Addressing VIP guests during a business breakfast on 18 September 2014, Bearing Man Group (BMG) CEO Charles Walters announced that Byron Nichols, formerly of ARP, would take up the reins as the company’s new CEO, effective 1 November this year. As of that date, Walters will assume the role of group chairman and CEO […]
Science and technology minister Naledi Pandor says the engineering profession is a scarce skills domain and lacks the numbers required to create sustainable economic and social infrastructure. “There is a clear link between engineering infrastructure and economic growth. Engineers build countries and, like many other countries in the world today, South Africa does not […]
Hannelie Nel, from the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), says that statistics reveal that 70% of the women who graduate with engineering degrees leave the industry once they start working, because they feel completely isolated where they are. She says that women are still looked down on in the workplace because they are […]
The Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency (SAEE), in cooperation with Energy Combustion Services Technology Solutions Development, awards one scholarship of R20 000 to a student with a good academic record in previous years of study. The scholarship is awarded in support of transformation of the energy sector. Students who meet the following criteria […]
Atlas Copco South Africa has reafirmred its commitment to the St. Francis Care Centre following the recent approval of 2014 funding. The company’s partnership with the care centre spans some seven years, and it is is proud to be associated with an institution like St. Francis, which has been looking after the community through the […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has announced that, following on the designation of electricity meters and boats by trade and industry minister Dr. Rob Davies. Earlier this year, the National Treasury issued instruction notes to all departments and state entities in this regard. This means that local procurement requirements set out in these designations […]
The Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor addressed engineering experts from South Africa and abroad at the opening of Africa Engineering Week in Johannesburg on 1 September. The week, from 1 to 4 September, is a collaboration between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Department of Science and Technology […]
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In line with Rittal’s global strategy, and to offer their customers better service and easier access to their product ranges, Simotech has been appointed as an official distributor of the Rittal industrial enclosure and climate control business in the Mpumalanga region. It is intended that Simotech, based in Middelburg, will directly provide the sales […]
