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Tirupati advances development of graphene R&D centre

By: Simone Liedtke 23rd July 2021 Specialist graphite producer Tirupati Graphite has commissioned Stage 1 of its Tirupati Graphene and Mintech Research Centre (TGMRC), in India, which is focused on graphene manufacturing and applications development, advanced materials development and mineral processing technology development.... →

Biovac/Pfizer vaccine partnership will boost mRNA hub – Nzimande

By: Sane Dhlamini 23rd July 2021 The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Dr Blade Nzimande has congratulated the Biovac Institute for its partnership with Pfizer and its German vaccine partner BioNTech which will see the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine being manufactured in South Africa for distribution within... →

FAW trucks keeping up with market trends

23rd July 2021 FAW Trucks places a high premium on R&D in order to not only maintain its leadership in the Chinese market, but also to ensure that it keeps up with the rapid advances being made in technology. Its R&D facility is based at the FAW Trucks manufacturing facility in Qingdao, China. →

Partnership drives decarbonisation through circular market ecosystem

23rd July 2021 Diversified major Rio Tinto and automation specialist Schneider Electric have signed a memorandum of understanding for a first of its kind collaboration to develop a circular and sustainable market ecosystem for both companies and their customers. This multi-product partnership will see Schneider... →

Exports could drive S Africa’s recovery

23rd July 2021 Exports could hold the key to South Africa’s economic recovery and growth. South Africa is experiencing a record trade surplus in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic with exports far outpacing imports, notes financial services provider Standard Bank. Recent data released by the South African... →

World-class Africa factory nearing completion

By: Halima Frost 23rd July 2021 The construction of drive components manufacturer SEW-EURODRIVE’s R200-million South Africa head office and factory in Aeroton, Johannesburg, is proceeding to plan and on schedule, says SEW-EURODRIVE MD Raymond Obermeyer. “Despite the slowdown in the local economy, we believe that it is critical... →

Supplier reports record sales year

By: Halima Frost 23rd July 2021 Construction equipment supplier Putzmeister South Africa – a subsidiary of Germany-based Putzmeister Concrete Pumps – registered a record sales year in 2020 despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Putzmeister sub-Saharan Africa head Rudy Myburgh attributes this partly to the Putzmeister range of machines... →

Navara built in Africa for Africa

By: Claire O'Reilly 23rd July 2021 The first Nissan Navara vehicles produced in Africa have rolled off the production line at the new Nissan plant in Rosslyn, Pretoria this month. →

Passenger rail agency fails to meet capex targets

By: Irma Venter 23rd July 2021 The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (PRASA’s) capital expenditure (capex) programme has failed to meet its targets, says CEO Zolani Matthews. “Sadly, this has also affected PRASA’s modernisation programme. →

Condra to deliver two cranes to KZN rubber processing factory

By: Natasha Odendaal 23rd July 2021 Condra Cranes is preparing to deliver two overhead cranes to the work the floor area of Paragon Steel Structures’ soon-to-be-completed rubber processing factory in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. The two overhead cranes, which were ordered in April, will be delivered in September, with installation... →