling the SAFPA Hose Assembly Certification and Accreditation Scheme in a public forum on 16 March, 2010 at Birchwood ...
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The SAFPA 2009 dinner dance was held at Old Eds Club in Johannesburg on 11 September, 2009.                                          
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Time flies when you are having fun and in the blink of an eye the fourth quarter of 2009 is upon us. Without a doubt 2009 will prove to be one of the most memorable years we have endured. In conversations ...
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For this issue’s ‘From the president’s desk’ we interviewed new president Norman Hall to find out about the person and how he sees SAFPA evolving this year.       Norman Hall Hall has been with Hyflo for ...
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Results:    The results of the SAFPA 2008 golf day were: 1st Dowson & Dobson; 2nd Ernest Lowe; 3rd Axiom.                “I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyone’s golf game: it’s called an eraser.” Arnold ...
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As the year draws to a close I think it is important to take this opportunity to mention some tasks the SAFPA council has achieved and some it would still like to accomplish.       Accomplishments    * We ...
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The South African Fluid Power Association recently announced that a number of its qualifications have been registered by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). These include the Fluid Power ...
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For this issue's 'From the president's desk' SAFPA president Willem Gijzelaar turned the tables on Motion Control and invited editor Andrew Ashton to meet the SAFPA council for an informal Q&A on the association's ...
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