Competency-based training institute Polytech Africa and industrial switchgear and automation management supplier ElectroMechanica (EM) launched the Mechatronics Academy, at the EM head office, in... 

Kusile Unit 3 produced first power on April 14. 

Investing in the future of our company, Rittal’s new plant in Haiger embraces the principles of Industry 4.0. The company has made its largest single investment, totalling 250 million euros, to... 

This week we profile Siegfried Kreutzfeld, CEO of Zest WEG Group Africa, whose offering includes low- and high-voltage electric motors, vibrator motors, variable-speed drives, soft starters, power... 

As part of its ongoing growth plans, Zest WEG Group will continue to focus on opportunities in more African countries, according to its new chief executive officer, Siegfried Kreutzfeld. With 40... 

Electrical products manufacturer Zest WEG Group has added an integrated-solutions offering to its products-oriented sales strategy in a bid to penetrate market segments in which there is a growing... 

Eskom has offered a sobering update on the difficulties it is having at its Kusile project. 

Eskom has offered a sobering update on the difficulties it is having at its Medupi project. 

The latest Hager ‘smart’ solutions for automated building control have been supplied by ElectroMechanica (EM) of Cape Town for Swarovski Lighting’s new-build showroom in Green Point. The leading... 

TransnetBW plans to install the world’s first 380 kV gas-insulated switchgear, in Baden-Wuerttemberg. 

A R200-million electrical infrastructure project has been impressively completed at the Cullinan Diamond Mine of the London-listed Petra Diamonds through the combined effort of four Zest WEG Group... 

CULLINAN, Gauteng – A R200-million electrical infrastructure project has been impressively completed at the Cullinan Diamond Mine of the London-listed Petra Diamonds through the combined effort of... 

One of the two reactors aboard Russia's first floating nuclear heat and power plant, Akademik Lomonosov, has achieved a sustained chain reaction for the first time. 

RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), a global multi-channel distributor, has announced availability of a range of RS Pro current transformers, which includes... 

Electech LSis is the representative agency of LS Industrial Systems in Southern Africa and is one of South Africa's largest LV and MV Switchgear and motor control suppliers. Caters to the... 

General Electric has successfully completed performance tests on Unit 1 of the power plant. 

Unit 1 of Eskom’s Kusile power station has been brought into full production. 

Leading Power Management Company Eaton has recently launched its 2017 Mobile Technology Tour, a month-long mobile exhibition showcasing Eaton’s latest innovative technologies and solutions for the... 

Eskom signed a loan agreement with the China Development Bank, which will form part of the funding for the Medupi power plant. 

Speed of installation and cost-effectiveness on a number of fronts makes Shaw Controls’ innovative electrical houses (E-Houses) a popular choice for contractors and other users, according to the... 

The project involves the upgrade of Hydro-Quebec's air-insulated switchgear substations and transmission grid. 

The project involves the upgrade of the electricity transmission infrastructure on the islands. 

Siemens South Africa  (SA) is targeting international markets with its fourth-generation 11 MW fully automated direct current (DC) containerised trolley assist substation – the Siemens E House. One... 

Work is progressing at the project. 

Eskom has announced that good progress has been made on Medupi's Unit 5. 

South Africa’s automotive industry has a specific need for robust and heavy-duty linear overhead materials-handling solutions, which has seen specialist crane and related components manufacturer... 

Zest WEG Group is Africa’s leading supplier of low- and medium-voltage electric motors, variable-speed drives, softstarters, switchgears, transformers, motor control centres (MCCs), containerised... 

Eskom and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Africa have set up a joint technical task team to review and optimise the blow-through procedure ahead of future blow-through tests on the Kusile units. 

Eskom and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Africa have set up a joint technical task team to review the blow-through procedure ahead of future blow-through tests on the 11 other Medupi units. 

Newly established Boksburg-based pumps supplier Integrated Pump Technology was named in June as the exclusive Southern Africa distributor for the world’s third-largest submersible pump manufacturer... 

Eskom has reported that work is progressing well on Unit 6, which is scheduled to be synchronised at the end of the year. 

Water treatment company Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies South Africa announced in April that it has been awarded the contract to upgrade Mangaung metropolitan municipality's Maselspoort... 

Eskom has offered a detailed timeline for the synchronisation of Medupi Unit 6, which is officially scheduled for December 15, 2014. 

Electrical equipment supplier Zest WEG Group has extended its market reach into mobile distribution switching, with the successful handover of four 22/11 kV mobile distribution switching stations... 

Schneider Electric, a specialist in energy management, has dedicated itself to safe and simple low voltage switchboards up to 3200 A. “OurPrisma Plus solution is a modular and prefabricated... 

Building on its commitment to be closer to customers in Africa, General Electric (GE) and China-based high-voltage (HV) transmission equipment manufacturers XD Electric Group have partnered to... 

Electric motors and drives supplier Zest WEG Group reports that it has supplied a second order of electric motors and drives for a mining project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the... 

The Zest WEG Group is progressing toward the hot commissioning phase of the biggest medium voltage (MV) Variable Speed Drive (VSD) unit ever supplied by its holding company, the WEG Group,... 

The risk of flooding underground while mining is a reality and needs to be properly addressed by mining companies, warns South Africa-based submersible slurry pump manufacturer Hazleton Pumps.... 

There’s a brand new spirit creeping into Toyota under the watchful tutelage of the company’s charismatic President and Chief Executive, Akio Toyoda 

Tenders for work in the rest of Africa excluding South Africa  

Illegal protest action at the Medupi power station brought work on the project to a standstill on January 17.