Feb 20, 2019 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, Plastics & Rubber
CONTITECH South Africa has increased its local empowerment ownership in South Africa, through the transformation of its shareholding to a 51% black and 31% black female South African ownership. “As a company we recognise that transformation is not only a moral...
Feb 20, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Import / Export
EAST London will be the manufacturing hub for Daimler Trucks and Buses Southern Africa, now a separate legal entity from Mercedes-Benz South Africa. That’s according to the new company’s Chief Executive Jasper Hafkamp, who said this was in line with Daimler AG’s new...
Feb 4, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News
KEY automotive industry and government stakeholders meeting in Coega, near Port Elizabeth, recently have backed ambitious plans to establish a Smart Industrial Academy in South Africa. The Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC) proposed the establishment the...
Feb 4, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News
By Dave Coffey TRANSFORMATION of the South African economy is both a moral and an economic imperative. Meaningfully addressing the triple challenge of poverty, inequality, and unemployment requires significant interventions delivered in a co-ordinated and mutually...
Feb 4, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Import / Export
VOLKSWAGEN has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Ethiopia to collaborate and deliver a joint vision for the development of an automotive industry in the country. The MoU was signed by Thomas Schaefer, Head of the Volkswagen Sub-Sahara...
Feb 4, 2019 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, Import / Export, Manufacturing
THE current national automotive policy, the Automotive Production and Development Plan (APDP), will expire in 2020, and will be replaced by the recently announced SA Automotive Masterplan (SAAM), which will guide the sector to 2035. According to the National...
Feb 1, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Motors, Drives & Transmissions
CUMMINS Inc. is celebrating its 100th year as a company throughout 2019. The Fortune 150 company today employs around 60 000 people worldwide and serves customers in nearly every country across the globe. Its products range from diesel and natural gas engines to...
Feb 1, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Engineering Supplies, Metals & Alloys
TWO new drills optimized for drilling aluminium automotive parts have been developed by cutting tool and tooling systems specialist Sandvik Coromant. Ideal for the machining of components in medium-to-large volumes, CoroDrill 400 and CoroDrill 430 deliver higher...
Jan 30, 2019 | Automotive, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, KZN Industrial & Business News, Plastics & Rubber
SCIENTISTS attending the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II meeting in Durban recently visited Mathe Group, South Africa’s largest radial truck tyre recycling plant. Based in Hammarsdale, the factory has been a trailblazer in the...
