Feb 1, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation, Power Generation
AS South Africa looks to make greater use of natural gas – and even landfill gas – in the generation of electricity, the good news is that the country has world class engine component remanufacturing capacity to optimise the lifespan and reliability of these...
Jan 23, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Electrical & Electronics, ICT In Industry, Metals & Alloys, Power Generation, Security
South Africa is experiencing almost 200 instances of cable theft per day. The scourge costs the country an estimated R10 billion per year loss in lost productivity. Although many cable thieves are apprehended, just seven percent of offenders are prosecuted because of...
Nov 14, 2018 | Chemical & Allied Industries, Electrical & Electronics, KZN Industrial & Business News, Power Generation
M&I Materials recently announced the opening of manufacturing operations in South Africa, producing its Midel brand of fire safe and biodegradable ester dielectric fluids for electricity transformers. The plant is the first in Africa to make ester transformer...
Oct 30, 2018 | Education & Training, KZN Industrial & Business News, Power Generation, SMME Development & Support
NOMPILO Vilakazi (pictured), owner of Sibani Holdings, is the top achiever in the 2018 Eskom Contractor Academy. With an average 89%, Vilakazi topped the class, which had a total of 176 graduates, who are all either Eskom contractors or suppliers, or entrepreneurs...
Oct 30, 2018 | Electrical & Electronics, KZN Industrial & Business News, Power Generation
Louis Meiring and Juliano Vargas THE Zest WEG Group recently achieved Level 1 status in terms of Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) ratings. A subsidiary of the Brazil-based multinational WEG, the Zest WEG Group is over 51.6% black-owned, including a 32.1%...
Oct 30, 2018 | Chemical & Allied Industries, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, KZN Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals, Power Generation
BMG’s fluid technology services include solutions for hydraulics and pneumatics, lubrication, fuel and industrial filtration systems, hydraulic hose and fittings, as well as instrumentation, pumps and industrial valves. “The range encompasses FG EcoPart filter...
Sep 27, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, Motors, Drives & Transmissions, Power Generation
COMTEST is offering the Fluke’s range of Three-Phase Power Quality Loggers – 1742, 1746 and 1748 – giving users fast, easy access to the data they need to make critical power quality and energy decisions in real-time. “Compact and rugged, these Three-Phase...
Aug 15, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, Power Generation, Projects
AN Eastern Cape wind farm is among six alternative power generation projects in South Africa that will benefit from a funding windfall of more than R2 billion. Vantage GreenX Fund Managers announced this week that through its second renewable energy fund, Vantage...
Jun 13, 2018 | Environmental Management & Control, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, KZN Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing, Power Generation
FAST-moving consumer goods manufacturer, Unilever, has unveiled a R50-million biomass boiler at its Maydon Wharf factory in Durban that it says will reduce CO2 emissions, waste-to-landfill, and ultimately the amount of electricity used at the facility. The event...
