Leading South African corrosion-engineering company Didier Corrosion Engineering (DCE) has had a complicated history, which includes many name changes, mergers and acquisitions over the past 37 years. 

The majority of corrosion-protection coatings that are available on the South African market are standard epoxy-based coatings, which have always been susceptible to impact and abrasion damage. 

Durban-based supplier of industrial machinery Bearing Man has recently introduced a new corrosion-resistant DP roller chain series to its range of Tsubaki corrosion-resistant products. 

Distributor and applicator of microfilm high-temperature ceramic coatings Powerkote has recently introduced a microfilm corrosion and chemical-resistant coating for domestic and industrial... 

In developing countries where financial resources are limited, it is important to create infrastructure using material that is inherently corrosion resistant and thus suitable for reducing the... 

Wear is inevitable in the use of comminution equipment and a risk factor, which IMS Engineering is seeking to reduce by applying the science of tribology during the development of processing... 

In developing countries where financial resources are limited, it is important to create infrastructure using material that is inherently corrosion resistant and thus suitable for reducing the... 

Supplier and manufacturer of products for the steel, concrete, masonry and composite industry, StonCor Africa has recently played an integral role in the extensive refurbishment of an ice plant in... 

The Kwazulu-Natal-based Rohm & Haas Paint Quality Institute (PQI) strives to create a more informed paint consumer and assists quality paint manufacturers in their efforts to produce and... 

Durban-based Epure Coatings has been specialising in rust-prevention in the automotive industry for the past seven years and has recently introduced a new rust-protection system into the South... 

Oil-based additive company Fuel Effect has completed tests at a ground power-unit at Fleet Africa, Swissport at Johannesburg International Airport. 

Bearing Man’s gear products division, Power Drives, has a range of drives designed specially for sewage-treatment applications. 

What if your vehicle’s oil could tell you what was wrong with the engine? 

In the oils and lubricants industry, it is becoming increasingly difficult for companies to differentiate themselves on the basis of product. 

Lubrication-solutions provider FloSolve was awarded a global tender to fit Wiggins service systems on to a fleet of 42 CAT earthmoving machines for Gold Fields’s Tarkwa mine, in Ghana. 

Despite the current worldwide push to operate companies as environmentally-friendly as possible, Rothenberger South Africa GM Michael Fellendorf says that the company’s water-based threading... 

Bearing company SKF has developed a new formulation for its LGLT 2 high-speed bearing grease to meet increasing demands for higher speeds. 

In the middle of last year, ExxonMobil and Engen South Africa announced that Engen would be officially distributing Mobil lubricants in many sub-Saharan African countries. 

Next week the South African Institute of Tribology will be holding its first course this year at the Science Park, in Kelvin, Gauteng. 

A revamped diagnostic kit for performing condition checks on engines was launched late last year, Engineering News has learnt. 

Although Bearing Man has been buying lubricants from Habot in an informal, open-ended arrangement for about five years, it now seems that it will be appointed a formal distributor, Engineering... 

Specialist coatings manufacturer for the construction industry Marmoran has signed up Galaxy Paints of Nairobi to be a blending agent in Kenya. This brings the number of Marmoran blending... 

Pipeline corrosion and mechanical damage in the form of cracks, dents and gouges can cause costly downtime for processing and manufacturing industries. 

A six-week maintenance shutdown from October 14, following 20 months of forward planning, is being under taken by Sapref. 

Gauteng-based corrosion-resistant surface-alloy distributor Flame Spray Technologies (FST) has developed hard and corrosion-resistant coatings which have made it possible to increase the working... 

Johannesburg-based Lubrication Equipment aims to double its turnover over the next three years, on the back of an empowerment deal which saw black-owned investor Links Capital acquire 51% of the... 

Impending legislation to govern emissions will require action now to be compliant when official emission levels are regulated. 

New-technology diesel engines, like racehorses, are fussy about the type of fuel that they consume. 

Barloworld Coatings is devising a new strategy for doing business in China. 

Coatings company Flame Spray Technologies has introduced a new technology to South Africa, which can significantly lengthen the life of agricultural implements, such as ploughshares and sweeps, by... 

Randburg power transmission company Entramarc has introduced a new corrosion-protection product to the South African market. 

There are numerous applications where hot dip galvanizing could and in many instances should be used but where other traditional methods of corrosion protection are still being applied, says the... 

The South African-based International Chemical Corporation (ICC), which was acquired by Barloworld at the beginning of March this year, is one of the country’s only producers of pigment... 

High blood-lead levels found in South African children have been attributed to, among other sources, the use of lead in paint. This finding is based on a study conducted by the Medical Research... 

The power transmission division of Bearing Man distributes the full range of Tsubaki high-performance chain, that includes the new corrosion resistant DP roller chain series.