The first African president of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), Edward Njoroge, was appointed at the recent ISO week in Cape Town. Njoroge is the former CEO of Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen). He will take office on 1 January 2020. The event was hosted by the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) at the […]
Kumba Iron Ore has rolled-out Passport 360 at four of its sites to manage compliance and streamline health and safety requirements. Passport 360 is a cloud-based platform which enables safety process automation and enhances performance in procurement and onboarding times. Kumba Iron Ore deals with about 600 sub-contractors. The cloud solution was called upon to […]
The MD-SIG consortium has standardised NFC programming interfaces for LED drivers. Thanks to this MD-SIG standardisation, luminaire manufacturers who use LED drivers of different providers can now use the same NFC programming interfaces for driver configuration, so streamlining the production line. NFC programming not only enables faster and more flexible programming than older methods, but also enables […]
The story of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) began in 1946 when delegates from 25 countries gathered in London to discuss the future of standardisation. A year later, on 23 February 1947, ISO officially came into existence. In this post-war era, the founding members saw international standards as a key to the world’s […]
COP 21, the annual Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), took place in November and December 2015. The talks and negotiations are particularly vital to the future of climate change as they represent a critical opportunity for a global agreement to limit global warming to 2°C. […]
Mining companies are facing a number of new challenges. Stricter environmental regulations as well as increasing complexity in mining and treatment processes are driving prices up. To counteract these developments, additional information from the different processes is needed. The Minerals Automation Standard is an innovative automation concept for mining that improves productivity, plant availability […]
