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Company Announcement: Tectra Automation launches cutting-edge VEE modular technology PDF Available

Tectra Automation, official distributors of Schmalz products in South Africa and part of the Hytec Group, has launched an innovative modular system for the fast, easy and cost-effective setup of vacuum end effectors (VEEs) for the packaging...
 
 
Engineering & Manufacturing

Foreign company uses local contrls on packaging machines

Pneumatics and mechatronics company Festo has completed an installation for a French packaging machine company. The company manufactures machines that make both traditional blister pack lines and packaging produced through the Carding process.
 
 
Transport

Dry-dock cooperation a first for Cape ship repair

A rig upgrade project involving several major players in the Cape ship repair industry and an international oil, gas and petrochemical support services company is expected to inject approximately US$ 20 million into the economy of the Western...
 
 
Measuring, weighing and balancing instruments

High-speed colour contrast detection is facilitated

The detection of contrasts or colour differences is of great importance, particularly in the packaging and printing industries where markings with minimal contrasts have to be identified with absolute reliability, often at ultra-high processing...
 
 
Composites

New resin launched in SA

Taking the lead in technological innovation in the international resin market, Durban firm Cray Valley has launched a low styrene high performance resin called ArmorStar.
14 Jun 01
 
 
Environmental Protection

R30m healthcare deal

Local black-empowerment company Sekunjalo Medical has secured a R30-million-a-year deal with US health-care products manufacturer Becton Dickinson, which will see the local company acquire this former competitor’s local customer base.
25 Aug 00
 
 
Engineering & Manufacturing

Hi-tech quality-control system proves a wrap

The accidental packaging of the wrong drug is a nightmare scenario for any company in the pharmaceutical industry. A new quality-control system at Hoechst Marion Roussel, of Silverton, Pretoria, however, is not only capable of detecting missing...
04 Jun 99
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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