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. 

South African scrap metal trader West Side Scrap Metals has acquired a steel foundry in Edwin Swales, Durban, which was originally owned and operated by the country’s transport utility,... 

Multinational manufacturer of furniture and household goods Steinhoff International Holdings said yesterday it was planning a large-scale investment programme for the southern and eastern Cape, as... 

Forestry restructuring in South Africa would be completed and the expansion of commercial plantation forestry in the Eastern Cape would be promoted – a clear contribution to the challenge of... 

Although the aluminium industry in South Africa has a huge competitive advantage over other countries in the world, mainly due to cheaper electricity for smelting, there is still a need for the... 

The first phase of construction at what will become the centre of Gauteng’s intellectual-capital development, The Innovation Hub, began in September 2003. 

Major players in the timber industry have launched a self-regulating load accreditation programme aimed at reducing overloading, as well as under-loading, on their trucks. 

State-owned commercial forestry company South African Forestry Company Limited (Safcol) said yesterday that, following the first 12 months as a restructured group, it achieved a profit before tax... 

After a rigorous tender and evaluation process, the South African government has announced the appointment of Bonheur as the preferred bidder for the Komatiland forestry package, which forms part... 

ConiferCast is a powerful software bundle with a possibility to include all the necessary tools for simulating casting processes that involve metal flow and solidification. 

Vereeniging 

Power technology company, ABB’s medium voltage division has won the annual contract for the supply of secondary switchgear to City Power. 

Forest products company York Timber Corporation (Yorkor) has made solid progress in its empowerment structures, announced chairperson Solly Tucker at a presentation on the results for the six... 

The State-owned South African Forestry Company (Safcol) announced yesterday that it expects to report record earnings for 2003 once its financial statements have been fully audited. 

South African timber company Yorkcor posted robust financial results for the first half of the year, thanks, in part, to an improvement in the housing and construction sectors. 

Wholly owned subsidiary of the South African Forestry Company (Safcol), Komatiland Forests yesterday announced the appointment of Olaf van der Westhuizen as its new financial director. 

In a R34,5-million transaction, Mondi South Africa has sold its Ramanas sawmill, Lusaba kiln facility and 4 900 ha of adjacent FSC-accredited eucalyptus sawlog plantations, all near Hazyview, in... 

Two years of upgrading and expansion at McKinnon Chain’s Vereeniging forge and chain factory, in Gauteng, will culminate in October this year with the launch of the Max Alloy Gr8 range of... 

Two fast-track contracts to upgrade gas cleaning at two major South African foundries manufacturing cast-iron motor vehicle engine blocks were recently completed by Springs-based dust control and... 

Investment capital for biotech companies in South Africa is limited but the situation is improving, a recent debate on the industry concluded. 

A R400-million capital expenditure programme is under way at the Ngodwana pulp-and-paper mill in Mpumalanga, Engineering News can today exclusively report. 

The No 1 chemical recovery furnace (CRF) at Sappi’s Ngodwana pulp-and-paper mill in Mpumalanga is being modernised at a cost of R58-million. 

The Sappi Ngodwana pulp-and-paper mill in Mpumalanga consists of four distinguishable parts, Engineering News has been informed in an exclusive presentation at the large forest-products operation. 

A pitstop model, similar to those used in Formula One motor racing, was used to fast-track the retrofitting of environment-protecting electrostatic precipitators at a large pulp and paper mill in...