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Unique bevelling, cutting and welding reduces chance of microbial growth 
By: Victor Moolman 25th August 2017 Owing to the existence of pipes and tubes in the food and beverage industry with improper welds – making them more susceptible to the growth of micro bacteria and organisms – industrial product supplier Actum Industrial says the high-quality end results of its Orbitalum orbital cutting, bevelling... →
Incremental improvements now leading to energy efficiency
By: Robyn Wilkinson 25th August 2017 Having reached an advanced stage, power generation technology development has slowed worldwide, with companies instead intensifying their focus on the cumulative energy savings that can be realised through intensive equipment modifications and the disciplined application of existing technologies,... →
Sasol review may result in sale or closure of assets, but no ‘fire sale’ 
By: Terence Creamer 21st August 2017 Chemicals and energy group Sasol has announced that an asset-review process is under way that could result in the sale, closure or growth of certain assets. However, the JSE-listed company has also stressed that there will be no “fire sale”. Joint president and CEO Bongani Nqwababa reports that... →
Sasol turns to courts after Sars slaps it with tax bills worth R12.8bn
By: Terence Creamer 21st August 2017 JSE-listed energy and chemicals group Sasol will approach the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) to resolve a tax dispute with the South African Revenue Service (Sars), which has slapped it with assessments for outstanding tax liabilities and penalties worth R12.8-billion. The company made a... →
Diverse assets for infrastructure in demand
By: Marleny Arnoldi 18th August 2017 In the commercial and industrial property development space, as well as its supporting infrastructure, there is demand for high-quality, diverse assets with strategic locations and offering optimal planning and design, says consultancy firm WSP. →
Act revised to apply tariffs on imported products
By: Victor Moolman 18th August 2017 Earlier this year, the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA) was adapted to include designation of domestic steel, wire and other industry products, and although it came into effect in April, the South African Wire Association (SAWA) says it is too soon for the steel construction... →
Think-tank hands over title deeds to residents of Western Cape town
By: Ilan Solomons 11th August 2017 Think tank the Free Market Foundation’s (FMF’s) Khaya Lam land reform project last month handed over the latest batch of title deeds to residents in the town of Grabouw, in the Western Cape, thereby taking the project’s total title deed handover tally to 1 360. Khaya Lam project manager Perry... →
IDC reports strong rise in support for black industrialists as disbursements fall
By: Terence Creamer 31st July 2017 South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has announced that its funding approvals have increased to a record R15.3-billion in 2017, but also confirmed that it would not meet a five-year target, set in 2015, of R100-billion in approvals by 2020. Presenting the financials in... →
Restructuring of Scaw into three standalone entities at an advanced stage
By: Terence Creamer 31st July 2017 South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) announced on Monday that the restructuring of its steel subsidiary Scaw Metals into three standalone entities was at an advanced stage, as were plans to secure strategic equity partners (SEPs) for each of the units. Speaking at... →
Names of all IDC clients, including politically exposed people, now being made public
By: Terence Creamer 31st July 2017 The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has officially started to publish, on its website, the identities of all of its clients, including those officially identified as politically exposed people (PEPs). This disclosure affects all of the State-owned development finance institution’s... →
Bearings, power transmission giant moves to 5 000 m2 site
By: Mia Breytenbach 28th July 2017 As part of its business strategy to re-engineer and optimise global operations, bearings and mechanical power transmission solutions provider Timken has opened a new facility in Gauteng. The facility spans almost 5,000 m2 and is home to Timken South Africa’s bearing repair and assembly... →
Vehicle industry benefits from process range
By: Victor Moolman 28th July 2017 Since it obtained its licence from heat treating and manufacturing services company Nitrex in Canada, heat treatment specialist P.H. Heat Treatment provides the automotive industry with controlled nitriding and ferritic nitrocarburising processes for automotive components, which form part of the... →
Freight of components can be tracked
By: Victor Moolman 28th July 2017 To help control import costs and combat the volatile rand, import and working capital specialists Investec Import Solutions’ online client portal BlueLink, offers a complete end-to-end view of your entire import transaction on one platform from order placement through to delivery. →
Automotive future positive through telematics
By: Victor Moolman 28th July 2017 The future for automotive fleet management through telematics is positive, says JSE-listed fleet management, insurance telematics and stolen vehicle recovery service provider Cartrack. →
Local company to supply wheel assemblies for new BMW X3
By: Victor Moolman 28th July 2017 Wheel assembly solution provider Wheel Assemblers will supply tyre and rim assemblies for the new X3 (G01) model from German vehicle manufacturer BMW South Africa (SA) to be built in Rosslyn, Pretoria. →
Spread of counterfeit goods eased through social media
By: Victor Moolman 28th July 2017 However, he points out that while counterfeiting takes place in these informal markets, the firm has also seen reputable motor parts dealers selling counterfeit goods alongside original-equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts, which is why some OEMs have appointed regulated parts dealers. →
Technology, digital solutions part of Botswana firm’s microfinance arsenal as it expands across Africa
By: David Oliveira 28th July 2017 Botswana-based microfinance company Letshego Holdings, which operates in 11 African countries, aims to use technology and digital solutions to affect economic redress in Africa and provide financial inclusion for the continent’s most underserved markets. Letshego MD Chris Low explains that the... →
Training facility to improve skills deficit in artisan industry
By: Simone Liedtke 28th July 2017 Industrial rope access specialist Skyriders Access Specialists aims to bridge the rope access skills deficit in the artisan industry through offering training at its Midrand-based facility, states Skyriders marketing manager Mike Zinn. →
Eskom tariffs in AMSA’s action plan crosshairs as losses spike
By: Terence Creamer 27th July 2017 Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) will approach the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) directly with a request for discounted electricity tariffs as part of a multi-pronged business sustainability action plan unveiled after the JSE-listed group slumped to a... →
‘Durban’s best kept secret’ honoured for technical excellence
By: Robyn Wilkinson 21st July 2017 Engineering and project management consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa was awarded the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Durban branch’s prestigious technical excellence award last month for the design and construction of Main Road 577 (MR577), with SAICE calling it... →
Mobile solution launched to great effect
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 21st July 2017 Specialist business and project management consultancy SSG Consulting has introduced its newly developed mobile application (app) for its KEY360 management software. The app was showcased at the Mobile App Launch breakfast in May at the Johannesburg Country Club. →
Conservative streak prevailed at ANC policy conference
By: Aubrey Matshiqi 21st July 2017 At the end of the policy conference of the African National Congress (ANC), President Jacob Zuma declared that the ruling party was more united than it had been when the conference began. In the process of delivering his closing address, he proposed that the loser in the race for the presidency... →
Mercedes-Benz seeks ‘fair share’ of growing bakkie market with new X-Class
By: Irma Venter 20th July 2017 With a new-bakkie market of roughly 110 000 units a year, Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) would like to secure its “fair share” of this lucrative, “but highly competitive” segment with the launch of the new X-Class in the local market in the first half of next year, says Mercedes-Benz Vans... →
State capture casts long shadow over Eskom’s results
By: Terence Creamer 19th July 2017 South Africa’s worst kept corporate secret was confirmed on Wednesday, when Eskom reported a sharp fall in after-tax profits to R888-million in 2017, from over R5-billion in the previous financial year. However, the results were overshadowed by serious allegations of corruption and... →
Need for accurate designs of dosing systems
By: Simone Liedtke 7th July 2017 The designs for dosing systems in the gas and fumes industries have to be accurate to ensure safety, says chemical dosing and pumping applications supplier Packaged Metering and Pumping Solutions (PMPS) technical director David O’Neill. →
Agri SA says will not support fracking as set out under current legislation
By: Anine Kilian 5th July 2017 Agricultural industry association Agri SA says it cannot support government’s continued pursuit of hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Addressing media at a briefing in Centurion, on Wednesday, Agri SA president Johannes Möller said there were still uncertainties with respect to water supply and... →
Agriculture sector needs to take a more futuristic approach for survival in a digital world
By: Natasha Odendaal 4th July 2017 Technology has the potential to change the future landscape of the agriculture sector if used effectively and if participants are willing to “think bigger”, FutureWorld futurist and entrepreneur Craig Wing said on Tuesday. With ever-changing technologies in the fourth industrial revolution, it is... →
New exchange optimistic of August listing breakthrough
By: Natasha Odendaal 3rd July 2017 4 Africa Exchange (4AX) has secured a healthy pipeline of potential listings, cross-cutting industries such as agriculture, information technology and tourism and hospitality, besides others, with the first listing scheduled for the end of August or the first week of September. Of about 40... →
Transnet insists bond appetite remains as it again lowers capex forecast
By: Terence Creamer 3rd July 2017 State-owned logistics group Transnet has sought to refute reports that demand for its bonds had collapsed following the recent downgrades to South Africa’s credit rating, insisting that appetite for its bonds remains strong both domestically and internationally. CFO Garry Pita said the reports... →
Transnet appoints Werksmans to probe locomotive corruption claims
By: Terence Creamer 3rd July 2017 State-owned freight logistics utility Transnet reports that Werksmans Attorneys has been appointed to oversee a board-level probe into allegations of corruption relating to its purchase of locomotives from China South Rail (CSR). Opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) recently laid... →
Hudaco maintains resilience amid tough economic environment
By: Mia Breytenbach 30th June 2017 Despite a difficult economic and trading environment, JSE-listed industrial products provider Hudaco remains cash-generative, with operations having generated net cash of R247-million for the six months to May 31. Speaking at a presentation of the group’s results on Friday, CEO Graham Dunford... →
AEP debuts on JSE’s AltX
By: Natasha Odendaal 30th June 2017 The debut of black-empowered clean energy group AEP Energy Africa on JSE’s AltX marks the start of new beginnings for the company which is aiming to become “Africa’s clean energy champion”. Speaking to Engineering News Online post the listing celebrations, AEP COO Nkosi Gugushe boasted about the... →
Company brings consulting engineering into digital age
By: Robyn Wilkinson 30th June 2017 With advanced technologies replacing pen-and-paper approaches across all industries, engineering and project management consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa MD Salani Sithole stresses that consulting engineering companies must find ways to embrace the era of digitalisation in their... →
Ekurhuleni to invest R2.2bn in energy infrastructure
By: Anine Kilian 28th June 2017 The city of Ekurhuleni has committed R2.2-billion to invest in energy infrastructure over the next three years. “Ekurhuleni is pursuing a renewable energy strategy that will generate 10 MW of energy by 2021 as part of its local strategy to ensure energy stability in the region, without completely... →
Volvo Trucks expands self-driving vehicle tests to sugar cane farms
By: Irma Venter 27th June 2017 Volvo Trucks is testing a self-steering truck for use in the sugar cane industry. This follows autonomous refuse collection trials in Gothenburg, Sweden, as well as self-steering vehicle tests at the Kristineberg mine, in northern Sweden. Volvo Trucks believes its newest self-steering truck can... →
Indaba critical for policy engagement
By: Nica Schreuder 23rd June 2017 With the policy environment changing as a result of global and local competition, consulting firm Cova Advisory believes that this year’s Manufacturing Indaba can play a significant role to assist industry in staying abreast of the changes. Cova Advisory has been a sponsor of the Manufacturing... →
Economic growth ‘well below’ govt expectations, says Cesa survey
By: Anine Kilian 21st June 2017 Barely missing a recession, South Africa saw its slowest economic growth rate in 2016 since the 2009 recession, when economic growth contracted, according to Consulting Engineers South Africa’s (Cesa’s) Biannual Economic and Capacity Survey for July to December. Taking the first quarter of 2017... →
Ramaphosa moves to reclaim ‘radical economic transformation’ from those 'misusing' term
By: Terence Creamer 21st June 2017 Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved, just days before the convening of the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) policy conference, to reclaim the phrase ‘radical economic transformation’ from those who he said were misusing and misrepresenting it as part of a paid-for “publicity offensive”.... →
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