Apr 25, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, Manufacturing, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Packaging, Plastics & Rubber
MPACT, one of the largest paper and plastic packaging manufacturers in southern Africa, has officially opening its new corrugated factory in Port Elizabeth. The company held an on-site ribbon-cutting ceremony recently, with customers, directors and employees in...
Apr 18, 2018 | Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Petrochemicals, Special Economic Zones
SOUTH Africa’s first coastal bunker barge is now in operation at the Port of Richards Bay, where it is serving as a floating storage and fuel replenishment vessel for BP customer vessels at the port. The 6000-tonne, 105-metre-long Amber II was delivered and mobilised...
Apr 4, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Projects
KONECRANES recently completed a major refurbishment of a 16.8T Digester jib at Mondi in Richards Bay well ahead of schedule. The entire job, removal, design, reverse engineer, paint, re-assemble, install, wiring and final commissioning took 52 working days from date...
Mar 7, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
“To date, The Fresh Connection has been experienced by more than 12 000 professionals in 600 companies and 12 000 students in 100 universities across the world,” said SAPICS president Mungo Park. “Businesses benefiting from The Fresh Connection include Fortune 500...
Mar 7, 2018 | Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
SICK Automation recently upgraded The RTT Group’s Dimensioning, Weighing and Scanning (DWS) systems at the company’s Durban and Johannesburg operations. The upgrade included replacing Sick’s older-generation DWS system with its DWS Dynamic system that features new...
Mar 6, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
IN its second and largest order to date for leading retailer, Pick n Pay, Toyota Forklift, part of the EIE Group, is delivering 31 reach trucks and 70 order pickers to its Longmeadow distribution center in Gauteng. The order includes Toyota Forklift’s award winning,...
Feb 21, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Mining & Quarrying
MINERALS processing is changing. Depleting ore grades and rising energy costs are setting new challenges for the mining industry. The pertinent question is, if a mine’s selection of new solutions is based on innovative and energy efficient technologies and are they...
