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VERSATILE FILTERING RANGE
While the range has many mining applications, the Vacubelt 3354 is an alternative to products made of polypropylene in cooling lubricant filtration
Company’s filter belt applications popular at trade show
29th November 2019 By: Cameron Mackay

International technical weavers GKD - Gebr. Kufferath AG received additional enquiries about the company’s Vacubelt range of filter belts and its applications beyond the mining industry during the... 


HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
Measured data from monitors is transferred from the respective vehicle to the OEM cloud where it is anonymised and passed on to the Mann+Hummel cloud
Filter status in real time with comprehensive software solution
29th November 2019

Industrial filters manufacturer and supplier Mann+Hummel offers the world's first solution for precise monitoring of the filter status of various applications. Enabling monitoring of the filter... 


PRODUCTION EXPANSION 
Filtaire SA has enhanced its production plant with the acquisition of 16 sewing machines and the addition of seven new production staff
Local air-filtration manufacturer enhances plant
29th November 2019 By: Cameron Mackay

In its twenty-first year of servicing the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industry, local air-filtration and dust-collection products manufacturer Filtaire SA has completed a... 


New patent on filter system for metalworking announced
29th November 2019

Motion and control technologies provider Parker Hannifin Corporation’s industrial gas filtration and generation division launched an important new patent for the metalworking industry. Announced in... 


Portable analysis kit provides reliable filtration solution
29th November 2019

The Fleetguar FK36000 portable fuel cleanliness analysis kit is a reliable solution for testing fuel cleanliness in the field, according to air filter media supplier Cummins Filtration mining sales... 


Barloworld CEO Dominic Sewela
Barloworld pursuing R500m-plus acquisition targets as it seeks to rebuild growth momentum
18th November 2019 By: Terence Creamer

JSE-listed industrial group Barloworld is eyeing several further acquisitions as it closes in on the purchase of a Caterpillar dealership in Mongolia, the due diligence on which has been completed.... 


Transnet acting CEO Mohammed Mahomedy
Transnet confirms legal review of 10-64 locomotive contracts
11th November 2019 By: Terence Creamer

State-owned logistics group Transnet confirmed on Monday that it is initiating a legal review of the a R49-billion locomotive procurement contract, known as 10-64, having already declared the... 


Lasher highlights quality and importance of local manufacturing skills
Lasher highlights quality and importance of local manufacturing skills
31st October 2019

Tools maker Lasher Tools recently took media through its Wadeville factory to display its focus on producing quality tools and to highlight the jobs this sustains. Schalk Burger has the story. 


Hydraulic cylinder manufacturer boosts factory optimisation
18th October 2019

Hydraulic cylinder specialist Hytec Engineering is the latest in the group to optimise its manufacturing and repairs operation. 


PAMINA BOHRER

The Smile initiative seeks to create a directory for Italian SMMEs and encourage economic activity and interaction among these business communities
Chamber involved in sustainable, job-creating initiatives
11th October 2019 By: Cameron Mackay

The Italian-South African Chamber of Trade and Industries is engaging in the planning of two significant initiatives to support Italian small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs) to create... 


Supplier aims to meet demands through tech
11th October 2019 By: Mc'Kyla Nortje

Owing to lower commodity prices and higher input costs, construction equipment supplier Hitachi Construction Machinery Africa’s diverse business units have enabled it to adapt to the huge shift by... 


Outlook for wind energy in SA improving, despite headwinds
Outlook for wind energy in SA improving, despite headwinds
4th October 2019 By: Terence Creamer

After stalling last year, global renewable energy capacity additions are expected to recover strongly in 2019, supported by a solid rebound in onshore wind deployments and ongoing solar... 


Transnet aims to secure settlements on ‘unlawful’ loco contracts by end of financial year
Transnet aims to secure settlements on ‘unlawful’ loco contracts by end of financial year
30th September 2019 By: Terence Creamer

State-owned logistics company Transnet reported on Monday that settlement talks were under way with all four original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) supplying it with 1 064 new diesel and electric... 


Transnet acting CEO Mohammed Mahomedy
Transnet reports dramatic rise in irregular expenditure to R49bn
30th September 2019 By: Terence Creamer

State-owned freight logistics utility Transnet received yet another qualified audit for its 2018/19 financial year and also announced a dramatic rise in irregular expenditure to R49-billion, after... 


CLEANING UP 
A baling machine contributes to the company’s progress and profitability
Equipment boost aids recycling entrepreneur
27th September 2019

With a desire to clean up Soweto, educate the community and combat the problem of overfull landfills, waste management company Pendowave founder and MD Gordon Nkuta has built a thriving recycling... 


Company introduces new boom lifts at local exhibition
27th September 2019

Trusted equipment solutions company Goscor Access Solutions launched two brand new articulating boom lifts from manufacturer of mobile elevated work platforms Genie. The company launched the new... 


Institute establishes drive for CO2 as natural refrigerant
20th September 2019 By: Cameron Mackay

Local heating, refrigeration and air conditioning (HVAC) industry body the South African Institute of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (SAIRAC) has established a drive to introduce the option of... 


MIXING CONVEYORS The conveyor system consists of a central conveyor that is fed by eight smaller conveyors, each of which contain various frozen-food products to be mixed
Versatile drives ideal for HVAC industry
20th September 2019 By: Cameron Mackay

Many features of the variable-speed drive (VSD) solutions provided by drive technology provider SEW-Eurodrive can be applied to projects in the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC)... 


PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY
The photonic prototyping facility was designed for individuals or organisations who wish to design photonics products
CSIR calls for proposals from the public to use its photonics facility
13th September 2019 By: Theresa Bhowan-Rajah

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is calling for proposals from anyone who wishes to turn a demonstrated idea into a working prototype using the photonics prototyping... 


HIGH-QUALITY ELECTRODES 
First Cut ensures that South African fabricators can buy high-quality Messer electrodes at a very reasonable price
Acquisition benefits cutting equipment supplier company
13th September 2019 By: Theresa Bhowan-Rajah

Taking over plasma and large format laser equipment supplier Messer Cutting Systems’ South African operations has enabled local capital equipment and consumables supplier First Cut to access new... 


SBIDZ acting CEO Kaashifah Beukes
Saldanha Bay ‘Freeport’ lines up 58 prospective investors
21st August 2019 By: Terence Creamer

The Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone (SBIDZ) is working with 58 prospective tenants for the special economic zone (SEZ), which is the first SEZ to be located within a domestic port and the... 


Distributor sets new lift truck warranty standards
16th August 2019

In a ground-breaking development, materials handling supplier Goscor Lift Truck Company (GLTC) has rolled out an industry first, standard five-year warranty on its construction equipment supplier... 


Invicta to list on A2X
6th August 2019 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed Invicta Holdings has been approved for a secondary listing on A2X Markets, and will start trading shares on the exchange from August 13. Invicta Holdings will list ordinary shares,... 


SHIPLOADING
A mobile shiploader, combined with the benefits of a receiving unit, offers a more viable alternative to fixed conveyor installations
Harbours increase efficiency with handling equipment
2nd August 2019

Investment in the latest dry-bulk cargo and container handling equipment significantly improves efficiencies at ports and terminals and minimises the environmental impact of handling operations,... 


OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE
The smart custom designed and engineered ELGi Neuron Controller allows for seamless remote monitoring and control of the compressor’s overall performance
New electric compressor range introduced
12th July 2019

Compressor solutions provider and distributor Integrated Air Solutions has introduced the EG Series electric air compressor range. The EG Series is a product of air compressor manufacturer ELGi and... 


RELIABLE FLOW
The E-Air range provides a reliable flow of compressed air without any diesel emissions
Company enhances its low emission, low noise E-Air solutions
12th July 2019

Sustainable productivity solutions provider Atlas Copco enhances its low emission, low noise E-Air solutions with electric fixed-speed and variable speed drive (VSD) compressors. Throughout 2019,... 


IAN FRASER
South Africa needs to grasp the new wave of global automation more firmly
New combustion emission monitoring equipment offered to Africa
12th July 2019 By: Cameron Mackay

Mining, industrial and processing solutions provider RTS Africa Technologies is the exclusive supplier of laser-based online gas analysers and monitoring recording equipment, from Norwegian company... 


GROWTH FROM EXPORTS
Growth in the mining, and food and beverage, sectors for stainless steel, led to consumption in South Africa increasing by 8.6% last year
Sassda in transition, creates new membership structure
5th July 2019 By: Cameron Mackay

Owing to the varied benefits which companies obtain as members of the Southern Africa Stainless Steel Development Association (Sassda), the association has created a tiered membership structure. 


Bosch Rexroth hosts first customer day at new location
Bosch Rexroth hosts first customer day at new location
27th June 2019

Engineering firm Bosch Rexroth South Africa Group of Companies held its first customer day last month at its new location, named Hytec United By Bosch, or HUBB, in Kempton Park, in Gauteng. Mamaili... 


INDUSTRY GROWTH
The DTI looks forward to exchanging lessons and experiences to unpack challenges and identify solutions for growth across the manufacturing sector
DTI forges ahead with product standardisation task
14th June 2019 By: Mamaili Mamaila

Following Mining Charter III’s call to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to develop a “Standardised Coding and Product Identification System in the Mining Supply Chain” whereby products... 


Construction of 1 MW wave-energy pilot project under way in Hermanus
Pioneering 1 MW wave-energy pilot project being built in Hermanus
13th June 2019 By: Terence Creamer

A South African wave-energy start-up is building a pioneering 1 MW pilot project, based on its patented homegrown design, which will supply clean electricity to a large-scale Hermanus abalone farm,... 


Company develops new concrete curing blanket
7th June 2019

Geosynthic products manufacturer and supplier Fibertex South Africa has developed a new curing blanket, designed to optimise the curing of concrete and protect the new structure. The Fibertex... 


CEMENT INNOVATION

The new competence center will develop novel silicone-based products and solutions that improve the durability of cement and concrete
Chinese company opens competence centre
7th June 2019

Multinational silicon products developer and manufacturer the WACKER Group has opened a new competence centre for cement and concrete applications in Shanghai, China. The laboratory will develop... 


COMMENDABLE CRUSHING

The I54Rv3 impact crusher operates efficiently in various applications. These include asphalt and concrete recycling, rock crushing, construction, mining and demolition
Supplier adds new crusher to range
7th June 2019

Construction equipment supplier High Power Equipment (HPE) Africa has added the updated high-performance I54Rv3 impact crusher to the company’s range of screening and crushing equipment... 


DEMANDING CONDITIONS

AKS is used in a diverse range of chemically aggressive applications such as mining, water treatment and conveyance of sewage
New liner technology surpasses concrete protection alternatives
7th June 2019

Concrete protection liners specialist manufacturer AKS Lining Systems has taken the "cast-in" liner concept and developed its design through the development of Anchor Knob Sheet technology (AKS),... 


‘Black public’ offer for shares in Barloworld property spin-off oversubscribed
‘Black public’ offer for shares in Barloworld property spin-off oversubscribed
5th June 2019 By: Terence Creamer

Industrial group Barloworld reports that the public-offer component of its Khula Sizwe Property Holdings empowerment transaction was oversubscribed, with over 50 000 applications received and the... 


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For over 30 years, Werner South Africa Pumps & Equipment (PTY) LTD has been designing, manufacturing, supplying and maintaining specialist...

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BOVA cemented their reputation in Africa by delivering high quality engineering through their range of safety footwear. 21 years after producing...

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Developed to exceed the latest EN 15964 standards for police breathalysers proving that it will remain accurate and reliable for many years to come.

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