Mar 7, 2018 | Chemical & Allied Industries, Disaster Management, Fire Protection, KZN Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals
A sudden and unexpected electrical discharge, an arc flash, leaves its intended path and travels through the air between conductors or from a conductor to the ground. This results in an explosion which can cause fire and serious harm to people and equipment. Accidents...
Mar 7, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Plastics & Rubber
STRAND Group Developments (Pty) Ltd is the latest member to have joined the ranks of the Southern African Vinyls Association (SAVA), the industry body representing the local PVC industry. According to Anton Maingard, Director of the KwaZulu Natal-based company,...
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 7, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Education & Training, KZN Industrial & Business News
IN an effort to support skills training and development in the timber construction industry, the Institute for Timber Construction South Africa (ITC-SA), SAQA-accredited professional body and watchdog for the timber building industry, recently launched its Online...
Mar 7, 2018 | Government & Municipal, KZN Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
PROPERTY owners in Ethekwini, Johannesburg and many other municipal areas have only a short time in which to lodge any objections to the new municipal valuations of their properties – and to the new municipal rates based on these valuations that they will be charged...
Mar 7, 2018 | Electrical & Electronics, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation, KZN Industrial & Business News, Machine Tools, Manufacturing, Metals & Alloys
SINCE its inauguration in 2016, Afrox’s first tertiary welding facility in Soshanguve, Gauteng in partnership with POPUP (People Upliftment Programme), has trained 11 learners who have qualified with skills in various fields of the welding trade. Currently, the...
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,...
Mar 5, 2018 | Consulting Engineers & Project Management, Government & Municipal, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support, Transport & Logistics
BIG projects that can play a significant role in boosting the local economy and creating jobs will now be fast-tracked, thanks to the creation of a dedicated Catalytic Projects Office in the eThekwini Municipality. That was the welcome news to emerge from the latest...
Mar 2, 2018 | Chemical & Allied Industries, KZN Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals
IN an oil refinery, there are up to 23 points where the level of hydrogen needs to be very accurately monitored, both for safety and to optimise operations. That’s according to Ian Fraser, MD of RTS Africa Engineering, a Tshwane-based company specialising in...
