Mar 14, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News
PLANT-floor personnel have the difficult task of monitoring and maintaining a growing number of IoT devices on their networks. The new FactoryTalk Network Manager software from Rockwell Automation allows them to monitor the health of their Allen-Bradley Stratix...
Mar 14, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Import / Export
THE Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber in partnership with the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) this week announced that it had launched a new one-year Exporter Development Programme as part of an enterprise development strategy to empower business owners...
Mar 14, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Green Industries & Renewable Energy
By Kevin Norris IN the wake of looming energy price hikes many organisations are proactively considering solar solutions as an alternative. The time to go solar has never been better. However, solar solutions projects required to power an organisation can be complex,...
Mar 14, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News
UWP Consulting CEO Nonkululeko Sindane (pictured) has praised her team for the years of effort that have culminated in the firm achieving Level 1 Contributor status in the B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice, but she concedes that staying there will be challenging. UWP was...
Mar 11, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage
RESEARCHERS at the Centre of Excellence in Food Security(CoE) are looking into the drought resistance properties of maize, sorghum, soybean and cowpea crops. Maize and sorghum are staple foods for many African countries and are major sources of calories and some...
Mar 7, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, KZN Industrial & Business News
WITH clear relief on their faces, motorists from Phoenix and Mt Edgecombe smiled as they swung onto the new ramp at Mt Edgecombe Interchange for the first time on Monday morning (5 March) as they travelled towards the N2 southbound to Durban. The one-kilometre long...
Mar 7, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Transport & Logistics
THE travel trade, airlines, airports and other government tourism and aviation agencies have committed themselves to work together to ensure that air passenger experience to and from South Africa and the African Continent is seamless and satisfying. Collaboration and...
Mar 7, 2018 | Government & Municipal, KZN Industrial & Business News
KWAZULU- NATAL is hosting the FNB Academy for Municipal Excellence (FAME) this week. The three-day workshop started on 6 March and sees senior municipal officials from across KwaZulu-Natal local government gather at the Gateway Hotel in Umhlanga. The public-private...
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...
