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Optimising factory efficiency across the plant’s life-cycle

INDUSTRY is under pressure to increase production while reducing costs and shrinking their carbon footprint. thyssenkrupp Uhde is perfectly positioned to assist industry in...

Dirty diesel is dangerous

IN a parliamentary debate on 15 June Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe warned that diesel mixed with paraffin is being sold...

Jet fuel supply at OR Tambo stable says Acsa

THE Airports Company of South Africa (Acsa) reassured the aviation industry in a media briefing on Monday 9 May that stock of fuel at...

High temperature infrared thermometer

COMTEST is offering the highly accurate Fluke 572-2 high temperature, infrared thermometer for extreme heat conditions over long distances. According to the company, the thermometer...

‘Next-generation’ engineering consumables and tooling

BY recognising the country’s engineering pioneers, as well as being prepared to pivot as quickly as required, JTB Industrial Solutions (JTB) intends to move...

Uber deal! Garage shop convenience coming to SA doorsteps

BP and Uber have announced a new global delivery partnership, extending their existing local arrangements to reach more consumers across the world. Announcing the deal...

US vertical inspection tech for tank farm maintenance

WHEN a large petrochemical tank farm depot in Germiston was investigating alternative maintenance methods that are cost-effective as well as quick and flexible, it...

‘Greedy and arrogant’: Mantashe slams Durban refinery freeze

IN a third major blow for South Africa’s fuel refining capacity in recent years, the shareholders of SAPREF in South Durban, have announced an...

Tanks a million! Water windfall for tapped out school

AFTER a pipe failure in Coronationville, Randburg left the Bernard Isaacs Primary school with a radically reduced water supply, even after it was repaired,...

Beat boiler breakdown blues with a rental

RAND-Air, a supplier of air, nitrogen, power, pumps and lighting solutions, has earmarked steam boilers as a vital rental solution for the local market. “Steam,...

More efficient motors save money, take a load off national grid

IN the face of rapidly rising electricity costs in South Africa, Zest WEG is phasing in IE4 super‑premium efficiency motors in its WEG W22...

On-site work-at-height and confined-space training

ROPE-access specialist Skyriders, which also operates the Heightwise Training Academy in Midrand, recently conducted a basic fall-arrest course on-site for the Idwala Industrial Holdings...

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Third time lucky: Transnet re-issues RFP for DCT’s North Quay upgrade

TRANSNET National Ports Authority has issued a Request for Proposals for a contractor to reconstruct, deepen and lengthen berths at Durban Container Terminal’s (DCT)...

‘Smart’ all-season tyres to launch next year

SUMITOMO Rubber Industries (SRI), the Japan-based parent company of Sumitomo Rubber South Africa, which manufactures Dunlop tyres, will release next-generation all-season tyres in late...

Gas specialist announces new GM

The Board of Air Products South Africa is pleased to announce that effective February 1, 2024, Charles Dos Santos will succeed Rob Richardson as...

SEIFSA questions support for the Steel Master Plan as the industry faces disintegration and collapse

OPINION | THE steel industry is the backbone of any economy, it forms the foundation of any modern economy and is essential to every...