The South African foundry industry consists of more than 200 ferrous and nonferrous foundries, generating a combined turnover of R10,3-billion a year, a newly-released study into the sector has found. 

The 19th foundry exhibition, supported by the UK Foundry Equipment & Supplies Association (Fesa) will take place in London next year from October 20 to 22. 

Local particleboard and laminate manufacturer PG Bison is undertaking a R100-million brownfields expansion project at its manufacturing facility in Piet Retief, in Mpumalanga. 

The new R120-million woodchip factory being built at the Durban harbour will start production this month as scheduled, but will attain the full output figure of 30 000 t a month only in February... 

The R600-million-a-year metals trading company Metallurg South Africa is on track to become a billion-rand-a-year company, its MD Danny O’ Connor forecasts in an exclusive interview to mark... 

The refractory division of Metallurg South Africa is being buoyed by a breakthrough into the non ferrous industry. 

Metallurg is making a promising entry into specialised robotic automation in joint venture with FL Schmidt of Denmark, Metallurg commercial director Frederick Botha tells Engineering News in an... 

“We’re going to run out of stock in an hour or two”, was the gist of an urgent telephone call Colin Botha received at five in the morning on a public holiday last month. 

An ingenious pursuit of niche markets is fuelling growth for the speciality division of Metallurg South Africa, which supplies the welding, steel, optical and animal-feed industries. 

One of Metallurg’s greatest assets is its evergreen chairperson Langham Carter, 66, in whom much business acumen resides. 

South Africa’s forestry sector, which provides hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect jobs and is a significant contributor to foreign-currency earnings and agricultural and... 

Forest products group Yorkcor has unveiled a plan to back integrate into forestry in a move designed to improve security of sawlog supply in the increasingly-concentrated forestry sector. 

A black economic-empowerment consortium known as Temoso Trading is buying into a Mpumalanga company which is planning to build two plants to make wood pellets for export to power producers in... 

Foundry group Steloy has strengthened its position in the market place with the launch of Steloy Engineering, one of the first black economic empowerment (BEE) companies in the South African... 

Vestcast is a young foundry that specialises in investment casting, also know as lost wax or precision casting, for the mining, automotive, pumps and valves, medical, armourments and general... 

Foundry and engineering company Thos Begbie & Co has contracted Uddeholm Technology of Sweden to install a refining converter at its plant in Middelburg. 

As rand strength and low-cost imports continue to dominate the local valve industry, the only solution for manufacturers is to specialise in order to survive. 

Plans to establish a National Casting Technology Centre (NCTC) in Ekurhuleni could have positive implications for the South African automotive industry in particular. 

One of the reasons for the delay in the sale of the State’s forestry assets was that about 50% of the forests had land claims – around 250 in total – pending, says Department of... 

This month marked the harvesting of the first indigenous trees in South Africa under a unique commercial licensing agreement awarded by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (Dwaf) to... 

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, will provided a $15-million loan to San Vicente Terminal Internacional (SVTI), which operates the Port of San... 

Information technology has moved forest machines into a new era. In Finland almost all harvesting is done with satellite positioning and digital maps. Ponsse Oyj was the first company in the world... 

The long-awaited revised scrap-metal policy, which has taken some three years to come to the fore, was implemented at the beginning of last month. 

South Africa casts some 500 000 tons of metal a year, generating a turnover of R10,3-billion a year, and contributes 0,32%to the country’s total gross domestic product. 

An added focus on exports stands to benefit not only the local foundry industry but South African industry as a whole, says Steloy Castings MD Danie Slabbert. 

In a strategic quest to support first-tier original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs), Zealous Pressure Casting has constructed an independent , 1 200 m2 automotive die-casting foundry to serve the... 

Local furnace cable manufacturer Flexicor Cables faces recurring problems with the mining and foundry industries where furnace designers and engineers specify the incorrect cable. 

The need for a state-of-the-art advanced national casting centre has been highlighted as a leading initiative within the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Strategy (AMTS), which is an... 

A manufacturing plant has been established in Kempton Park by Feat Manufacturing for the supply of hot, closed die and upset forgings. 

One of South Africa’s largest producers of cast aluminium wheels for the automotive industry has taken on a new identity 

Most metal forming methods require some compromise in design to allow for manufacturing processes. 

One of the Cape’s largest suppliers of manifolds for the high performance auto-application market, Rowland Manifolds, has been relying on the Ajax Manufacturing foundry to produce superior... 

Port Elizabeth engineering company Xmeco Heavy Engineering, a division of the Xmeco group, was awarded a contract to design and produce certain highly-specialised replacement parts for a large... 

A state-of-the-art fuse welder torch from Colmonoy has been introduced by Flame Spray Technologies. 

One of South Africa’s largest automotive piston manufacturers, Kolbenco, is investing R50-million in foundry equipment for a new DaimlerChrysler project. 

JSE Securities Exchange-listed forest products group Yorkcor has given notice of its intention to oppose the sale of the Komatiland Forest to the Bonheur consortium, which is 70%-controlled by US... 

The sale of a 75% stake in the Komatiland Forest and MTO concluded the South African government’s privatisation process of the country’s forestry assets. 

South Africa’s leading forged railway-tyre manufacturer exports more than half of its products to 42 countries.