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Civil contractor confidence falls to historic low in Q3 – CIDB
Civil contractor confidence falls to historic low in Q3 – CIDB
16th October 2018 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) business conditions survey has shown that civil contractor confidence fell by six index points to a... 


TURNING AROUND
A new partnership will make Special Technical Operations easier
New partnership offers turnkey STO solutions
7th September 2018

At Marcus Evans' tenth annual Chemical/Petrochemical and Refinery Shutdowns and Turnarounds Event in San Antonio, Texas, in May, US-based business management consultant KAP Project Services and... 


Tribunal to pursue alleged price-fixing, collusion in R240m Eskom tender
13th August 2018 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Competition Tribunal has refused an application to dismiss a complaint against companies accused of alleged price-fixing and tender collusion in a R240-million tender issued by State-owned... 


PwC suggests reviewing corporate culture to combat economic crime
2nd August 2018 By: Nadine James

Digital innovation and technology have given rise to new attack surfaces for economic criminals and fraudsters, resulting in the rate of instances growing at exponential levels, PwC’s 2018 ‘Global... 


Datatec optimistic about full Westcon turnaround within two years
1st June 2018 By: Natasha Odendaal

International information and communications technology company Datatec expects its embattled Westcon International portfolio to return to profitability within the next year, with a full turnaround... 


Former Keaton Energy CEO and experienced Nedbank corporate investment and mining investment banker Paul Miller
CCP 12J appoints DRA Group as technical partner
30th May 2018 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Mining engineering firm DRA Group will act as a technical partner to mining-focused venture capital company CCP 12J Fund in respect of engineering and outsourced operations and maintenance services.  


Schramm appoints HUD as sub-Saharan Africa hammers, bits distributor
23rd May 2018 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Equipment manufacturer Schramm Hammers & Bits has appointed HUD Mining Supplies as its reverse circulation (RC) consumables distributor for sub-Saharan Africa.  


Digital Skills Academy offers digital solution development free of charge to SMEs
23rd May 2018 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Digital Skills Academy – a premier industry provider of online BSc degrees in digital skills – is inviting South African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to register as industry partners... 


MATTHEW LEE
Software-defined systems enable companies to use hardware as a commodity and enabling them to scale rapidly and organically
Storage gets open-source software-defined boost
18th May 2018 By: Schalk Burger

The growth of software-defined storage in Africa means businesses can have a bigger storage pool with a single storage budget and can add storage resources at the scaled needed, as well as changing... 


Some inroads made after ten years of the Industrial Policy Action Plan - Davies
Some inroads made after ten years of the Industrial Policy Action Plan - Davies
15th May 2018 By: Kim Cloete

Ramping up production in the automotive sector, resuscitating the ailing tooling industry and boosting the clothing, textiles, leather and footwear industries are among successes the government has... 


MICHAEL SHAPIRO
Financial services can scale and change dramatically by using cloud services to increase their range of services, lower costs and reach into new markets
Hyperscale cloud being used to increase scope of financial services
4th May 2018 By: Schalk Burger

Financial services companies in South Africa are using hyperscale cloud systems to increase their range of services, lower costs and reach into new markets, says financial services technology firm... 


Airbus commissions Imperial Logistics to procure, supply tools
Airbus commissions Imperial Logistics to procure, supply tools
3rd May 2018 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aeronautics company Airbus has hired logistics service provider Imperial Logistics to procure and distribute metal cutting tools such as milling cutters, drills and countersinks for its German... 


A Wärtsilä Flexicycle power plant
Senegal integrating more renewables with 130 MW Wärtsilä Flexicycle power plant
26th April 2018 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a contract to engineer, manufacture and deliver a 130 MW Flexicycle plant in Senegal, which will be an integral part of the country’s energy future.  


Ncondezi reviews updated EPC, operations and maintenance proposals
25th April 2018 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Power development company Ncondezi Energy is reviewing updated proposals for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts for its integrated... 


Nigerian government invites tenders for environmental remediation project
Nigerian government invites tenders for environmental remediation project
4th April 2018 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) is seeking to appoint environmental remedial contractors for phase one of its Remediation of Hydrocarbon Impacted sites in Ogoni project.  


EOH grows revenue, but profit falls in H1
28th March 2018 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed information technology services multinational EOH has grown its revenue for the six months ended January 31, by 19% to R8.35-billion compared with R7.03-billion in the corresponding... 


Cloud services helping companies change business IT
23rd March 2018 By: Schalk Burger

Transitional cloud services and offerings are helping companies to change their business information technology (IT) and hardware gradually, allowing them to familiarise themselves with the new... 


South32 South African manganese operations VP Lucas Msimanga, South32 commercial operations VP Kgabi Masia and Transnet new business chief officer Gert de Beer
Transnet renews manganese contract with South32
22nd March 2018 By: Marleny Arnoldi

State-owned Transnet and diversified miner South32 on Thursday signed a seven-and-a-half-year manganese export capacity allocation (Meca) contract, allowing for the transportation of 2.6-million... 


Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies
Minister seeks better monitoring of local procurement compliance
15th March 2018 By: Marleny Arnoldi

South Africa has seen a slippage in State entities’ compliance with local procurement regulations, which the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) seeks to rectify by introducing a tougher... 


2018 EDITION
The third iteration of the event in Africa will be held from March 13 to 16
Over 20 000 visitors expected at event
2nd March 2018 By: Simone Liedtke

With more than 20 000 international and local visitors from 72 countries expected to attend bauma CONEXPO AFRICA 2018, international exhibition company Messe München South Africa CEO Elaine Crewe... 


NEW COOL
The data centre uses a closed-loop water heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, which only uses a small amount of water for humidification
Newly expanded Joburg data centre to serve cloud demand in SA
16th February 2018 By: Schalk Burger

Africa Data Centres, part of pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, has expanded its Midrand-based data centre to a 7 MW, 3 000 m2 carrier-neutral facility to better serve demand for cloud and... 


New Southern Africa payment infrastructure being designed
New Southern Africa payment infrastructure being designed
1st February 2018

Southern African payment clearing utility BankservAfrica and the regional banking community are working together to design a new payment architecture and infrastructure that will help to lower... 


ICT service provider Ayo to list on JSE
13th December 2017 By: Schalk Burger

Ayo Technology Solutions will list on the main board of the JSE on December 21. The company provides information and communications technology (ICT) services to the healthcare industry, as well as... 


Power and utilities drone market worth more than $9bn
24th November 2017 By: Donna Slater

The international drone market comprising solutions that use drones for the power and utilities industries is worth as much as $9.46-billion a year, according to a report published by professional... 


NICK SAUNDERS
Email serves as the digital memory of companies and remains the main medium for business communications
Organisations’ digital memory gets cloud boost
17th November 2017 By: Schalk Burger

The new multipurpose cloud archiving solution, launched by e-mail management multinational Mimecast, can be used to ensure effective archiving of the email communications and documents that... 


SPARE PART GUARANTEE A constant supply of spare parts for clients will reduce downtime
Equipment supplier provides spare-part warehousing solution
3rd November 2017 By: Nica Schreuder

Owing to increasing demand for improved quality and the availability of production operations, metallurgical plant and equipment supplier SMS group provides consignment stock or warehousing... 


CLEANING MACHINE Vacuum trucks are an efficient, albeit more expensive, cleaning method, compared with traditional cleaning methods that require intensive manual labour use
Vacuum tech manufacturer expands offering
3rd November 2017 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Heavy-duty industrial vacuum manufacturer Hencon Vacuum Technologies (Hencon VT) has expanded its service offering from only selling and manufacturing vacuum equipment to also providing cleaning... 


SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE
Sasol’s Secunda plant shutdown every eight years gives many suppliers the opportunity to do maintenance and replacements
Supplier prepares for maintenance shutdown
27th October 2017 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Specialist valve, overpressure, combustion, pipeline, and product storage equipment supplier Heaton Valves Africa (HVA) is gearing up for petrochemicals giant Sasol’s major plant maintenance... 


GEORGE DAVIS
Every construction project is unique and has its own set of risks
Insurance plays vital role in construction project success
13th October 2017 By: Simone Liedtke

Owing to insurance playing a vital role in the ultimate success of a construction project, insurance provider Risk Benefit Solutions (RBS) says contractors and engineers need to ensure that a... 


CAPITAL LOCATION
in less than a year of being operational, Highveld Industrial Park has set up a sustainable business
Closed steel mill discovering new life as an industrial park
6th October 2017 By: Mia Breytenbach

Following the implementation of the business strategy to convert Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium complex, in Mpumalanga, into an industrial park, the park is capitalising on its strategic... 


CUSTOMISED ENGAGEMENT
Wyzetalk can deliver content that is valuable for both the employer and the employee
Platform ensures more effective communication
22nd September 2017 By: Marleny Arnoldi

With ineffective communication often affecting the level of health and safety implementation and efficiency in industries that have stringent safety requirements, software company Wyzetalk provides... 


Bringing data to life using advanced analytics
8th September 2017 By: Schalk Burger

Information services multinational Experian has established innovation laboratories, which it terms “DataLabs”, in the US, Brazil and UK to stimulate organic product development, says Experian VP... 


Alviva to leverage services strength for growth over next year
7th September 2017 By: Schalk Burger

Business information and communication technology (ICT) company Alviva will leverage the investments made into its subsidiaries and infrastructure, which has helped to reduce gearing, broadened its... 


ENABLING TRANSACTION The transaction, will enable Servest to provide a seamless facility management and mobile technology offering for its growing client base
Servest acquires stake in ICT services company
1st September 2017 By: Mia Breytenbach

International facilities management provider Servest has partnered with investment company Bottega InvestCo in the acquisition of integrated information and communications technology (ICT) services... 


Long4Life to buy beverage packaging business for up to R360m
23rd August 2017 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Investment holding company Long4Life will acquire Inhle Beverages, a contract packaging business in Gauteng, for up to R360-million in cash and shares. Inhle, which is based in Heidelberg,... 


PILING UP Royal HaskoningDHV construction project manager Drew Wilson says the biggest challenge has been piling and the foundation of the structure
Project aids community development
18th August 2017 By: Marleny Arnoldi

With 70% of the R370-million Cornubia Interchange project complete, construction design and engineering services provider Royal HaskoningDHV and the eThekwini roads provision department say the... 


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