Mar 6, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Manufacturing
VOLKSWAGEN Group South Africa (VWSA) has created work opportunities for 560 unemployed young people through the Youth Employment Service (YES) programme. The intake began its 12-month employment period with VWSA on 1 March 2019. The young people will be placed across...
Mar 6, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Automotive, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News
THE increase in the price of petrol at 74 cents a litre and diesel around 91 cents a litre, will have a severe impact on the cash flow of farmers. That’s according to Dawie Maree, Head of Information and Marketing at FNB Agribusiness, who said that fuel and diesel...
Mar 5, 2019 | Automotive, Education & Training, KZN Industrial & Business News
TOYOTA will launch two youth-focused initiatives as part of its social responsibility drive in South Africa in 2019. The two new initiatives were announced by Andrew Kirby, president and CEO of Toyota SA Motors, at the company’s annual State of the Motor Industry...
Mar 5, 2019 | Automotive, KZN Industrial & Business News
WITHIN the next few years, almost all newly-manufactured cars (90%) will have built-in functionality that can contribute to a cleaner environment. Stop-start technology reduces fuel consumption and harmful emissions by reducing the amount of time the engine spends...
Mar 4, 2019 | Automotive, Business Tech, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News
MANUFACTURING in the automotive industry is very complex with many production variables and processes. And like many other manufacturing industries it faces serious challenges with increasing global competition, inherent inefficiencies and variance in quality. In a...
Mar 4, 2019 | Automotive, KZN Industrial & Business News
THE South African automotive industry is growing and along with it the need for high quality fasteners. Historically, most fasteners used in the automotive industry in South Africa have been imported because there had been no other option, until recently. Now, OEMs...
Mar 4, 2019 | Automotive, KZN Industrial & Business News
CREATIVE Graphics International (CGI), a graphics and badging supplier to the automotive industry, is offering what it says is the next generation of 3D badging, Kromex. According to CGI, the new badging technology is used across a variety of sectors including the...
Mar 1, 2019 | Automotive, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News, Machine Tools
DESOUTTER Industrial Tools recently sold a Delta Cart II precision tool bench, to a key customer in the automotive manufacturing industry. The first of its kind in Africa, the sale places tool management, verification and calibration at the customer’s fingertips....
Mar 1, 2019 | Automotive, Hydraulics & Pneumatics, KZN Industrial & Business News, Metals & Alloys, Power Generation
LOCAL provider of portable air and power Rand-Air was recently asked to hire two diesel oil-free compressors to a local facilities management company, for use at the end-customer’s local motor vehicle manufacturing plant. The plant has become the nerve centre of the...
