Fighting back
Metal manufacturing major, Fabrinox shakes off the effects of the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine with proven strategies and an emphasis on...
Coffee craze sparks opportunities post Covid
Against a backdrop of adversity, firstly the pandemic, then a medical catastrophe, the rise and rise of the coffee business has created a lifeline...
Mobile data memory for IO-Link: small in size, big in space
THE external IO-Link memory DSU is a mobile all-purpose device for local data transmission. Connected to an IO-Link master, the small device makes the...
Direct access to stakeholders responsible for major port projects
THE 10th annual Transport Evolution Africa Forum & Expo that is to be held on 28 - 29 September 2022 will unpack and give a detailed status update...
Diarise – Manufacturing Indaba – 21 – 22 June 2022
The longstanding manufacturing conference and exhibition will be returning to the physical event realm after adopting an exclusively virtual approach over the past two...
‘Powerships’ concept goes nuclear
Putting the cat amongst the pigeons – certainly as far as South Africa is concerned – is an announcement by shipbuilders, Samsung Heavy Industries...
Plastics industry – cleaning up the environment
THE South African plastics industry’s collection and recycling initiatives are having a positive effect on lessening the amount of plastic waste in the environment...
Water and sanitation crisis – 2. Huge knock on effects to local manufacturing
Elsewhere in this issue the Editor discusses the crisis in water and sanitation and the possibility that a change of policy and individuals at...
Problem with lime-scale in our water
SCALE, which is initially made up of Calcium and Magnesium crystals that have come out of solution in the water flow, due to pressure...
Case Study: Drive forklift picking efficiency with RFID labels
Internal logistics control is still often based on pen and paper and print-outs from WMS and ERP. These time-consuming procedures cost a lot of...
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