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Founded in 1961, WEG has grown into a global solutions provider of industrial electrical technologies. WEG is one of the largest electric motor manufacturers in the world producing more than...
WEG Africa applauds energy standards that drive motor efficiency
In a country where most electric motors are not energy efficient, the announcement by South Africa’s government of its plans to introduce Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) is not a day...
Motors and drives key to energy solutions
The manufacturing and processing sectors, which include minerals processing plants, are energy-intensive industries, with electric motors and drives used across industries to operate pumps, mixers,...
WEG motors and drives are key players in South Africa's energy solution strategy
With the continued energy poverty being experienced in South Africa, motors and drives are set to play an ever more crucial role in industry’s energy solution strategy. The manufacturing and...
East African growth opens market for motors
The anticipated economic growth in East Africa from projects such as the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), investment in power and water projects in the region, notably from Asian countries,...
Specialist gains traction in oil, gas sector
Africa is “hungry for electricity”, and electrical specialist Zest WEG is seeing growing demand from the oil and gas sector, from both upstream and midstream facilities as nations on the continent...
First skid delivered to Free State client
Prefabricated deployment solutions developer Turnkey Modular rolled out the first of multiple solar alternating current (ac), low-voltage/medium-voltage, step-up skid or ‘E-Houses’ in July for...
Gamsberg project, South Africa
The Gamsberg zinc mine is ready to launch Phase 1.
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Municipalities spend 22% of budget in the first quarter of the 2024/25 financial year
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SME business-building MoMo chatbot reaches 1m entrepreneurs in Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda
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Prosus chair’s trust sells €156m of shares for hotel growth
A family trust linked to Koos Bekker — one of South Africa’s richest people — sold about €156-million of shares in Internet investing giant Prosus to fund building operations at hotels in South...